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July 23, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Los Straitjackets: What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets
Los Straitjackets What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Los Straitjackets Yep Roc Records Los Straitjackets (originally The Straitjackets in the 80s, but after a bust-up they’ve been at it as Los Straitjackets for over 20 years now) is back with another set of surf-pop-meets-rockabilly instrumentals. The catch, this time, the album’s title being a […]Archive
February 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Tony Joe White: Rain Crow
Tony Joe White Rain Crow Yep Roc Records Sure, Tony Joe White’s gnarled swamp-fox “gimmick” has seen him trying to rewrite Steamy Windows since, well, since that time he wrote Steamy Windows. But when he gets it right he does a fine line in effortless, that creamy-smooth, big baritone voice laid down, certainly laidback, somewhere […]Archive
June 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band: United States
Ian McLagan & The Bump Band United States Yep Roc/Southbound Ian McLagan – rock legend? Sure. Small Faces, countless sessions with so many of the greats, plenty of good yarns too. And then there’s the label – Yep Roc – so many strong releases in the wider country/alt-country/rootsy-rock territory. And here’s Ian with his group […]Archive
June 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Dave & Phil Alvin: Common Ground
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Common Ground: Play and Sing The Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Yep Roc With some records it doesn’t really matter about the music – the backstory is what sells it. Or at least with some record-reviews that will be the case certainly with Common Ground: Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin […]Archive
September 9, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Aoife O’Donovan: Fossils
Aoife O’Donovan Fossils Yep Roc/Southbound Wow! What a great record. And I mean instantly. You hear opener, Lay My Burden Down, and you’re hooked. Well, that was the case for me anyway. Turns out I knew that wonderful voice already, I didn’t straight away connect the name, but I’d been a fan of Aoife O’Donovan’s […]Archive
August 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Golden Suits: Golden Suits
Golden Suits Golden Suits Yep Roc Records/Southbound As Golden Suits, multi-instrumentalist Fred Nicolaus shapes dramatic, gorgeous pop tunes as a type of “night music” for indie nerds – very smart, very sharp but also something to just lounge back with, to fall down into. You may remember Nicolaus from his work with Grizzly Bear’s Daniel […]Archive
March 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman