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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]