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After the wreckage: Amanda Shires comes back with “Nobody’s Girl”

July 16, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Amanda Shires will release her new album “Nobody’s Girl” on 26th September 2025 via ATO Records. The award-winning singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist makes a welcome and overdue return following up her widely acclaimed 2022 album “Take It Like A Man”. Produced […]

Frazey Ford to release expanded “Indian Ocean” as well as a special vinyl reissue

July 15, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

Originally released in October 2014, Frazey Ford’s acclaimed album “Indian Ocean” is set to return this year with a special vinyl reissue, out September 19th. The digital edition also includes three previously unreleased covers, including her […]

Marcus King Band return with “Darling Blue” in autumn 2025

July 15, 2025 Richard Parkinson 0

Marcus King Band have confirmed their new album, “Darling Blue”, is set for release on 26th September 2025 via American Records/Republic Records. It is the fourth album from the Marcus King Band and follows a series […]

The Dream Syndicate wrestle back the right to release the full Medicine Show box set

July 14, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

In 1982, The Dream Syndicate started their own record company, Down There Records, to release their self-titled 4-song 12-inch EP that included the first versions of ‘When You Smile’ and ‘That’s What You Always Say.’ They went […]

Los Straitjackets to release first album of original material in thirteen years

July 14, 2025 Richard Parkinson 1

Los Straitjackets will be releasing their forthcoming album “Somos Los Straitjackets” on 19th September 2025 through Yep Roc Records, It is the masked quartet’s first new album of all-original material in over 13 years. Los Straitjackets […]

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Waylon & Willie - Self-titled
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Ry Cooder - Paradise and Lunch
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RE: The Paper Kites
Glad you enjoyed it Phil, they're a great band :)
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The Paper Kites
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Drive-By Truckers - Gangstabilly
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Miles recorded a version of Crosby’s “Guinnevere”. &n...
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Megan Mornoney's third full length album Cloud Nine and...
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Interviews

Interview: Adam Levy on the Honeydogs celebrated return

February 23, 2026 0

Experiencing a rebirth with Algebra for Broken Hearts, the St. Paul, Minnesota band’s twelfth album on Julian Records (2025), is crucial language, one voicing an undersung American existence. Like the novel, I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif […]

Interviews

Interview: Mean Mary answers six of one and half a dozen of the other

February 18, 2026 0

The banjo is a glorious instrument that can do a lot of ill in the wrong hands. It is not easy to proudly, confidently pluck out some hot licks and really hard to play it with […]

Behind the Songs

Behind the Songs: Polite Company “Please Go Wild”

February 17, 2026 0

Alan Gregg is a native Kiwi transplanted to North London with a spotty resumé to his credit. Not intending to be impolite, but prospective employers might be taken aback, curious as to what he has been […]

Album Reviews

The Huguenots “Heyford EP Remasters 2021”

July 29, 2021 0

Remastered 2014 debut reaffirms need for new material. Five tracks by the duo who received a fair amount of attention for their EP released earlier this year entitled ‘Post Christmas Lullaby’. These were originally recorded in 2014 […]

Features

Songs for the apocalypse: Sparklehorse “Junebug”

April 3, 2019 0

Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous had the rare but very rock and roll feat to have “died twice”, the first time in 1996 when his heart stopped beating for a few minutes following a drug overdose. That he […]

Album Reviews

Cordovas “That Santa Fe Channel” (ATO Records 2018)

September 6, 2018 0

This is a great album, right off the bat all the boxes are ticked and squared away. Delicate triple harmonies, whoozy swooning choruses, deft instrumentation and just enough rootsy grit to keep the listener and the […]