News
PopMatters choses its top americana albums of 2020
Back when we launched our site in 2001 we tended to cover a bit of pop as well as americana, of the power-variety – not such strange bedfellows when you consider artists such as Big Star, […]
Low Cut Connie
Live Reviews
SXSW 2019, Austin, Texas, 8th-16th March 2019
One piece of received wisdom regarding SXSW, the sprawling music showcase held annually in Austin, is that it has become over-corporate and is no longer worth attending for an Americana fan. This I would refute strongly. […]
Album Reviews
Low Cut Connie “Dirty Pictures (Part 2)” (Contender Records, 2018)
Philadelphia six-piece Low Cut Connie return with the second of their ‘Dirty Pictures’ records. Where the first primarily centred on the nitty-gritty rock and roll they have become renowned for, this latest instalment is a far […]
Live Reviews
South By Southwest Festival 2018, Austin, Texas
The annual jamboree that is Austin’s South by Southwest Festival plows on with over two thousand artists descending on the town for a week long binge and that’s just the music. With film, gaming and politics […]