Columns
AUK Short Cuts – November 2022
Welcome to our second Short Cuts feature where AUK casts a brief eye and ear on several albums we’ve received recently which just didn’t make the cut for a full review. Like most major music websites […]
Morton Valence
Live Reviews
Live Review – Morton Valence + Ags Connolly, MOTH Club, Hackney, London, 15th October 2022
Album launch, iconic pedal steel, top class support act. An exciting night was in prospect. But I nearly walked past the venue because I didn’t see the sign, however, the security staff are obviously used to […]
Tracks
Morton Valence “Summertime In London” – but, was it this Summer?
Having reached the Autumn Equinox (an event to be celebrated now by not just one, but a fine pair of albums from this guy) it may seem strange to be featuring a Summery song. And it […]
Videos
Video Premiere: Morton Valence “Skylines Change / Genders Blur”
There’s a sinister darkness to the latest single from Morton Valence. The opening song from the album ‘Black Angel Drifter’ is a chaotic blend of genres, an unrelenting, atmospheric blast of apocalyptic sound. Discordant, disturbing, unsettling. […]
Album Reviews
Morton Valence “Black Angel Drifter” (Cow Pie, 2020)
The opening sentence of promotional material that accompanies this Morton Valence (re)release states “Black Angel Drifter is an album of unorthodox ’country’ music and unlike anything you’ve heard before”. You won’t be surprised to hear that […]