Kurt Vile – Bottle It In
By Matt Rocke. Kurt Vile – Bottle It In (Matador/Remote Control) America is great again? No thanks to Capital Hill. But Kurt Vile’s new record, ‘Bottle it In’ could just be an antidote to the […]
CD Reviews
CD: DELINE BRISCOE – WAWU
Review by Chris Lambie DELINE BRISCOE – WAWU (MGM / Acoustic Fusion) Deline Briscoe‘s sublime backing vocals have accompanied iconic Australian artists. A few less feet from stardom, she’s graced ensembles including Black Arm Band, […]
CD: Paul Weller – True Meanings
Review by Iain Patience Paul Weller – True Meanings (Warner Records) The second release in as many years from the former super-Mod, punkish-rocker, Weller, finds him again on top form, with 14 tracks that bear […]
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CD: Tash Sultana – Flow State
By Matt Rocke Tash Sultana – Flow State Tash Sultana hails from another dimension. A nine-month period of healing and rehabilitation in her late teens following psychedelic drug use, her assiduous pursuit of perfection and her […]
Review: Toby Walker – From The Ground Up
Buggy Pie Records CD/Blues The latest offering from New Jersey, US, acoustic picker, Toby Walker, is nothing short of a complete, masterful tour de force of blues-picking at its very best. Walker is a guy […]
CD Review: Jeffrey Halford & the Healers – Lo-Fi Dreams
Shoeless Records Blues/Americana Whatever else might be said about Jeffrey Halford one thing is certainly true, the guy is a natural-born story-teller, a guy with a quirky eye on the world as it passes or […]
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Album Review: The Wreckage – Melody Moko
Available through MGM or on-line Americana/Pop One of the frustrations of the music industry is that all music has to be put into a pigeonhole, and once you are in that pigeonhole there are certain […]
CD REVIEW: Jim Roberts and the Resonants – Beneath The Blood Moon
Independent Blues CD This initially seems to be a new independent release from a new US band. But a few years ago the Jack Roberts Harvey Band punched out an excellent, pulsing blues album called […]
CD Review: The Turner Brown Band – Sliding Steel
Independent / Rocket Over the course of a storied career that’s currently in its third decade, Australian guitarist Dom Turner has made a hell of a lot of music. Perhaps most noted for his role […]
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Cd Review: Rory Ellis – One Skin
Independent Over the course of his solo career, which now extends to eight full-length releases since his 2000 debut, Ride, Rory Ellis has slowly but surely cemented his place within the Australian Americana scene. Perhaps […]