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Austin, Texas-based Melinda Joy & Son of Cormack take listeners on a whimsical and romantic journey with “Out of the Blue.” This is a collaborative single and is Melinda’s first track to be released since her 2020 release “Beautiful Illusions.”…a whimsical blend of dreamy indie folk, Americana rock, and beautifully balanced vocals.The track is, quite simply put, four minutes of dreamy indie folk mixed with clean Americana rock. I personally loved the blend of vocals on this, with Melinda’s sweet tones balanced off with George’s deeper tones. It was a wonderful first listening experience, and I was very much getting…
Phoenix-based Piper Connolly has recently delivered a fierce and emotionally charged alt-rock anthem with “body bag.”…a fierce alt-rock belter packed with commanding vocals, slick bass, and serious replay value.The intro is honestly an incredible offering for you, with some slick bass tones giving way to her commanding vocals and a drum beat that will have you stomping in no time. The song follows on from her single “Beautiful Life” and is the true statement of everything she’s about.One of those out-and-out indie rock belters that has incredible replayability, and will have me delving into her back catalogue in no time.…
We have been a fan of Amsterdam-based Lemon for a while now, and recently they have revealed their shimmering new cut of “Let It Out! (Uncle Tim Remix)”. The track is even more nostalgic than it was originally, with the opening sequence of the song having sexy saxophones, atmospheric vocals, and a cinematic synth beckoning you forward….a seductive remix that’s soulful and groove-packed with shimmering synths and irresistible guitar.Once it gets going, there is a tremendous groove throughout, and it is seductive in terms of its beats. Also, the guitar line is an absolute whopper for me, making me nod…
THE RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS has arrived on LEGEND. We talk to Terry Stone about the challenges of playing Tony Tucker and why he thinks ORIGINS is the best film in the franchise. In RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER: ORIGINS, Tucker returns home from the Falklands War with severe PTSD. What was that like to emotionally explore? As an actor it was an interesting thing to play. It took me on a journey so when you see my character laughing a lot in the film it’s like a mask to hide all the shit that’s going on in my head.…
M. Shawn Crahan, aka Slipknot percussionist and founding father Clown, has launched an intriguing new side project, O’ Day Monster, sharing the AI-created video for debut single Un Life.At present, there are no more details about the project, but Crahan explains its origins by stating, “I wanted to create the spaceship I could drive with my words.”As with previous Crahan side projects, O’ Day Monster share precious little musical DNA with Slipknot.The 56-year-old Iowa-born musician’s latest musical venture has emerged in tandem with the launch of a new one-stop online portal, theclown.com, featuring links to Crahan’s various side-projects, his podcast…
Songs on surviving life from an accomplished singer-songwriter, with hints of jazz amongst the folk rock accompaniment.Jenny Reynolds is a singer-songwriter, initially from Boston but now firmly a part of the Texas scene for the last 20 years. This is her fifth full-length album since her first was released in 1998. However, there was a significant gap between album three and four whilst she nursed her wife for twelve years through an incurable and sadly fatal illness. Her fourth album, Any Kind Of Angel, was well received, and it has been a further six years for this release. In that…
One day, more than 30 years ago, Darrell Scott, pre-eminent singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, was visiting the grave of his great-grandfather and he noticed on a gravestone nearby, the phrase “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive”. It was written to reflect the difficulty for coal miners to escape the hardships, illnesses and ultimate sometimes early deaths from working the coal mines of Eastern Kentucky.So he wrote the song to highlight the conditions men faced when working these mines; the song was semi-autobiographical “Oh my grandfather’s dad crossed the Cumberland Mountains /Where he took a pretty girl to be his bride / Said,…
Everyone loves a list, and at AUK we are no exception. Our Essentials strand is amongst the best-read features on the site, and our Top 10 lists are always well supported by both writers and readers. So, when Uncut, the most americana-friendly of the mainstream magazines, announced a special edition to rank the 200 greatest Americana albums, we had to take a look.Editor John Robinson introduces the magazine by saying: “Here at Uncut, Americana is very much at the heart of what we do. It was, legendarily, on a 1996 trip to interview Lambchop that founding editor Allan Jones started…
Photo: Alex NewportEnd Times Elevator Music is a special record to behold. From the Link Wray fuzz guitar rumbles on opener No Alarm to the title track closer, which arrives like Ben Schneider and Brendan Urie collaborated, there is something on this album for everyone who presses play or shuffle. At eight tracks, it’s all killer, no filler. Even a short track like Waiting, which contains the line “waiting for something that isn’t coming”, is lush and harmonious while delving into the conflicts in Catholicism. The Lives of Famous Men are getting their rocks off on mad-lib verses and crusading…
Here’s the latest single from roots singer-songwriter Sorrel Nation. Ran Jonny Ran is an atmospheric exploration of hard-won truths; it’s beautifully arranged and made all the more impactful by Nation’s emotive vocal delivery. She demonstrates her range, control, and the full power of her melodic, lilting voice in a performance that is simply gorgeous. Elevated by heavenly backing from Theo Holder, Sam Anderson and Hollie Garwood, Nation’s words lead us through an immersive story of heartache and heartbreak. Warm sonic layers add to the song’s rich fullness; Holder plays sonorous cello beneath Anderson’s resonator guitar and Caelia Luniss’s fiddle. The…
It’s been said that we know more about the surfaces of other planets in our Solar System than we do about what lies beneath the ice sheets that cover Antarctica. But that – like a lot to do with the world around us – is changing. In recent months, scientists have mapped the topography of Antarctica in hitherto unprecedented detail, revealing a hidden landscape of mountains, ridges, canyons and underground lakes. This scenery isn’t being mapped just to sate a spirit of curiosity. This data will run computer models that will tell us how quickly ice will retreat as global…
Vini Reilly’s new album as The Durutti Column will inevitably appear poignant to fans. Since 2010’s A Paean To Wilson, his tribute to the late Factory Records boss who co-managed him for much of his career, he’s been largely absent, the result of strokes which left him so financially vulnerable his nephew had to crowdfund his rent. Two years ago, he told Uncut “there are no tunes happening” and trying to play “does my head in”. Indeed, and though a rash of reissues has helped compensate – including 1983’s once ‘lost’ Short Stories For Pauline – it’s hard to argue…