by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Oisin Leech – Cold Sea
Magic is a funny thing. When it occurs there’s no stopping it, and Oisin Leech’s Cold Sea is a product of magic. The stars aligned. There’s really no other way to explain it. A pause in the world forced Lost…
by Tom White • • Comments Off on Album | John Bramwell – The Light Fantastic
The former I Am Kloot mainman’s second solo album is an unexpected departure from the sound which has made his name, and no less enjoyable for it. “I’ve not got much to say but I thought I’d say it anyway,” Bramwell sings…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Past is Still Alive
In a recording studio in Durham, NC just one month shy of losing their father, Aylnda Segarra – the songwriter behind the monicker of Hurray for the Riff Raff – committed to tape the most personal album they’d made to…
by Pete Bate • • Comments Off on Album | Grandaddy – Blu Wav
Grandaddy main man Jason Lytle has always had a country heart, notwithstanding the skateboarding and DIY punk origins of his band’s taped-together indie rock. Their sixth album is the one on which Lytle gives in to pedal steel and the…
by Anna Murphy • • Comments Off on Album | Frontier Ruckus – On the Northline
In their first album since the acclaimed Enter the Kingdom in 2017, Michigan’s alternative folk trio Frontier Ruckus – comprised of singer-songwriter-guitarist Matthew Milia, banjo player David Jones, and multi-instrumentalist Zachary Nichols – return in full force with On the…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Itasca – Imitation of War
In the four years since Itasca’s Spring the world has changed completely, so there may be no antecedents for Imitation of War. It is an electric album, but one with a delicacy unlike anything else heard this year. It exists out of time…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Album | The Miserable Rich – Overcome
Tough times can overcome you, and they can be overcome. Every story is different, but the chances of finding a way through are much stronger with the love and support of family and friends. And that was the backdrop for…
by Bob Fish • • Comments Off on Album | Mol Sullivan – Goose
The gestation period of a goose is 28 days. Mol Sullivan’s first album, Goose, needed to gestate a bit longer. Quite a bit longer, 15 years to be exact. She had to deal with a decade-long affair, not with a…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Chatham County Line – Hiyo
Since rising from the ashes of previous band Stillhouse a quarter of a century ago, Chatham County Line have been presenting their modern take on the bluegrass tradition to a devoted fan base across the world. Hiyo is their 11th…
by Anna Murphy • • Comments Off on EP | Basia Bartz – Out of the Woods
A whisper of wind through the trees, leaves rustling underfoot, a crackling fire, the smell of dirt after the rain. Mother Nature is a thread that weaves through Out of the Woods, a collaboration between Polish singer-songwriter Basia Bartz and…