Father John Misty

Father John Misty “The Payoff” – read the small print, sucker

May 20, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

Here’s a song that doesn’t offer much in the way of optimism, talking as it does of deals, probably of the shady kind, and a world that ought to get you, and, hey, get this, you […]

Father John Misty “The Old Law” – going back to basics

January 15, 2026 Jonathan Aird 1

Crunching guitars are the introduction to the new single from Father John Misty which steers off in an egg-man’s direction (goo-goo g’joob, g’goo goo g’joob), and that’s maybe not too surprising as whilst the song was […]

Gillain Wwelch @ Jazz Fest, New Orleans, 29 April 2007

For the Sake of the Song: Gillian Welch “Everything Is Free”

November 24, 2025 Helen Jones 2

It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time in the early-00s when music piracy was the hot topic. At the turn of the millennium, Metallica member Lars Ulrich famously took the free file-sharing service […]

After April sell-outs, Father John Misty returns to the UK and Ireland for new 2025 summer dates

December 17, 2024 Richard Parkinson 0

Earlier in December 2024, AUK’s Guy Lincoln reviewed Father John Misty’s latest album “Mahashmashana”, awarding it a high 9/10. He wrote: “After all this then, what are we left with? Fundamentally “Mahashmashana” is a magnificent, overblown, […]

Video: Father John Misty “Screamland”

October 10, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest release from Josh Tillman, also known as Father John Misty, is an absorbing seven-minute epic of a song. ‘Screamland’ is a richly layered, beautifully-crafted song that swells and surges in the chorus and as […]