Month: March 2012

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 130: Insound’s March Vinyl News Mixtape

Insound have made another of their free Vinyl News mixtape’s available – the March edition features eleven tracks from Denison Witmer, Food Pyramid, Glow Kit, Japandroids, Jennifer Castle, Julia Holter, The Larchmont Trash and more. You can grab a couple of our own favourites from the selection below or just head here and swap a tweet, Facebook like or e-mail address to get the whole thing for … Continue reading MM Shorts 130: Insound’s March Vinyl News Mixtape

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Americana, Country, Music, Punk, Rock

Waco Brothers & Paul Burch To Release Great Chicago Fire

Through eight albums on Bloodshot, the Waco Brothers have blurred the line between country and punk with music brimming with grim romanticism, and joyous, near ecstatic, drunken stomps. Paul Burch is a Nashville songwriting treasure. It turns out that the rawness and rowdiness of the former, so at home in the blue collar and punk rock dives of Chicago, shares an emotional camaraderie with the traditionally minded … Continue reading Waco Brothers & Paul Burch To Release Great Chicago Fire

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Virginia Wing

On Tuesday 2nd April Sexbeat will release the first offering from Virginia Wing (It’s Grace Slick’s mom’s name), featuring current members of Lets Wrestle. The release will be limited to 50 on Gold Cassettes – you can hear the two tracks Divination and A Worn Path below. They are two tunes of cracking psych-rock that effortlessly weave in elements of chamber pop and pastoral folk harmonies, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Virginia Wing

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

New Album From Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles

A Boise, Idaho transplant, Johnny Bertram sonically channels the influences of the Pacific Northwest’s musical forebears (think Pedro the Lion, The Decemberists, Built to Spill) in his acoustic-based songwriting. His songs are steeped in indie-rock and Americana and filtered through a Deep South lens that generates an interesting perspective and sound. Bertram’s sophomore effort sees the Portland songwriter and his backing band, the Golden Bicycles, … Continue reading New Album From Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

The Babies Record Store Day Single

Recorded back in the summer of 2009, My Name and The War were two of the first songs ever written and recorded by The Babies. With the 7 inch single due to be released on Record Store Day (April 21st), and digital single to follow on Monday 23rd April, this will be the first official release of these two songs. Capturing the band’s raw energy … Continue reading The Babies Record Store Day Single

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Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

New Releases Round Up

Here are some ‘hot outta the in-box‘ new releases that are well worth exploring. First up is a new track from the Forty Nineteens forthcoming debut No Expiration Date. Truckers Song is another slice of garage inflected pop-punk that sounds as though it were forged in the underground scene of late 80s Los Angeles. Download The Forty Nineteens – Truckers Song mp3 (from No Expiration … Continue reading New Releases Round Up

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

The Blood Arm Launch PledgeMusic Campaign

After the release of last year’s critically acclaimed album Turn And Face Me, The Blood Arm are already plotting their next assault after relocating from LA to Berlin. They are launching a PledgeMusic campaign to raise funds for their next release Sister City. Sister City will be the band’s fourth album release, completely self-funded on the band’s own imprint Pau! Records. With the money raised, … Continue reading The Blood Arm Launch PledgeMusic Campaign

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