Icarus Phoenix

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Icarus Phoenix “Sometimes our shadow can get in the way”

May 12, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

A beautiful, life affirming slice of melodious Americana-tinged indie pop. Be it Fountains of Wayne or They Might be Giants there is a strata of American music that flirts with the mainstream but is defiantly indie […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – Week 54

May 10, 2022 Keith Hargreaves 0

God I’ve missed this…. So it happened this week. My last indoor gig was on the 19th March 2020 The Felice Brothers in Cambridge. It was small, intimate and alternately heartbreaking and raucously joyous. Everything live […]

Something for the weekend: Icarus Phoenix “Gild (For J.W. Teller)”

March 25, 2022 Mark Whitfield 0

That’s it for another week from us dear reader and we leave you with a new track from the forthcoming third album from Drew Danburry’s Icarus Phoenix project ‘Sometimes Our Shadow Gets in the Way’. We’ve […]

Mark Whitfield, AUK Editor: My top 10 tracks of 2021

December 23, 2021 Mark Whitfield 1

Every year in recent times I seem to listen to fewer and fewer whole albums – it’s often a time issue, as creating the monthly supporters’ compilations along with trawling through dozens of submissions every week […]

Icarus Phoenix “No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell”

December 6, 2021 Helen Jones 0

An album of ambition that sets the bar high but meets it. The lofty title alone (‘No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell’) of the second release by the band […]

Paper Verses “Windstill”

September 21, 2026 0

Kent folk duo follow up two impressive EP releases with a beautiful debut. Paper Verses are a folk duo based in Broadstairs, Kent. Simone Lincoln and Matt Evans have released their debut full-length collection following two […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 245 “Stop….thief…”

September 21, 2026 1

I went to Brighton this week to see The Jayhawks. They were playing at the newly restored Corn Exchange. The gig was being promoted by the excellent Brighthelmstone Promotions, and a good time was promised and […]

Brown Wimpenny “Shady Grove” – chugs like a fast train