by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #354 Alana Amram & The Rough Gems – Should I Go Now
From out of Los Angeles, California comes Alana Amram with her Rough Gems. ‘Should I Go Now’ is taken from their upcoming record Spring River, and showcases their warm, rich sound. A proper country song, if it feels like its…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #350 Born Standing Up – No. 9
No 9. – Born Standing Up from Born Standing Up on Vimeo. From out of Oxford, Mississippi come Born Standing Up, who have finished work on their debut album, recorded all over the Magnolia State, from their bedroom to a…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #349 Inigo Ugarteburu – Miradas
For The Unknown by IƱigo Ugarteburu For The Unknown is a solo work from Inigo Ugarteburu, a man who boasts a lengthy list of former and current bands. Yet he’s hardly alone on this new work, with each track recorded…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album Round-up | Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy, The April Maze and Dawn Landes
Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy – A Tell All Jason Isbell’s Southeastern is one of the great undersung albums of 2013 – just ask Bruce Springsteen. Now his ex-wife Shonna Tucker is the next to try her hand at a…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #346 Broken Records – Toska
Scottish ensemble Broken Records are ready to return with their third album Weights And Pulleys later this year, and will precede the new record with the Toska EP next month. The title track is an introspective piece, powered by the…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #345 Suntrapp – New Morning
Suntrapp, the indie-folk project of Jake Houlsby, return with ‘New Morning’, recorded over two days at Camden’s Roundhouse as part of the 30/30 project. The new single, the follow-up to the delightful ‘All The Seas’, is released on February 17.
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #344 Paper Aeroplanes – Circus
Taken from last year’s Little Letters, ‘Circus’ is the title track from Paper Aeroplanes new EP. There’s a handful of alternate takes and remixes from the record, new track ‘Ribbons’ and, of course, ‘Circus’, which gets a new video to…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #327 Paul Bergmann and the Fair Moans – Sorrow Song
January in the UK means many things, but it always means a heap of TV adverts for holidays in southern California. Sun! Surf! Doom-folk! Wait, what? Okay, so that last one is yet to feature alongside Rob Lowe et al…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #325 Elephant Revival – Remembering A Beginning
One day Dango Rose read the story of two elephants who had lived together for 15 years and then separated by zookeepers. Within days, both of them died. Touched by the sad story, Dango had the name for his band.…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on #324 Alister Atkin & The Ghost Line Carnival – Jess’s Song
Alister Atkin made his name by building guitars played by the likes of Richard Hawley, Elbow, Eddi Reader and Graham Coxon. Then, in 2012, he put out his first record In Time and quickly gained an array of plaudits for…