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Bill Callahan “My Days of 58”

February 26, 2026 NickBarber 0

A personal and musically quirky set of musical and lyrical explorations fashioned out of chaos and structure. For his first studio album in four years, Bill Callahan has returned with an experimental yet structured collection of […]

ER Jurken “To Be Continued”

January 26, 2026 NickBarber 0

Lavish harmonies and arrangements abound in an album of intelligent baroque power-pop. Milwaukee-born, Chicago-lived musician E.R. Jurken is a name that probably isn’t on the radar of many on the European side of the Atlantic – […]

John R. Miller - The Lodge at the Deaf Institute

Live Review: John R. Miller + Jacob Coley, The Lodge @ The Deaf Institute, Manchester – 20th January 2026

January 26, 2026 NickBarber 0

The Lodge at the Deaf Institute is the smaller of two rooms at Manchester’s long-established venue. In the not-too-recent past, it was a café and a bar – the likes of Jonathan Richman and Hayes Carll […]

Night Flight “Exit Stage Left”

January 12, 2026 NickBarber 0

An Elliott Smith-inspired, soulful, and introspective chillout set of songs. Not to be confused with a similarly named Swedish rock band, London’s Night Flight are now on their third album – and again, there’s no connection […]

Live Review: Skinny Lister + Vandoliers + Claudia Kate, The Sugarmill Stoke-on-Trent – 11th December 2025

December 18, 2025 NickBarber 0

The Sugarmill in Hanley, Stoke on Trent has long been a staple of the indie and rock touring circuit, ever since its conversion from a scouting hall back in the distant past, but these days tends […]