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Dropkick Murphys “Okemah Rising”

May 9, 2023 Paul Kerr 0

Second helping of Woody Guthrie songs revived by Boston Celtic punk rockers. ‘Okemah Rising’ essentially is ‘This Machine Still Kills Fascists’ volume two, the Boston band releasing the remaining 10 songs recorded in Tulsa’s Church Studio […]

Dave Hause “Drive It Like It’s Stolen”

May 9, 2023 Tim Martin 0

The emotional depth of the songs shines on the quieter songs but vanishes behind bluster a bit too often. Dave Hause calls his music “post-apocalyptic Americana.” On opening song, ‘Cheap Seats (New Years Day, NYC, 2042)’ […]

Fruit Bats “A River Running to Your Heart”

May 5, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0

Gorgeous latest from the hardest-working man in indie-folk. ‘A River Running to Your Heart’ is a low-key beauty of a record, a small and lovely triumph for a too often despondent and agitated world. It is […]

Cinder Well “Cadence”

May 5, 2023 David Jarman 0

Atmospheric alt-folk from California-based Cinder Well, with Irish voicings and Cale-esque arrangements. Cinder Well is the experimental folk project artist billing for Amelia Baker, California born but with an affinity for western Ireland’s County Clare, her […]

Henke Wermelin and His New Love “Spitting Distance”

May 4, 2023 Keith Hargreaves 0

Swedish Americana with a Gothic twist that only occasionally hits the mark. Opening with the suitably dark ‘Bring Me My Shotgun’ Wermelin throws the entire kitchen and then the sink at delivering a rumbling, Crampsy rocker […]