Palomino Drive are two guys out of Philly that make lo-fi indie folk that they record on iPhones and with karaoke mics. This promising and softly strummed new song is called, When We Were Only Friends. It’ll appear on their forthcoming Home EP. Download Palomino Drive – When We Were Only Friends mp3 (from Home EP) Continue reading MM Shorts 55: Palomino Drive
Diamond Rugs are the latest signing to Partisan Records. The band is a collaboration between John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pé (The Black Lips), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite). The debut offering from the new album, Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant is available now for download below. Although not indicative of … Continue reading Christmas Post 4: Diamond Rugs
Anything described to us as “off-beat, old-timey folk-pop” is bound to get a listen at MM, and so it was with nine-piece folk collective Horse’s Mouth. Their self-titled album has been around for a while now, but is currently getting a new momentum courtesy of our friends at Paper Garden. As I Climb opens with a plaintive vocal and soon develops into a classically harmonious folk-song … Continue reading Introducing…Horse’s Mouth
As the end of the year fast approaches, we have been replaying songs, re-evaluating albums, and generally preparing for our ‘Best Of 2011’ posts in all their various forms. What this means in practical terms is that we are discovering (sometimes to our shame, and sometimes to our horror) songs we meant to have posted or should have posted, but for some inexplicable reason we … Continue reading A Couple We Missed: Apteka & The Beautiful View
Dan Mangan was one of those artists we wish we’d managed to catch at the End of the Road Festival this year and repeated listens to his recent album Oh Fortune has only strengthened our opinion, so we are pleased to be able to give you a taste of the record in the form of free download Row Of Houses. Apparently the song is told … Continue reading Dan Mangan: Free Download
You Never Come Home For Christmas comes from Caitlin Rose’s Columbia Hotel EP, originally a bonus offering with her wonderful Own Side Now album that was exclusive to Rough Trade. The track features Keegan De Witt and is classic bittersweet country marked as always by her stunning vocal phrasing and crystal clear voice. One to nurse a single malt to after everyone has gone to … Continue reading Christmas Post 3: Caitlin Rose
Eliza And The Bear are a folk-rock band from Essex and their demo Trees is well worth a listen – from the gorgeously paced harmonies that kick off the song to the beautifully judged coda it is three and a half minutes of swooning folk perfection. An EP is due early next year – it will be high on our ‘must listen’ list! Visit their … Continue reading MM Shorts 54: Eliza And The Bear
We’ve been fans of The Boom Bang’s lo-fi, scuzzy, irreverent take on garage rock for a good while now, and they have just released a new split 7″ record with Copperheads out through Okie Dope Records (all orders come with a digital download too). The track is called Jabroni Ramoney – have a listen below and watch the Teen Wolf inspired music video too! a a Continue reading New Single From The Boom Bang
During the autumn of 2010 we were most taken with Pop. 1280 and their raw, junkyard freak-punk sound. So it is good to know they’re back and as raw and as visceral as ever as Bodies In The Dunes from forthcoming release The Horror (on the ever brilliant Sacred Bones label) testifies. Download Pop. 1280 – Bodies In The Dunes mp3 (from The Horror) And from … Continue reading MM Shorts 53: Pop. 1280
Last year The Uncles debut album of traditionally inspired folk, Replacing Words With Other Words was an unexpected delight, and in Settler’s Song had one of our favourite tracks of the year. We are delighted to report that they are back, now a quartet and not a duo, with their long awaited (by us at least) sophomore album M4W. They will be releasing two singles from the … Continue reading Sophomore Album From The Uncles
The Mad Mackerel 