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Crow vs Lion “The Heart, The Time, The Pen” (Independent, 2019)

November 8, 2019 Mike Elliott 1

The number thirteen is one of the most mysterious and storied numbers in our numerical system. For the superstitious, it’s bad luck, but for many religious and folklorists, as well as tarot readers and tattoo enthusiasts, […]

Glimmermen “Here I Stand” (Greyslate Records, 2019)

November 7, 2019 Guy Lincoln 0

It’s a pretty safe bet that no band whose early work has been compared to Mission of Burma, The Pop Group and The Minutemen has previously been reviewed on AUK. This is also likely the case […]

Gold Light “Zephyr” (Bailey Park, 2019)

November 7, 2019 Viv Fish 0

Joe Chang, aka Gold Light, has been releasing music since 2013 from the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. ‘Zephyr‘, his fourth album, was all written, performed and mixed by Chang himself and recorded over just […]

The Swamptruck Good Time Band “Swamptruck Good Time Band” (Independent, 2019)

November 7, 2019 Dave Clarke 0

This is the debut album from an established group of five musicians, based in Cambridge UK, well known at local festivals, and at The Cambridge Festival itself. They are much revered locally. ‘Good Time Band,’ the […]

Karen & The Sorrows “Guaranteed Broken Heart” (Ocean Born Mary Music, 2019)

November 6, 2019 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

One of the music industry’s most time-honoured clichés is that an artist’s third album represents a critical creative crossroads – even way back in the 1980s, Essex folk singer Billy Bragg wryly subtitled his immortal […]