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Rickie Lee Jones “Kicks” (The Other Side of Desire, 2019)

July 31, 2019 Tim Martin 0

This is Rickie Lee Jones’ fifth covers album if you include the ‘Girl at Her Volcano’ EP, following on from 2012s ‘The Devil You Know‘. As usual ‘Kicks‘ mixes ’70s rock covers with some jazz and […]

Hegsy and The Elements “My Truths” (Independent, 2019)

July 31, 2019 Dave Clarke 0

This is the debut Hegsy and The Elements album, a record where Mark Hegarty and his band tell and share movingly, with their audiences, stories that make you think and react. All the tracks were recorded […]

Tenement & Temple “Tenement & Temple” (Thrum Recordings, 2019)

July 30, 2019 Jim Finnie 0

Monica Queen and Johnny Smillie first came to prominence in the ’90s as part of the Scottish Indie rock band Thrum. During their initial, but somewhat short-lived incarnation, Thrum achieved critical acclaim, but only relatively modest […]

Whitney Rose and Ags Connolly, The Lexington, London, 23rd July 2019

July 30, 2019 Mark Underwood 0

Ags Connolly and Whitney Rose may hail from Oxford and Canada, respectively, but they both share a spiritual home in Austin. For Ags it’s the place he relates most to musically, while for Whitney Rose it […]

Robert LaRoche “A Thousand Shades” (Independent, 2019)

July 30, 2019 Andrew Frolish 0

The six songs on Robert LaRoche’s new EP, ‘A Thousand Shades’, chart a journey through addictive, obsessive love and relationship break-ups. LaRoche’s pop background in The Sighs is evident in the rhythms, the warm vocal and […]