Bright Eyes

Star studded Felice Brothers tribute album to arrive in October

July 23, 2026 Keith Hargreaves 1

As the band themselves announce 2027 UK dates. The Felice Brothers are to be celebrated in the album Felice County Fair, a tribute album exploring and reimagining the band’s back catalogue, which will be released Oct 16th […]

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor’s top 20 songs of 2025: Part One, 20-11

December 15, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s been another very full on year here in AUK Towers, a year in which we got bombarded with albums but more than that, by the four minute pieces of music which make them up – […]

Something for the weekend: Bright Eyes feat. Hurray for the Riff Raff “Dyslexic Palindrome”

August 29, 2025 Mark Whitfield 0

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader – I am having a rare venture down to London to see Sam Russo tonight although I’m so tired I fully expect to fall asleep in […]

Bright Eyes “All Threes” – featuring Cat Power

September 24, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Well this one slipped out with no fanfare at all…but we all know who Bright Eyes / Conor Oberst is, we all know Cat Power, and this is the title track of the new album ‘Five […]

Solstice Songs Thursday – Let us to the darkened woods

December 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, this really is it – the final batch of seasonal songs for the year. Apologies to all those we couldn’t fit in, we’ve really done out best. And what have we today? Darkened woods, the […]

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

August 5, 2026 2

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