Singles Reviewed : Reverend & The Makers, Stalagmites, Fresh Snow, Macho Muchacho, Freeze the Atlantic, Doctrines, Allman Brown, Nordenfelt, MJ Hibbett
Greetings, readers who know how to do a stoppie in a tricycle without a “rajita de canela” appearing afterwards. Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. A huevo que sí.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Nelly Furtado’s left eyebrow, she was great ’til she did that album with Timbaland. Same goes for Chris Cornell. What the fuck, Timbaland? Why you taking me fave artists? Who’s next, Elton John? Bastard.
Mind you, a Timbaland produced Elton John album would be great. I’m a contradiction.
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May 18, 2012 | Categories: reviews, singles, Art rock, 80's, Alt country, Where's my mars bar, ALL HAIL KING SQUIRREL, Americana, Bass is underrated, Scary | Tags: Allman Brown, Doctrines, Freeze the Atlantic, Fresh Snow, Macho Muchacho, MJ Hibbett, Nordenfelt, Reverend & The Makers, Singles Reviewed, Stalagmites | Leave A Comment »
Interview – Daniel Pearson
A while ago, we talked you about Daniel Pearson‘s album, Satellites (yes, we did), an album full of alt-country and Americana platitudes which include regret, blame and a spot of nostalgia for the ones who like to turn their heads around a few times. We managed to get ahold of Mr. Pearson for an email q & a, with the subjects of Americana, influences and interesting song titles as the issues to discuss. (more…)
May 14, 2012 | Categories: Alt country, Americana, Interview | Tags: Americana, Daniel Pearson, Satellites | Leave A Comment »
Singles Reviewed – Dead Sons, Ninetails, Finn Bonel, The Black Hats, In Golden Tears, Shibuya Crossings
Greetings, readers who know how to fold a burrito properly. Hook a brother up, please? Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. A huevo que sí.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Pascualo Zindugüarapos, the guy who serves pork kebabs in Broomhill. They be awesome, yo! No, wait, they don’t sell pork kebabs in England. Dammit.
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May 11, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Dead Sons, Finn Bonel, In Golden Tears, Ninetails, Sheffield, Shibuya Crossings, Singles Reviewed, The Black Hats | Leave A Comment »
WagonWheel Media presents: David Sleney, The Payroll Union and The Deadly Gentlemen
April 2, 2012 | Categories: Americana, gigs | Tags: Absorbing tales from America, acoustic, Americana, Dave Sleney, Greystones, Jamtastic, The Deadly Gentlemen, The Payroll Union, Thornbridge, Wagon Wheel Media | Leave A Comment »
Rachel Harrington and the Knock Outs at Greystones
When partaking of a quiet Ale at the Greystones a few weeks ago, my buddy Ray Loughlan spotted that Rachel Harrington was paying Steel City a visit. Having fallen in love with her earlier work this was one not to miss! (more…)
March 29, 2012 | Categories: Americana, gigs | Tags: Greystones, Rachel Harrington, The Knock Outs, Thornbridge | Leave A Comment »
Singles Reviewed : Maybeshewill, URSS bajo el arbol, Mooi, The Bedford Incident, The Narrows, Spring Offensive, Athena, Funeral Suits, Thelonius Rex, Partly Faithful
Greetings, readers who went to Vive Latino 2012 and fell in love at the party pit while being showered by plastic cups containing Cerveza Sol (and if it wasn’t beer, then fúchila)! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. A huevo que sí.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Macabre Johnson, the conspiracy theory nutjob that lives in Weston Park, Sheffield. He keeps telling me that we are being watched with microcameras and microphones in all our gadgets and that we all are being sheepled into believing an alien invasion that is actually holograms projected in the sky. Get Scooby Doo and the gang on the case! Strangely enough, Macabre also makes a cracking cover of Muse’s ‘Dead star’ on the nose harmonica. He even gets Matt Bellamy‘s choirboy-meets-Thom Yorke tone right!
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March 27, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Athena, Funeral Suits, Maybeshewill, Mooi, Partly Faithful, Singles Reviewed, Spring Offensive, The Bedford Incident, The Narrows, Thelonius Rex, URSS bajo el arbol | Leave A Comment »
Single Reviews : Sick Boy, Emily J. Grove, Louise Distras, Maps & Atlases, Films of Colour, Karhide, The Evaporators & Andrew W.K.
Greetings, readers who took the jam out of my doughnut. You’re going to hell! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of the sexy voice of K-Billy Super Sounds of the 70s. Now, put down that razor blade, let the cop walk away and boogey down to Morrison’s and buy me more doughnuts. Or else all your music will turn into 5 hours of Chris Martin yodelling.
