Ajay Mathur may not be a household name, but he sure knows how to roll with the best of them. Born in India, Mathur began putting in his dues around the 70s in popular venues throughout his home country. It…
Album | Ajay Mathur – Little Boat
Category: Reviews
Album | Okkervil River – In the Rainbow Rain
Will Sheff is a happy man. He’s rebuilt Okkervil River, finally moved out of New York, and following a successful 2016 tour he and the new band went back into the studio and recorded In The Rainbow Rain. On this…
Album | The Amazing – In Transit
Within the multitude of musical releases happening nowadays, it has become hard to run into one of those records that, over time, have the power to shape memories. In Transit is one of those records. The Amazing are a Swedish…
Album | Ryan Hutchens – The Last Ten Years
Over the last ten years, Americana has grown immensely in the public eye. Ironically enough, we may have the more formulaic, anthemic folk-rock of Mumford & Sons to thank for that initial jump. Therein, most of what fills the Americana…
Album | Jason Vitelli – Head Above Tide
Jason Vitelli is the sort of artist that most will either “get” straightaway or turn their heads away from in confusion before they can really let the music culminate. Either party has an understandable basis for their actions, given that…
Album | Laish – Time Elastic
There are, sometimes, artists and bands you are lucky enough to grow with. Laish has been one of those, to me, and I am grateful for it. Daniel Green was born, musically, in the Brighton scene that sprouted the Wilkommen…
Album | Umbrella Bed – Rotate
Ska has seen quite a revival as of late, though not in the sort of way that one might imagine aficionados of the genre would be warm towards. In the world of ‘any press is good press’, though, bands professing…
Album | Old Crow Medicine Show – Volunteer
Old Crow Medicine Show celebrate 20 years together in 2018 and mark the occasion with Volunteer, an album recorded in the historic RCA Studio A in Nashville by Jason Isbell producer Dave Cobb. It’s fair to say that they’ve faced…
Album | L.A Salami – The City of Bootmakers
Lookman Adekunle Salami has already been given the Bob Dylan Curse. For those who consider him to be the “next Bob Dylan” the question really is why can’t he simply be the first L.A. Salami? Based on The City of…
Album | Laura Veirs – The Lookout
Laura Veirs is an accomplished songwriter based in Portland with 20 years of experience under her belt. Her proficiency and attention to detail shine through in this album to create a palette of emotional depth and lightness. This is a…