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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- […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Alex Chilton “From Memphis to New Orleans” & “Songs From Robin Hood Lane” (Bar None Records, 2019)

January 30, 2019 Rick Bayles 1

Now here’s a real treat – not one but two albums of previously unreleased tracks and forgotten gems from one of the great counter-culture musicians, Alex Chilton. Chilton was a true original and a great example […]

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Interview: Caleb Caudle values endurance and radical empathy

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Caleb Caudle has been making music for longer than you might guess since the night he walked up to an open mic night, sat down and strummed his first chord in a live setting. He sings […]

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Interview: Chatham Rabbits can pull from a hatful of songs

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It’s hard to pin down and stamp a genre like a Notary Public would on Chatham Rabbits. The husband-and-wife duo of Austin and Sarah McCombie started out in bluegrass and old-timey music, but they have taken […]

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Interview: Jennifer Castle opens the door into her world of song

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We are here to talk about the Earth Mother, We are here to talk about the Arthurian Damsel. We are here to talk about an imaginative chimera and a darker rose. We are here to talk […]

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