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Frank Goodman “Ranchero Radio”

December 10, 2024 Andrew Raw 0

Quirky, easy-listening pop music which is a real pleasure to listen to. As you sit down to listen to Frank Goodman’s “Ranchero Radio” you are transported back to the Seventies and to those light entertainment Saturday […]

Nick Gusman and the Coyotes “Lifting Heavy Things”

December 9, 2024 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

Repackaged 1990s alt-country time travel trips have rarely felt this rewarding. It’s far easier said than done, but why does this album, the third by St. Louis outfit Nick Gusman and the Coyotes, and as fine […]

The Holy Grail Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10, 2001 Peel Session

December 6, 2024 Andy Davidson 0

One of Maida Vale 4’s brilliant, arcane recordings. It would be safe to say John Peel championed Smog. Bill Callahan recorded three Peel Sessions, the first in November 94, then again in October 97 and finally […]

Father John Misty “Mahashmashana”

December 6, 2024 Guy Lincoln 0

The Misty/Tillman axis delivers another gloriously overblown tour-de-force. Fewer than ten seconds into the opening and title track of Father John Misty’s new album and we are knee-deep in thudding percussion, sweeping melodramatic string crescendos and […]

The Unthanks “In Winter”

December 5, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

It’s bleak in the mid-winter. Into the increasingly crowded market for folk renditions of wintery themed songs and reworked and reimagined carols comes ‘In Winter‘ the latest release from The Unthanks. It, quite cannily, is available […]

Hell in a Handcart – making a profit for “The Man”

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“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – George Orwell “Well I woke up this morning…” as legendary blues numbers are won’t to have it. Normally my next line would […]

Elizabeth Cook announces new album and narrative film

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Elizabeth Cook returns with new album, Great Television, which will be released on 14th August 2026 via Thirty Tigers. Described as “a potent collision of country and rock & roll”, the album was produced by Shooter […]

Latest AUK Podcast now available featuring Jim Walker of Brighthelmstone Promotions

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This week finds Keith talking to Jim Walker, head honcho at Brighton-based Brighthelmstone Promotions. Jim talks us through all the ins and outs of promoting, as well as tempting us with some fabulous South Coast events. […]