Album Reviews

Our latest posts

Padraig Jack “Making Sand” (Good Deeds Records, 2020)

October 8, 2020 Harold Hogan 0

Padraig Jack was born ten miles off the west coast of Ireland, on the Aran islands, and lists these surroundings as one of his greatest influences, along with James Taylor, Van Morrison, Shane McGowan, and The […]

Yo La Tengo “Sleepless Night” EP (Matador, 2020)

October 8, 2020 Mark Johnson 0

Yo La Tengo return with an EP collaboration with artist Yoshitomo Nara, to accompany his major retrospective at LACMA. Two decades ago when they first met, he was the fanboy. Whilst they have continued to churn […]

Matt Woods “Mornings After” (Lonely Ones Records, 2020)

October 7, 2020 Helen Jones 0

As a companion to his 2019 album ‘Natural Disasters’ – which was heavy with the best of Americana tropes: tales of the road, heartbreak and small town living – Matt Woods has released a new EP […]

Lou Kyme “What’s The Worst That Can Happen” (Blue Smoke Records, 2020)

October 7, 2020 Paul Kerr 0

Formerly of the family based Southampton rockabilly band, The Okeh Wranglers, Lou Kyme emerges from the wilderness with an ace hidden up her sleeve. That ace is the presence of Vicente Rodriguez and James DePrato from […]

Tom Blackwell “Memphis Volume V” (Spoonful, 2020)

October 6, 2020 Peter Churchill 0

Tom Blackwell is his own man. A roaming, itinerant past has brought him to his Liverpool base via a number of stopovers, the most important and relevant of which would be Nashville. But, being that he […]