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Listened to the fine Luke Haines afternoon show on Radio Boogaloo today. He's never dull company. He certainly has a fondness for ...

Donovan tips his hat to a personal hero.

I know I write about him a fair bit on here but there was something quite unique about Elliott Smith. Although you could tell that he...

Not the tribute to the great auteur that you might expect. From a band that sound like the German Green Day.

If you're going to be in a band you might as well push the boat out a bit. Such at least seems to be the maxim of Sparrow Steeple. ...

Dutch musician and band Pim Blom have been bobbing along on Indie radars for two or three years now. Regulars on Marc Riley evening ses...

From the latest School of Language album, 45 which holds up the Trump phenomenon to the light and naturally finds him wanting, During th...

LA musician Jackie Cohen's debut album Zagg is a very odd but intriguing thing. Sounding like something of a union between Rickie Le...

Thought it was Waylon for a minute. Sounded great on a sunny Sunday morning anyhow.

Mariee Sioux's third album Grief in Exile  came out last Friday. It's the first I've heard of her, but it took only a few s...

A couple of days before I was due to see the Flamin' Groovies, the band published an announcement on the Facebook page for the gig: ...

One for Dr. John last night.

Plenty of songs around about these two. Here's one.

The comparison points for Vanishing Point's rightly hailed new album The Age of Immunology are immediately and plainly apparent. Br...

This truly seems like a golden age for great American roots albums

Pal of Trump.

 The Slow Summits need only to get ten seconds into  The Spirit of the Lyrics the first song from their debut EP  Languid Belles for th...

From Deus, one of the favourite bands of a late friend. The late Maria Schneider.

The Weather Prophets do a fine job on Tim Hardin's utterly wonderful You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie. The B Side of She ...

Much lauded by Pitchfork recently. With good reason.

From Adam Green who is returning to the musical fray shortly.

Manchester. So much to answer for...

American musician Doug Tuttle once of Mmoss has long specialised in the kind of thing he  unveils on his latest album Dream Road . Year...

And another song from the same record. A not altogether flattering portrait of FDR.

Penny Rabbit and Summer Bear the opening track of Seattle, Washington musician's new record  Omoiyari is a quite beautifully gracef...