Columns
Sounds from beyond the Shed – week 25
The calm after the storm. After last week’s rant I have taken stock and decided that this week should be a far more optimistic piece looking to the future rather than dwelling on the rather […]
Son Volt
Tracks
Son Volt feat. Laura Cantrell “Diamonds and Cigarettes” – Listen
Son Volt recently announced the July 30th release of their tenth studio album ‘Electro Melodier’, and over the weekend they’ve released a lyric video for the track ‘Diamond and Cigarettes’ which in lovingly paying homage […]
News
Son Volt announces new album “Electro Melodier”
Son Volt, one of the most influential Americana bands of their generation, have announced the July 30th release of their tenth studio album, ‘Electro Melodier’ which lands via Transmit Sound and our feline friends at […]
Classic Americana Albums
Classic Americana Albums: Son Volt “Trace” (Warner Bros, 1995)
When Jay Farrar sings, “May the wind blow your troubles away,” on ‘Windfall’, about a long-distance drive to escape one’s problems and the opening track of Son Volt’s 1995 debut album, ‘Trace’, it came across […]
Features
Songs for the Rehearsal
As AUK’s resident miserabilist (self-appointed, though there is clearly plenty of competition) I feel it is incumbent on me to offer some kind of alternative background music for the approaching doomsday scenario. Now I’m not […]