Alex Chilton

Interview: Ben Vaughn on being true to yourself and the joys of recording an album in your car

May 29, 2026 Paul Russell 0

To say Ben Vaughn has had an eclectic musical career would be a gross understatement. He grew up in the Philadelphia area, and his journey into music began when a kind uncle gave him a Duane […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Big Star “September Gurls”

August 19, 2024 Andrew Raw 6

It was the early nineties and I had one of those momentous moments in my musical listening when I heard the fabulous ”Bandwagonesque” by AUK favourites Teenage Fanclub. At the time I was absolutely knocked out- […]

Interview: Music obsessive Ben Vaughn on his world and Rambler automobiles

May 24, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Unsure whether he wanted to be a recording artist, songwriter, record producer, or DJ he became them all. Ben Vaughn is just a music obsessive at heart, but an obsessive who has established his own songwriting […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: The Replacements “Swingin’ Party”

April 5, 2022 Cam Fraser 2

Where better to look for a suitable link to Alex Chilton’s ‘No Sex’ than from a band that wrote a homage to him in one of their best-loved songs. And where better to go when feeling […]

AUK’s Chain Gang: Alex Chilton “No Sex”

March 28, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

With big balls abounding on our previous chain gang offering it seemed apt to, first of all, steer us away from any more testicular songs, and secondly, to see if we could find a song about […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 1

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers