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 […]

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

August 6, 2026 0

March, 2026, walking down Islington High Street in the rain, heading for the hallowed Union Chapel, the anticipation of seeing Samantha Crain live was palpable. Too many years had gone by since a summer night at […]

Bird “Held Here Together”

August 6, 2026 0

Atmospheric strings build a soundscape from folk and psych to support excellent songs. Singer-Songwriter Bird, otherwise known as Janie Price, has released a new full-length album. Held Here Together is made up of her two recent […]

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

August 6, 2026 0

It was a hot night in the West End, but thankfully the air conditioning was cool at Denmark Street’s Lower Third. This was Joshua Ray Walker’s first show in London since recovering from stage 3 bowel […]

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)

Essentials: The Top 10 Samantha Crain Songs

Bird “Held Here Together”

Live Review: Joshua Ray Walker + Malin Pettersen, The Lower Third, London – 28th July 2026

Phil Odgers & John Kettle “The War is Over – The Songs of Phil Ochs Vol 2”

Freddy Trujillo takes flight with his fifth solo album