Lucero “All A Man Should Do”
Lucero “All A Man Should Do”
Lucero “All A Man Should Do”
The Rhythm Shakers “Panic” The Rhythm Shakers are a rock n roll band from good old Los Angeles. Whilst clearly based on a love of fifties rock n roll, they’re […]
Secret Garden Party, Abbots Ripton 23rd July – 26th July 2015 If you haven’t been to the Secret Garden Party (SGP), then you have truly missed out on one of […]
Ok, let’s get this out of the way, early doors, it is hard for us to be unbiased about 2000 trees, as it is undoubtedly one of our favourite festivals. […]
Fraser A Gorman “Slow Gum” It may not be immediately apparent by his look or indeed sound but Fraser A Gorman is actually from Melbourne. It may also come as […]
Banditos “S/T” In many ways, Banditos really start with way too much of an advantage for us to review this record impartially. Firstly, this debut album is released on Bloodshot […]
Tim Vantol “If We Go Down, We Will Go Together!” We are sure that those of you who read our interview with Tim Vantol (https://thesoulofaclown.com/2015/04/21/tim-vantol-interview/) will be eagerly awaiting news […]
Rhino And The Ranters – “The Hanging Room” We first stumbled across Rhino And The Ranters when we saw they were playing at the Lunar Festival and were being described […]
Kail Baxley “A Light That Never Dies” Sometimes the only introduction you need to an album, is to hear the words of the artists themselves. Kail Baxley has described his […]
The festival news keeps coming thick and fast with Latitude announcing a typically eclectic and exciting line up: OBELISK ARENA ALT-J, PORTISHEAD NOEL GALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS MANIC STREET PREACHERS, […]
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires “Deconstructed” This is the follow up to the band’s last release “There Is a Bomb in Gilead”. That album actually generated a lot […]
The Delta Routine “You And Your Lion” This album is actually the fourth release from The Delta Routine who are a foursome hailing from Milwaukee. According to front man Nick […]
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Freedom Tower – “No Wave Dance Party 2015” Whilst The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion may have been around for nearly a quarter of a century, […]
Murder By Death “Big Dark Love” Murder by Death is a name we recognise but have not actually ever heard any of their albums. Which is a surprise given that […]
Adam Faucett “Blind Water finds Blind Water” Adam hails from Little Rock, Arkansas and it has to be said is in possession of a very fine beard… but don’t let […]
Tim Barry “Lost & Rootless” We first experienced Tim Barry when he supported Frank Turner. He was a hugely engaging and charismatic musician who managed to capture the audience instantly […]
It’s fair to say that 2000trees was one of, it not the, favourite festival that we visited last year. This is not only due to its great location, organisation and […]
Justin Townes Earle “Absent Fathers” This is Justin’s second release in just under four months and is basically an accompaniment to “Single Mothers”. The albums were actually recorded at the […]
Shakey Graves “And The War Came” The name Shakey Graves is slightly misleading as rather than being a band, it is actually a solo artist called Alejandro Rose-Garcia from Austin, […]
The White Buffalo “Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways” The White Buffalo are actually singer/songwriter Jake Smith who as well as his album release has also provided some tracks for the […]
The Devil’s Daughters with Danny B Harvey Sometimes it doesn’t take a lot to attract us to an album. The fact that The Devils Daughters are two hot girls who […]
Si Cranstoun “Modern Life” Si Cranstoun is one of those hard working musicians who is finally beginning to see all his efforts over the years pay off. Having spent most […]
JD Wilkes & The Dirt Daubers “Wild Moon” The name JD Wilkes will probably be familiar to you as the front man for The Legendary Shack Shakers. This is him […]
Luke Winslow-King “Everlasting Arms” Luke Winslow-King is yet another great artist on the Bloodshot Records label, a label which almost adds a guaranteed level of quality to any release they […]
They’re a bit late (again!!) but the album review pages for August and September have now been published. Thankfully, they are well worth the wait! August in particular was a […]
Chuck Ragan – “Till Midnight” The album opens up with the absolutely cracking “Something May Catch Fire”, and I’m not sure of the last time I heard such a great […]