Round Up Time Again

Time for another trawl through the in-box and round our favourite music sites to bring you a whole host of goodies to enjoy. First up is a new free song from Bear Driver – layers of sound create a swooning dream pop song of chiming surfed up guitar lines, clattering drums, and melancholic synths. This newly built sound they have dubbed ‘patchwork-pop’! a Widowspeak have a … Continue reading Round Up Time Again

MM Shorts 264: Indian Wars

The excellent Indian Wars will release their new album Songs From The North on Bachelor Records on the 20th November. We loved their previous release Walk Around The Park and also their excellent cover of North Carolina folk classic Tom Dula. So now you can grab yourselves a little album hors d’oeuvre in the shape of a ‘pay what you want’ download of Already Home via their … Continue reading MM Shorts 264: Indian Wars

Introducing >>> Jacob Morris

Jacob Morris is from Athens, Georgia. He started playing cello in Austin, TX at the age of four, along with his musical family until he left home. The unique music community that is Athens attracted him years back, and since then he has supported some of its finest musicians and songwriters playing cello, guitar, bass, and keys with artists such as Ham 1, Vic Chesnutt, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Jacob Morris

MM Premiere: The Winter Sounds

We are pleased to bring you an exclusive premiere of The Winter Sounds brilliant new track The Sun Also Rises, which comes from their forthcoming full length Runner. Gleefully appropriating the best of the eighties alternative electro-pop together with a more modern experimental approach taking in psychedelia, indie-rock and even folk, the result is a sonic delight – frenetic, anthemic, catchy, and smart enough to … Continue reading MM Premiere: The Winter Sounds

Caitlin Rose Announces New Album

Caitlin Rose has announced details of the follow-up to her stunning 2010 debut album Own Side Now. The Stand-In will be released on the 25th February via Names Records. The opening track from the album, the warm and rousing No One To Call is streaming for your undoubted listening pleasure below. To mark the release of The Stand-In, Caitlin will be playing four UK headline … Continue reading Caitlin Rose Announces New Album

Lots Of Free Stuff

We’ve grabbed ourselves a whole host of free stuff recently from Noisetrade, Insound and American Songwriter that is just too good not to share. Noisetrade have put up free downloads from Said The Whale, Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations, Rachael Yamagata, The Kansas Bible Country and Joshua James (with a free download of his brilliant 2009 album Build Me This). Insound’s latest free mixtape features (amongst … Continue reading Lots Of Free Stuff

MM Shorts 263: Linfinity

We missed this first time round in the deluge of Halloween themed songs and videos that came our way, which is a pity as this is easily amongst the best of them. It is New York indie band’s Linfinity’s free Halloween single offering. Originally recorded for a horror film surrounding a child plagued by night terrors in a psych ward, both songs are stripped down and … Continue reading MM Shorts 263: Linfinity