Beachwood Sparks

Classic Americana Albums: Beachwood Sparks “The Tarnished Gold”

October 5, 2022 Andrew Frolish 0

In 2012, it was eleven years since Beachwood Sparks’ last full album and, despite a reunion in 2008 for Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary, new music from the Los Angeles group seemed unlikely. When ‘The Tarnished Gold’ […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Mark Whitfield

September 22, 2022 Mark Whitfield 7

Features Editor Clint West writes: Today we complete our writers’ choices of the ‘Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century’ with the selections of our founder, editor and guru Mark Whitfield. It’s been a fascinating […]

AUK’s Top 10 Americana Albums of the 21st Century: Andrew Frolish

June 1, 2022 Andrew Frolish 1

Lists such as this are always agonisingly difficult to compile. There’s the aching self-doubt, the lingering sense that you have forgotten something or someone important and regrets over who has been left out. The decisions made […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Mark Whitfield

February 18, 2021 Clint West 1

Today sees us publish the last of our writers’ personal top tens. It’s been both entertaining and educative and has demonstrated the wide range of knowledge and tastes that AUK writers collectively possess. All the selections […]

Video: Farmer Dave & The Wizards of the West “Cave Walls”

January 27, 2021 Andrew Frolish 0

‘Cave Walls’ is psychedelic fever dream of a song, propelled by a trance-like rhythm, a powerful bass-line and layers of atmospheric keys. Stunning guitar work lets the song fly, soaring into space and filling the void. […]