Jeff Tweedy has long since proven his worth in the general landscape of popular music. He has turned from young alt-country man into middle aged alt-rock legend. This time he wears another new hat, as he offers Tweedy’s debut album.…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Allah-Las – Worship The Sun
Where as the Allah-La’s 2012 debut album conjured up images of hitting the surf with a bunch of 1960s beach bums, in Worship The Sun the band seem to have turned their attention to a different sort of California sand…
by Danny Brothers • • Comments Off on Album | The Lost Brothers – New Songs of Dawn and Dust
The fourth album from Irish duo Mark McCausland and Oisin Leech, aka The Lost Brothers, begins a new trilogy for the band with all three previous releases forming the first chapter of their musical journey. 2012’s The Passing Of The…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on Albums | Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Over his 14 year solo career since leaving Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams has released 14 albums, ranging from the Americana sounds of 2011’s Ashes & Fire to the rather more obscure metal of Orion. Adams is a modern day musical chameleon, hopping…
by Dominic J Stevenson • • Comments Off on Album | Lucinda Williams – Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Lucinda has surely cemented her eternal place with the greats of country blues rock over the past years. Having recently got married you might forgive her for laying low and having a quiet time of it. Not so, for the…
White Flowers begins with ‘Espera’, which means waiting/hoping/expecting, and sounds like an open window on a cold sunny morning: bright, pure voices, and a buzzing hum which could be a harmonium or a discordant amp. The song lyrics throughout have…
Palme is short, compact, stunning. It’s a record a little like a music box, with ballerina popping up and spinning intoxicatingly, especially to those who let themselves become one with it. It’s like a fragile and wonderful little universe. Artists…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on Album | Perfume Genius – Too Bright
Mike Hadreas, operating under the Perfume Genius moniker, returns with Too Bright, his third record and his best by some lengths. After the underground success of Learning and Put Your Back N 2 it, this record should be the one to…
by Dominic J Stevenson • • Comments Off on Album | Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers
Earle Junior’s latest album starts with the gorgeous ‘Worried Bout The Weather,’ and the chilled out country vibe instantly impresses. This apple didn’t fall far from the tree. In fact, this track by way of an introduction to the artist…
The new Moonface release feels like both an album and an EP. There are five songs here, with the final two totalling over 19 minutes and the stretched-out length doesn’t feel much like an EP as we know it. But…