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Micah P. Hinson “When I Shoot At You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You” (Full Time Hobby, 2018)

December 6, 2018 Scott Baxter 0
It begins innocently enough. The sound of musicians setting up, and given the album was recorded in 24 hours, it’s an apposite scene setting. Then it starts. If you’re unfamiliar with Hinson’s voice, think of the […]
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The Burning Hell “Baby” (BB*Island, 2018)

November 30, 2018 Scott Baxter 0
Frank Zappa asked the question in 1986, “Does Humour Belong In Music?” I don’t know if that was a rhetorical question or not, but to head uncertainty off at the pass, the answer is yes. Flight […]
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Kurt Vile “Bottle It In” (Matador, 2018)

November 5, 2018 Scott Baxter 0
I wrote five separate reviews for this, changing every time I listened to it, liking the tracks that are likeable more with every listen. But, you know, four songs make up 37 minutes of it, so […]
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A Box of Stars “Days Drunk Off Heat” (Independent, 2018)

October 26, 2018 Scott Baxter 0
Weird times, man. We live in bizarrely binary times, defined by what we are not, rather than what we are. Or so it feels a lot of the time. We’re either anti, or pro and on […]
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Twain “Rare Feeling” (BB*Island, 2018)

May 11, 2018 Scott Baxter 4
I started and stopped writing about this LP a bunch of times. Too smart arse. Too gushing. Too esoteric. Trying too hard to sound clever about an album I’ve grown to genuinely love, in the hope […]

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Sounds from beyond the Shed 241 “The Rugby”

June 22, 2026 0
Not the usual subject of this column, but as a fellow of Northampton, I’m heading to Twickenham tomorrow, driving a coach-load of supporters for the Prem Final. Exciting times for the town as the club seems […]
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Brian Fallon “Pearls” – hey, hang on just a moment fella

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Pearls is the latest single from the solo album Not Bad For New Jersey (arriving via his own Lesser Known Records at all DSPs and streaming services on Thursday, September 10th) by The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian […]
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Video: Bandits on the Run “Rough Magic” – chaos is inevitable

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Restrained and delicate, the new single from New York’s Bandits on the Run is a beautifully-crafted ballad. In contrast to many songs from the Bandits, the gentle instrumentation in Rough Magic is sparse, which serves to […]

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Video Interview: Susto’s Justin Osbourne on Susto Stringband

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Susto are an American indie band who have managed to build their own following with their individual take on alt-country and americana that reflects the fact that they were formed in Charleston, South Carolina. Justin Osbourne […]
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Interview: Tinsley Ellis brings the good word acoustically nowadays

June 17, 2026 0
In 2025, Tinsley Ellis returned to the deep roots of the blues after the success of his previous album, Naked Truth (Alligator Records, 2024). There are many different styles of playing wrapped up in his music, […]
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Interview: Dirk Powell on “Wake” and bridging modern and age-old roots music

June 11, 2026 2
Dirk Powell is a special kind of musician, someone who, through family connections, knows and understands both Appalachia and Cajun music, and is at the same time comfortable with modern music technology. He has won four […]

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