Swarme of Beese

AUK Shortcuts: Paula Boggs Band, David Lewis, The Doomed Bird of Providence, Jack’s Basket Room, Swarme of Beese, Victoria’s Big Easy, Allen Dobb, Peter Karp, and Mark Branscombe

June 2, 2026 Bryan Bance 0

Our latest Short Cuts, a monthly 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, […]

Interview: Swarme of Beese finds more poetry in darkness than in light

June 30, 2025 Dean Nardi 0

The term mutant folk seems to fit. In the band’s early days, before The Victor Mourning emerged from the pupa into an adult Swarme of Beese, their songs elicited unusual receptions. Co-songwriter Lynne Adele recalls performing […]

Swarme of Beese “Fruits of the Golden Land”

August 31, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

A bewitching journey into the haunted landscapes of gothic Americana. Swarme of Beese describe their music as ‘hillbilly noir’ and ‘Fruits of the Golden Land’, their latest album, as a “Collection of sonic postcards from an […]

Mary Gauthier “Reckoning”

September 22, 2026 2

One of our finest songwriters delivers an album for our times with consummate clarity and lyrical daring. Mary Gauthier was something of a late starter, delivering her first album when she was in her late thirties […]

Sylvie finally make a full length debut which arrives in November

September 22, 2026 1

Sylvie, the project of Los Angeles artist Ben Schwab, has announced their forthcoming album, New Season, available November 6th, 2026, via Ghostly International. Rina (feat. Alex Amen) is the single out now. Reflecting on a passing […]

Features

More People Really Should Know About: Carey Ott

September 22, 2026 0

Carey Ott is nothing if not prolific. He hails from Chicago, and he’s a multi-instrumentalist, a producer and engineer and a performer. He’s released seven albums to date as well as numerous singles. In my music […]