As the 6OGs prepare for our end of 2023 roundups, covering the landscape of all that crossed our hearts and ears this year, we have one final “regular” post of the year. And although at first blush, the post covers three wildly different artists, the throughline for them is that each inhabits and recreates a world and sound unto itself: a rolling Texas landscape, a garage in Wales, and a smoky pub (or many of them) in Ireland.
Two more Pogues: Old Main Drag (lyrics plus how he sings them just tear you up) and Young Ned of the Hill (such visceral anger at a guy who died over 350 years ago really shows how history is still with us).
Two more Pogues: Old Main Drag (lyrics plus how he sings them just tear you up) and Young Ned of the Hill (such visceral anger at a guy who died over 350 years ago really shows how history is still with us).