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August 27, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Wooden Wand: Blood Oaths of the New Blues

Wooden Wand Blood Oaths of the New Blues Fire Records/Southbound This is the 14th album by Wooden Wand, the name James Jackson Toth uses for his broken-arsed folk-meets-country, heck use the Americana tag if you must – it’s likely this’ll be the best Americana album of the year. Toth is a great songwriter and across […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Americana, Blood Oaths of the New Blues, Bright Eyes, Fire Records, James Jackson Toth, Phosphorescent, Southbound, Wooden Wand ·

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May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

Phosphorescent Muchacho Dead Oceans Under the name Phosphorescent, American singer/songwriter Matthew Houck has built a career – with six albums so far –  that sees him regularly receiving the hushed-tones and revered-raves that cult fans, completists and critics hurl at the likes of Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin, Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters’ Mark Kozelek, American […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alt-Country, American Music Club, Ask The Dust, Barry Gifford, Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Daniel Lanois, Down To Go, Folk, Here's To Taking It Easy, John Fante, Johnny Cash, Justin Vernon, Mark Eitzel, Mark Kozelek, Muchacho, Phosphorescent, Raymond Carver, Red House Painters, Ring Of Fire, Song For Zula, Sun Kil Moon, The Quotidian Beasts, To Willie, Willy Vlautin ·

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May 2, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Wake Owl: Wild Country EP

Wake Owl Wild Country EP Vagrant There are warning signs – the band’s name – the cover of this EP too, you could be put off, could have it pegged as faux-country/try-hard-folk-tinged indie. And maybe that’s exactly what this is – but I like it. For the most part. It’s not always successful. At times […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Colyn Cameron, Iron & Wine, Phosphorescent, Wake Owl, Wild Country EP ·

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