Folk rock – Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Fantuzzi – ‘An Open Heart’ : Re-issue of the Woodstock visionary’s absorbing seventies debut.

Following on from the exquisite folk-rock curio ‘Stargazer’ by Shelagh McDonald, DJ and selector Oz Adams’ Different Strokes For Different Folks label brings more crate diggers’ grail with ‘An Open…

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Album Review: Shelagh McDonald –‘Stargazer’: A long lost folk rock treasure returns to the shelves.

Vinyl reissues over the past few years have seemed to have been seized upon by majors gagging to maximise the current appetite for buying black (but now probably re-coloured) plastic.…

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Live Review & Gallery: Band of Horses Ride High at the Enmore Theatre 15.01.2025

Band of Horses Bring Their Timeless Sound to the Enmore

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EP Review: London duo Nudista’s raw new vision on ‘Nothing Makes Sense Until It Does’

London based duo: Nudista are back on form with their newest EP since the lockdown-recorded folk rock outing: Halfway Here. When I reviewed that record, I was struck by the…

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Album Review: The Kill Devil Hills 7th album, the masterful Matango!

6 years on from their last release, Pink Fit, The Kill Devil Hills have released a juggernaut of an album in Matango! For those who may be unaware of The…

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Live Review and Gallery: Surf’s Up and Psych-Rock as Allah-Las Returns to Australia With Their Latest Album ‘Zuma 85’ – 07.12.23, Eora/Sydney

If there’s one word that perfectly encapsulates the essence of Allah-Las, it’s undoubtedly “cool”. This sentiment reverberated through the Metro Theatre in Eora/Sydney on Thursday night as the California-based band…

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Album Review: Wax Machine : ‘The Sky Unfurls, The Dance Goes On’ : stirring up a whirlpool of psych, folk, bossa and jazz energies.

Brighton’s Wax Machine are a band who thrive on drift. Sometimes cosmic, often psychedelic and frequently exotic, they float between the warming thrill of tropicalia and the misty chill of…

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Gallery and Setlist: Father John Misty / Jealous of The Birds – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 15.07.2023

On a rainy Saturday night, July 15th, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer Father John Misty took to Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens for a show that can only be described as ethereal.…

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Gallery: The Waterboys / David Kitt – Iveagh Gardens, Dublin 13.07.2023

The fantastic raggle taggle gypsy that make up The Waterboys graced the stage of Iveagh Gardens to be the third act to play this years Live at The Iveagh Gardens…

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Live Gallery: Larkin Poe at the Metro, Sydney 9.04.2023

Larkin Poe dazzle Sydney audience with their unique blend of traditional blues and folk music with modern rock.

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