Mercury Rev

The Deserters have returned! Mercury Rev announce first album in nine years, UK tour dates

June 5, 2024 Keith Hargreaves 0

Looks like autumn is going to be golden this year as the legends that are Mercury Rev have announced a new album “Born Horses” which is due for release 6th September via Bella Union as well […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 15

April 21, 2021 Keith Hargreaves 3

The postman delivered something smashing this week. As a committed music lover I have over the year experimented with all sorts of formats but have continually found myself drawn back to the vinyl LP. My ears […]

Harmony Rockets with Peter Walker “Lachesis/Clotho/Atropos” (Tompkins Square, 2019)

March 4, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

Harmony Rockets is kind of a sideline project for Mercury Rev’s Grasshopper and Jonathan Donahue, allowing them to go off-piste as it were and indulge themselves. Here they team up with the little known but well […]

RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
The Lone Bellow - The Lone Bellow (vinyl)
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
XTC - A Coat of Many Cupboards (excerpts...it's a 4 CD ...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@andyshort Yes, it makes a refreshing change from artis...
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RE: My First Record Player
I had a Rotel amp and turntable too until the buttons s...
By Andy Short , 5 days ago
RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
@peterthompson When Ryan Adams string breaks during Bar...
By Andy Short , 5 days ago
World Party - Private Revolution
Oh Karl - you left us much too soon. word on the street...
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RE: What are you listening to at the moment?
Little Feat - Time Loves a Hero (vinyl) XTC - English...
By Peter Thompson , 1 week ago
David Allan Coe (9/6/1939 - 4/29/2026)
David Allan Coe was certainly a controversial figure, b...
By Joe Nathan , 1 week ago
RE: Versions!
You know those songs that you know and that song become...
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Artwork for Trippers & Askers album Tried To Do's

Trippers & Askers “Tried To Do’s”

May 8, 2026 0

Invest time and listen carefully, and you may find reward with this deep, introspective record. Trippers & Askers is the recording and songwriting project of Jay Hammond, musician, sound artist, educator and researcher. He is currently […]

Make Americana Great Again: Deus Ex Musica

May 8, 2026 0

Some years ago, the director Alex Garland made a movie with a title similar to this column, except it was Ex Machina, not Musica, which I’m guessing is the Latin word for “music.” Although Deus or […]

The Latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring UNCUT legend Allan Jones on all things Americana and beyond

May 8, 2026 0

This week sees Keith talking to one of his heroes, the journalist Allan Jones, once editor of Melody Maker and founder of UNCUT magazine, now a gentleman of the arts and letters whose tastes still exert […]

The Deserters have returned! Mercury Rev announce first album in nine years, UK tour dates

Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 15

Harmony Rockets with Peter Walker “Lachesis/Clotho/Atropos” (Tompkins Square, 2019)

Trippers & Askers “Tried To Do’s”

Make Americana Great Again: Deus Ex Musica

The Latest AUK Podcast is now available featuring UNCUT legend Allan Jones on all things Americana and beyond

Live Review: Brown Horse + Elanor Moss, St Stephen’s Church, Ipswich – 18th April 2026

Bob Wagner “Richest Man On Earth” – doesn’t turn out so well