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Festival Review: South By Southwest 2025, 11th – 16th March, Austin, Texas

March 25, 2025 Oliver Gray 1

Having missed out on last year’s South By Southwest Festival for various reasons, AUK’s occasional foreign correspondent Oliver Gray returned to the fray this year, accompanied, as always, by his intrepid chum Paul Dominy on photo […]

Constant Follower “The Smile You Send Out Returns to You”

March 25, 2025 Andy Davidson 0

Cathartic songwriting. A dreamy, generous, heart-pulling listen. The new song cycle from Stephen McAll tackles addiction and recovery, mental health, parenthood and the impact of kindness. His previous album “Neither Is, Nor Ever Was” (2021) and […]

Hayley Savage “Hayley Savage”

March 25, 2025 John Lee 0

An album over a decade in the making but that time has been well-spent producing songs that are intimate and authentic. Some albums arrive in a flurry of hype; others take years to ripen. Hayley Savage’s […]

Brother and The Hayes “In Good Company”

March 24, 2025 Stephen Rostkoski 0

Nashville’s history and culture is felt throughout the sibling duo’s second album. A deep sense of history, along with an appreciation of fine songwriting, form the backbone of “In Good Company,” the second album from Tennessee’s […]

Album cover artwork for The National Trust by Alex Rex

Alex Rex “The National Trust”

March 24, 2025 Andrew Raw 0

Raw prog-folk with sometimes bleak, sometimes darkly humourous words. Alex Rex is the name used by Alex Neilsen, former leader of the psych-folk outfit Trembling Bells, for his solo work. This album was written after Rex […]