Month: February 2013

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Metal, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs || Wet Nuns || Mac DeMarco || Charity Children

Our videos of the day come from Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs accompanying their excellent new single Things We Be, from insane noiseniks Wet Nuns, from Mac DeMarco with the official video for Ode To Viceroy from his excellent album 2 and from Charity Children, a rousing folk anthem – their tribute to the bullied and downtrodden with the video for Elizabeth, and the first single … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs || Wet Nuns || Mac DeMarco || Charity Children

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

More Covers From Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler inhabits a musical world of many landscapes, wandering between dream-folk, noir Country, southern gothic, plaintive ballads and all touch points in-between. Variously haunting, ethereal, heartbroken, bitter, sombre, painful, uplifting and poignant, she has a voice that transcends all genres and makes discovering her back catalogue a true delight. And throughout she has stamped her own mark on a range of different covers, even … Continue reading More Covers From Marissa Nadler

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Coathangers & Nu Sensae Split 7″

Suicide Squeeze are releasing a split 7″ featuring garage rockers The Coathangers and uncompromising punks Nu Sensae. The former offer up the jagged, spiky sonics of Derek’s Song, while the latter’s offering, Throw, is altogether more harrowing –  a vicious and visceral pounding assault on the senses. Limited to just 750 copies, you can pre-order one here. a a Continue reading Coathangers & Nu Sensae Split 7″

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 316: The Whispering Tree

New York based folk/rock duo The Whispering Tree will release The Escape EP on April 16, the follow up to their excellent debut full length album of 2010, Go Call The Captain. Moody and introspective, they are offering a free download of No Love, which overflows with the imagery and storytelling that are the hallmark of the band’s sound. Continue reading MM Shorts 316: The Whispering Tree

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Americana, Country, Folk, Music

Vandaveer To Release Murder Ballads Album

We’re long time admirers of Kentucky’s Vandaveer and so you can imagine our delight to learn that new album Oh, Willie, Please… will be a collection of their reinterpretations of age-old traditional folk songs and murder ballads. Sounds like pretty much the perfect combination. For now, download Pretty Polly as your dark-hearted taster, and accompany her to her pitiful end as Willy, rather than marrying her as … Continue reading Vandaveer To Release Murder Ballads Album

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music

MM’s 5:1 Interview No 7: Harry George Johns

The last few months have not been good for Harry George Johns. On his Bandcamp page a few sparse words sum it up: “Winter 2011. I had an actual breakdown. Homeless, jobless, girlfriendless; I stayed on my friends’ sofa and borrowed food and some microphones and made Post-Breakdown Blues” And so he did. Opening with Drink Myself To Sleep and closing with the stunning Hospital Blues, the scene … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 7: Harry George Johns

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Another From The Rice Cultivation Society

Following the release of their latest LP, Sky Burial, Rice Cultivation Society has recorded the single Little Circuses On The Moon. Opening quietly with slowly picked strings, the sombre song gradually builds with intricate layers. It is an example of Rice Cultivation Society at their most intimate, beautifully capturing frailty, fear, shyness, and longing. Download it here. Continue reading Another From The Rice Cultivation Society

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