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Curse of Lono, The Water Rats, London, 20th April 2017

April 24, 2017 Keith Clifford 1

Curse of Lono’s show at The Water Rats was a launch for their anticipated debut album Severed. The venue has a rich history, Marx and Lenin are both reputed to have frequented the place during their […]

Oceans are Zeroes “Oceans are Zeroes” ( Independent, 2017)

April 24, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0

Oceans are Zeroes impinge a power-pop sensibility on the hugest Mogwai-meets-Mercury Rev songs imaginable creating a wall of rock sound backdrop behind high and steely vocals. The initial effect is to be bowled over by a […]

BC Camplight, St Pancras Old Church, London. 20th April 2017

April 24, 2017 KC Vines 0

The church has a profound effect on some people. For BC Camplight it drove him to greet his audience with a handshake at the south porch as they left. Earlier I wasn’t too sure Camplight was an […]

Robyn Hitchcock “Robyn Hitchcock” (Yep Roc 2017)

April 24, 2017 Dave Jennings 0

Robyn Hitchcock releases his twenty first studio album, his first since 2014’s ‘The Man Upstairs’, and has chosen after all these years an eponymous title. “It’s ‘Introducing Robyn Hitchcock” he has said, working on the principle […]

Jason McNiff “Rain Dries Your Eyes” (Tombola Records, 2017)

April 24, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Delve into the Americana UK archives and you’ll find a lot of love for Jason McNiff. Over the course of 15 years and six albums, McNiff has constantly found favour with assorted reviewers (a task in […]

Two Runner “Porchlight”

August 27, 2026 0

Old-time instruments meet new-world issues. Two Runner is the musical nom de plume of Paige Anderson (although until this record, the band had been a long-term collaborative relationship with fiddler Emilie Rose). Anderson has now taken […]

Vox Continental: August 2026

August 27, 2026 0

Winter is Coming! This is a fascinating time in mainland Europe, with summer scheduled to come to an abrupt stop on the 31st August, regardless of what the weather might be. Holidays are over and everyone […]

Album art for Sanctuary Park by The Jayhawks

The Jayhawks “Sanctuary Park”

August 27, 2026 0

Gary Louris celebrates love and the past on Jayhawks’ latest. Forty years on from their debut, a quarter century from the release of Smile and 6 years after their last record XOXO, The Jayhawks return with […]

Curse of Lono, The Water Rats, London, 20th April 2017

Oceans are Zeroes “Oceans are Zeroes” ( Independent, 2017)

BC Camplight, St Pancras Old Church, London. 20th April 2017

Robyn Hitchcock “Robyn Hitchcock” (Yep Roc 2017)

Jason McNiff “Rain Dries Your Eyes” (Tombola Records, 2017)

Two Runner “Porchlight”

Vox Continental: August 2026

The Jayhawks “Sanctuary Park”

Video: Oh Pray Tell “Poor Black Woman Blues”

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Okkervil River