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Rachael Yamagata + Brandon Jenner, Islington Assembly Halls, London 21st November 2017

November 30, 2017 KC Vines 0

“Oh, you need to get up here” says Rachael Yamagata. The young man in middle of the sixth row needs no more encouragement as he skips out of his seat nimbly and bounds up on to […]

The Glass Mountains, Folk Modern – Upstairs at the Ritzy, Brixton, 5th October 2017

October 18, 2017 KC Vines 0

“If life were a hotel, then I’d be checking out right now,” sings young frontman Owen Davies. A little extreme for a 25 year old maybe, but All kinds of Trouble, written by one of the […]

Chastity Brown, Borderline, London, 13th June 2017

June 29, 2017 KC Vines 0

Chastity Brown apologises for the four year hiatus in her albums. “But I’m from Tennessee” she remarks. It could be that the record company need that explanation but it pretty much looks like every man and […]

Chris Shiflett, 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, 13th June 2017

June 20, 2017 KC Vines 0

In these reviews I often find myself harking back to a period in London’s long lost rock history: the pub rock and early punk days of 75/76 that, in particular, the west of the city became […]

The Blinding Lights, The Battersea Barge, Vauxhall London 5th May 2017

May 9, 2017 KC Vines 0

There is a legend among Thames boatmen of a ghost ship, a vessel shrouded in darkness plying the grey river in the night. On board a band plays, guests revel and the music drifts out across […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Far From Saints - Far From Saints (vinyl)
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Ryan Adams - The Suicide Handbook (vinyl)
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Neil Young - Citizen Kane Jr
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Something for the weekend: Clem Snide “Where Have You Gone”

June 19, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week and we can’t let today pass without acknowledging the massive sense of relief after last night. Maybe the Reform guy is a better plumber than politician, although you […]

American Aquarium “New Ways To Lose”

June 19, 2026 2

Twenty albums in and yet another hugely impressive release from American Aquarium. A look back through the Americana UK archives will find plenty of references to American Aquarium, including a very rare 10 out of 10 […]

Shearwater

Shearwater return with “The New World” next month

June 19, 2026 0

Shearwater’s new album The New World will be released on 31st July 2026 via the band’s own Polyborus label in partnership with Secretly Distribution. In the past quarter-century, Shearwater slyly became a distinctive, consistent and adventurous […]

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