Tim Martin

Reg Meuross – 6 Retrospective Reissues

January 14, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Some gems, some merely great. A set of reissues that you need to hear from a fine, if slightly overlooked, voice. Many parts of the UK have distinctive folk styles, the North East being the one […]

Review: Uncut’s “Joni Mitchell – The Ultimate Music Guide”

January 6, 2021 Tim Martin 0

Back in the summer we reviewed Uncut’s special on the music of Wilco. Their latest is an update and expansion of their guide to Joni Mitchell. First published in 2018 when it looked very much like […]

A good year for music, despite it all – Tim Martin’s review of 2020

December 10, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Towards the end of 2020 the penny is starting to drop about the exploitative nature of the streaming services relationship with artists. Alec Bowman’s brilliant thought piece here at AUK recently highlights the position more eloquently […]

Hector Gannet “Big Harcar” (Independent, 2020)

December 8, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Songs and albums about the North East of England have a long and honourable history. Big Harcar, which is part of the Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland, is another interesting entry in the list. […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Paul Simon “Wristband”

November 23, 2020 Tim Martin 0

Last time on the Chain Gang Paul Villers tried to throw a curve ball with his very useful advice on ordering beer in Spanish. The fab St. Paul and the Broken Bones are a new favourite […]

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Hurray for the Riff Raff - Live Forever
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Old 97s - Too Far to Care
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R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
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Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
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Wilco - summerteeth
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Matthew Sweet - 100% Fun
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Rolling Stones - Some Girls
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Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

March 23, 2026 0

Dead Goat has announced the release of their first album, which is self-titled and comes out this Friday (26th March) via AV8 Records. Who are they, you ask? Well, individually, they are each accomplished artists in […]

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

March 23, 2026 0

Superb fourth from Canadian song thrush. Mud Blood Bone is Cat Clyde’s fourth album and arrives just over four years since its predecessor, Down Rounder. In between times, Clyde released a live album, Live At Rare […]

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

March 23, 2026 0

Marah is at their best when singing about lonely urban streets where bums warm their hands around trash fires in rusty 50-gallon cans, transvestite prostitutes wrap their feather boas a little tighter against an unforgiving 4:00 […]

Interviews

Interview: Bob Lind on “It Oughta Be Easy”

March 12, 2026 0

Folk icon talks life, hope, and his 2026 record. Bob Lind recently released his fourth studio album of new material in the past fourteen years, “It Oughta Be Easy,” a characteristically literate, introspective, and often humorous […]

Interviews

Video Interview: Dave Alvin on The Third Mind’s “Spellbinder”

March 11, 2026 2

While Dave Alvin is regarded as one of the greats of American roots music, his taste in music and his own music from the Blasters onwards has included hints of his musical eclecticism. Evidently, he always […]

Interviews

Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket – forty years of awkward grace

March 4, 2026 2

At 55, Glen Phillips sounds both reflective and lightly amused when he talks about the band he co-founded as a teenager in Santa Barbara, California. Four decades later, Toad the Wet Sprocket is still touring, still […]

Album Reviews

Restos “Ain’t Dead Yet”

October 2, 2023 0

Solid country rock with memorable melodies and tight harmonies. Restos is a band born from the ashes of well established Texan outfit, Western Youth. All five members of Restos were members of (six-piece) Western Youth. The […]

Album Reviews

Harborcoat “Joy is Elusive”

November 18, 2021 0

From Lansing, Michigan, Harborcoat’s second album is a solid collection of Americana-infused heartland rock. Originally created in 2016 as a vehicle for Matthew Carlson’s songwriting, Harborcoat was intended to be a home for more personal songs […]

Tracks

Wonky Tonk “Wonk On” – Listen

August 28, 2020 0

We’re not going to pretend that a band with a name like Wonky Tonk singing a song called ‘Wonk On‘ isn’t likely to provoke thoughts of whimsy and quirkiness – maybe it’ll sound something like Lavender […]

Articles by Tim Martin

Reg Meuross – 6 Retrospective Reissues

Review: Uncut’s “Joni Mitchell – The Ultimate Music Guide”

A good year for music, despite it all – Tim Martin’s review of 2020

Hector Gannet “Big Harcar” (Independent, 2020)

AUK’s Chain Gang: Paul Simon “Wristband”

Dead Goat to release self titled debut amid talk of an Irish supergroup

Cat Clyde “Mud Blood Bone”

For the Sake of the Song: Marah “Round Eye Blues”

Elgin and the Marbles “The Sun Never Sets”

Jack Studer “Falling Forward”