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March 16, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Emily J. Grove, Films of Colour, Karhide, Louise Distras, Maps & Atlases, Sick Boy, singles, The Evaporators and Andrew W.K. | Leave A Comment »
Singles review : Wet Nuns, Mononoke, Toy Horses, Gunning for Tamar, Jumping Ships, Uno Moller, Cold in Berlin, The Naturals, Swaying Wires
Greetings, readers who steal golf carts left to rust in your local parks! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of The Hillside 19 mob, comprised of ninja penguins, barbarian seals, kamikaze sea lions and a rather handsome manatee. Oh, the manatee! How it hates us! Go listen to Gallops, btw. Back? Cool, now stand upside. Wave to the crowd. Get roses, kiss the girl (or boy or significant other) and now jump through hoops to get your creme egg.
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March 2, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Cold in Berlin, Gunning for Tamar, Jumping Ships, Mononoke, singles, Swaying Wires, The Naturals, Toy Horses, Uno Moller, Wet Nuns, Where's my mars bar | Leave A Comment »
Singles Reviewed: Daddy Lion, Jake Morley, Decibels, Katzenjammer, Greymouth, Oceanwake, Man of the hour
Greetings, readers who bought my copy of Building your own death ray gun from radishes and aspargus stalks (vol .1 Disintegration for the soul)! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of WorkForce, because we all mofos here are writing for gratis. Grumble, grumble. We are the 99%, as in, we like to sing “99 luftballoons, ich bin ein ausgangeeeer!” while playing hopscotch against the ghost of DeForest Kelley. He’s quite the sport.
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February 24, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Daddy Lion, Decibels, Greymouth, Jake Morley, Katzenjammer, Man of the hour, Oceanwake, singles | 1 Comment »
Leslie Sisson – Harmony
February 20, 2012 | Categories: Alt country, Americana, Folk, reviews | Tags: Beautiful, Harmony, Leslie Sisson, peaceful, slightly retro, sunshiney | Leave A Comment »
Dave Woodcock and the Dead Comedians – Poison Nights & Bar Room Lights
February 15, 2012 | Categories: Americana, reviews | Tags: American Rock, Dave Woodcock & The Dead Comedians, Hellbilly, Poisoned nights & Bar room lights, Psychotic, Southern Rock | Leave A Comment »
Singles reviewed : What the Blood Revealed, Adi Carter, Heroes of the Mexican Independence Movement, Johan Reinhold, Floating Death Picnic, The Bedford Incident, Black Market Serotonin, Nowhere Again, Ninetails, The Hudares
Greetings, readers bought all seven copies of my self-help guide, Getting back at the rustler that stole your red oxen (vol .2 Electric Boogaloo)! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles are double-double, so watch out for that trans fat in our delicious cuts of smoked shoegazing bacon. Mind the indie dance chicken. And for Krist Novoselic‘s sake, don’t throw your bass in the air, you might end up writing political science for the rest of your life while you wallow in self-pity on that day you said no to a high paying job packing foodstuffs in orange bags at Sainsbury’s.
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February 13, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Atheist Rock, Baroque, Bass is underrated, Proper Pop, Proper Rock, rant, Retro is better than autotune, Reverb pedal: love it, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Adi Carter, Black Market Serotonin, Floating Death Picnic, Heroes of the Mexican Independence Movement, Holy Fuckbeans that's a shitload of singles, Johann Reinhold, Ninetails, Nowhere Again, rant, singles, The Bedford Incident, The Hudares, What the blood revealed | 1 Comment »
Robert George Saull – Richard Furlong
February 7, 2012 | Categories: Acoustic, Americana, Apocalyptic stuff | Tags: Richard Furlong., Robert George Saull | Leave A Comment »
Singles: Field Music, Alvin Purple, Master and the Mule, Cut yourself in half, Holy State, Baddies, Blacklisters
Greetings, readers bought Orestes P. Coltrane’s guide to stalking your kindergarten teacher (vol. 1 Jello o’death!! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Mexico‘s own Safari Tacos. Great food, so-so service, great memories. Go for a Quesafari al Pastor, which basically is a big arse quesadilla with pastor meat (the non-unionised Mexican equivalent of kebab meat). It fucking rules and best of all: it has a lot of piña (that’s pineapple in Spanish).
Ah, singles, right:
January 30, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Alvin Purple, Baddies, Blacklisters, cut yourself in half, Field Music, holy state, Master and the Mule, singles | Leave A Comment »
Daniel Pearson – Satellites
January 24, 2012 | Categories: Americana, Folk | Tags: americana rock, Daniel Pearson, Folk, Satellites | Leave A Comment »
Single Reviews : Two Skies, Sickboy, Greymouth, Revival Hymns, Antlered Man, Finn Bonel
Greetings, readers bought all five copies of my self-help guide, Growing your own fairtrade kebab bonsai (vol .1 Ikkebana for the Soul)! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Top Gear‘s delicious chili con carne. Now, if I could be any of them, I would be James May. He’s the intelligent one of the bunch. Although, how intelligent can he be while still tolerating Clarkson? The mind boggles. As much as Basil Brush‘s brush. That is not a double-entendre.
