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Seawind of Battery “Save The Waves: People For Public Media”

July 30, 2025 Lyndon Bolton 3

‘Experimental psychedelia with ambient americana’ to highlight the defunding of US public media. This compilation album may not be everyone’s idea of americana. Taken on its own, it might not have even made the review pages […]

Artwork for Wild Mountain Mystics album “Fire & Honey”

Wild Mountain Mystics “Fire & Honey”

July 29, 2025 Peter Thompson 2

Duo turn noodling into an art form, resulting in a record that rejoices in being different to the run of the mill. Southern California duo Wild Mountain Mystics, comprising Rick Deering and Lisa Miller, blend folk, […]

Anthony Ruptak “Tourist”

July 29, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Songs dealing with the real and the unreal… at the same time. On the track ‘Phantasmagoria’ Anthony Ruptak sings, “Well it’s a crazy goddamn hell of a mess we made/ it’s a cheap-shot, tik tok, weapon […]

Vandoliers “Life Behind Bars”

July 28, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

Catchy and memorable alt-country belies the dark words of addiction and gender dysphoria. Texas-based Vandoliers were formed in 2015 by singer Jenni Rose after her Fort Worth punk trio, The Phuss, dissolved. This is their fifth […]

Cover art for Sunny Sweeney album Rhinestone Requiem

Sunny Sweeney “Rhinestone Requiem”

July 28, 2025 Andy Short 0

An exceptional album with attitude and twang. Following on from the 2024 release “Still Provoked”, which was a 10th anniversary re-imagining of her “Provoked” album, Sweeney appeared on the cover with her mouth tightly taped up […]