Columns
AUK’s Back Pages No. 3
Summer time’s here, kiddies and it’s time to take a trip. So let’s trip into the summer of 2005 with a look at the May – August discs (Vol. 2, numbers 5 to 8) delivered to […]
Articles by Paul Kerr
Album Reviews
Old 97s “American Primitive”
These alt-country pioneers might be veterans by now but they can still deliver the goods. ‘American Primitive’ is the 13th album from alt-country pioneers the Old 97s, a band who, almost uniquely, have maintained the same […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Neil Bob Herd + Boulder Fields. Leith Depot, Edinburgh – 4th April 2024
Off then to this recently endangered venue in Edinburgh’s Leith Walk to see Neil Bob Herd, a man described by some (AUK actually) as a Scots Nick Lowe on the eve of his latest release, ‘5-reel […]
Album Reviews
The Hanging Stars “On A Golden Shore”
Still cosmic but branching out, The Hanging Stars continue to intrigue and amaze. Having fashioned their most fully realised album in the shape of ‘Hollow Heart’, albeit in the depths of lockdown, The Hanging Stars returned […]
Columns
AUK shortcuts March 2024: Daniel Kemish, Sue Decker, Bill Dodds, Spencer Kilpatrick, Dalton Mills, Eric Stracener, Sugarcane Jane and Lance Cowan
Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]