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January 20, 2012 | Categories: 80's, Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Antlered Man, Finn Conel, Greymouth, Rantastic, Revival Hymns, SIckboy, singles, Two Skies | Leave A Comment »
The Whiskey Priest – Thank you Twenty Eleven EP
January 20, 2012 | Categories: Ambient, Americana, Dreamy, Folk, reviews | Tags: EP, Folk, Sad, Thank you Twenty eleven, the Whiskey Priest | Leave A Comment »
Singles – Niña, obLONG, Captives on the Carousel, Model Village, The Wooden Birds
Greetings, readers who bought all 2 copies of my self-help guide, Surviving Christmas Break Ups with Turkey marinated in Rum! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Robert Patrick, the Terminator and Agent Doggett. His brother is in a fucking awesome band called Filter and he dropped by in a concert to shout and headbang. AWESOME.
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January 5, 2012 | Categories: Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Captives on the carousel, Model Village, Niña, obLONG, singles, The Wooden Birds | Leave A Comment »
The Clench – Walking in the Devil’s tracks
Broken hearts, bourbon shots and old Colts with rust near the handles. That’s The Clench on a nutshell. They were in a nutshell but, heck, can’t keep the power of Americana Rock inside a crusty little shell for too long, dig? (more…)
December 21, 2011 | Categories: Americana, Angry music, Apocalyptic stuff, Proper Rock, reviews | Tags: americana rock, sundried rock songs of betrayal alcohol and cadillacs, The Clench, Walking in the devil's tracks | Leave A Comment »
Interview – The Whiskey Priest
We love Seth Woods. Whether under the guise of Sad Accordions (review, interview) or The Whiskey Priest (review, review), there’s something in the music he makes that grows to another plane guided by that wistful voice.
So, after having grilled him regarding Sad Accordions, we had to do some questions about The Whiskey Priest… (more…)
December 9, 2011 | Categories: Alt country, Ambient, Americana, reviews | Tags: Interview, Lost Wages, Sad Accordions, the Whiskey Priest | Leave A Comment »
Singles: Singles – Gregory and the Hawk, Wot Gorilla?, VSP, Austin TV, Castrovalva
Greetings, people who still think Freddie Hubbard is a legend (he is). Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Yes, the second one of this week. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Billy Joel‘s fantastic music and the realisation that him and Michael Keaton look quite similar, especially in the 80s. I’m supercereal, you guys. With bananas, skimmed milk and maraschino cherries.
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December 2, 2011 | Categories: Alt country, Americana, Apocalyptic stuff, Art rock, Baroque, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Austin TV, Castrovalva, Gregory and the Hawk, singles, VSP, Wot Gorilla? | Leave A Comment »
Singles: Forest Fire, Jay Leighton, Blacklisters, Tomorrow we sail
Greetings, readers bought all three copies of my self-help guide, Stalking Chris Martin for the Common Cow. Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Jarvis Cocker‘s beard and his recent disappearance into the great Gillette in the sky. Now, if he could only sing ‘Like a friend’ whenever I go to the shower, life would be grand. Although ‘Mile end’ would be more fitting
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November 29, 2011 | Categories: Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Blacklisters, Forest Fire, Jay Leighton, rants, singles, Tomorrow We Sail | 1 Comment »
Singles: Fresh Snow, Tomorrow We Sail, Ali Koehler, Cave Birds, Late Night Fiction, Rarechild, Azitiz
Greetings, readers getting banned from a certain Sheffield dive bar after calling the owner a “bellend” (he/she deserved it, though, I REGRET NOTHING). Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human slaves review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of Venom and Carnage, those two idiot symbiotes from Spiderman, and their recent foray into Benetton ads. What’s the deal with ‘em, yo?
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November 18, 2011 | Categories: Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Ali Koehler, AZitiZ, Cave Birds, Fresh Snow, Late Night Fiction, Rarechild, Tomorrow We Sail | Leave A Comment »
Singles : The Savage Nomads, King porter stomp, Birdeatsbaby, Mazzy Star
Greetings, readers drinking Rice Juice (fairtrade, natch!) and biting on that Slutty Rutty Butty you blagged from the Rutland Arms while the boss tries his Billy Bellend Tour 2012 t-shirt.
Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ‘em. Mahalo.
This week’s singles come courtesy of B.S Johnson’s books and the letter Ch. Because when I was a kid, the nuns said it was a letter. So it is.
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November 11, 2011 | Categories: Alt country, Americana, Art rock, Bass is underrated, Dreamy, reviews, Scary, singles, Where's my mars bar | Tags: Birdeatsbaby, Kingporterstomp, Mazzy Star, The Savage Nomads | Leave A Comment »









