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September 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Joan Shelley: Like The River Loves The Sea

Joan Shelley Like The River Loves The Sea No Quarter Records Over a half-dozen albums across the last decade Joan Shelley has refined her sound and perfected the craft of subtly confessional songwriting – nothing jarring at all here in the simple instrumentation and gorgeous singing. But look beneath the beautiful poetic worlds (“A haven […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Album Review, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Gillian Welch, Joan Shelley, Joan Shelley: Like The River Loves The Sea, Laura Marling, Like The River Loves The Sea, Nathan Salsburg, Nick Drake, No Quarter Records, Songwriter, Van Morrison, Will Oldham, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Lo Carmen: Lovers Dreamers Fighters

Lo Carmen Lovers Dreamers Fighters Chiquita Records The breathy, smoky voice of Australian country-rock songstress Lo Carmen should set your world alight – or at the very least let you know whether you’re in or not – almost instantly with the opening, title track of this, her seventh album. But if you want the safest […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Americana, Australia, Australian, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Chiquita Records, Lo Carmen, Lo Carmen: Lovers Dreamers Fighters, Loene Carmen, Lovers Dreamers Fighters, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas: Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST]

Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST] Drag City To create the soundtrack to her documentary feature Sailing A Sinking Sea Olivia Wyatt called on Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy alums Bitchin Bajas. They dialled up all manner of spooky, kooky synths and tribal drumming from their vast soundtrack library – at times they […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Bitchin Bajas, Boards Of Canada, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Burma, Moken, Nature, Nomad, Olivia Wyatt, Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas, Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas: Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST], Sailing A Sinking Sea, Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST], Score, Sea, Seas, Soundtrack, Thailand, Water ·

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July 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tortoise: The Catastrophist

Tortoise The Catastrophist Thrill Jockey The more you play the new Tortoise album the greater it is – the less weird/curveball it seems. Now this is true of any album, pretty much. But it’s worth mentioning right off, because everyone is going to tell you how different this is – largely because it’s an album […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Brave & The Bold, Georgia Hubley, Mogwai, Post-Rock, Rave Tapes, The Catastrophist, Thrill Jockey, Todd Rittmann, Tortoise, U.S. Maple, Yo La Tengo ·

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October 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues Drag City A decade ago Will Oldham started to reach the peak of his “mainstream” acceptance/success – people knew to look out for him. In the last half-decade he’s back to blasting out so much stuff and nonsense that releases come and go, sometimes you wouldn’t […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Singer's Grave A Sea of Tonuges, Will Oldham ·

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January 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Billie Joe + Norah: Foreverly

Billie Joe + Norah Foreverly Reprise/Warner Here the Billie Joe is he of Green Day, the Norah is she of Jones – Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones, when the press release was doing the rounds a few people assumed it a joke. The finished product – Foreverly, a tribute album to The Everlys, in […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Billie Joe + Norah, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Dawn McCarthy, Everly Brothers, Foreverly, Green Day, Norah Jones, The Everly Brothers, What The Brothers Sang ·

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May 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: What The Brothers Sang

Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy What The Brothers Sang Palace Records It’s hard to know what’s trickier: keeping up with Will Oldham’s musical endeavours/releases or spotting anything resembling actual sincerity. Deep in the chase – for the first time in years – I’ve found him at his best and most heartfelt right here with […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Dawn McCarthy, Dawn McCarthy & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Faun Fables, Palace Records, The Everly Brothers, What The Brothers Sang, Will Oldham ·

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