Month: March 2013

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: The Paper Kites || The Ruminaters || Sanders Bohlke || Eyes On Film

Short films of the musical variety to enjoy with the sweet folk of The Paper Kites, and the hillbilly swamp-rock of The Ruminaters. There is Sanders Bohlke’s slightly macabre and dreamlike video for Ghost Boy, and some powerful electro tinged rock from Waking Up Dead, with a video based on the opening scene from the 1983 cult, art-horror flick The Hunger. . . (Click through to download for free.) … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Paper Kites || The Ruminaters || Sanders Bohlke || Eyes On Film

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul

SXSW Day 5: Experiencing One Or Two Technical Difficulties

The final day of SXSW and I’m on a quest. Phosphorescent play their last show today and I have tried and failed to get into four previous ones already. So it is the long walk away from downtown and up to the San Jose Hotel day party, I arrive hot, bothered and five hours early…but I’m in! No matter either because Shakey Graves is on … Continue reading SXSW Day 5: Experiencing One Or Two Technical Difficulties

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Americana, Folk, Music

MM Shorts 333: Alela Diane’s New Album

Alela Diane returns with a new album About Farewell and the first taste is this absolutely stunning track The Way We Fall. It is a wistful, haunting lament for lost love, and softly and sorrowfully rakes over past memories in a way that makes the heartbreak as poignant and as real as anything we’ve heard for a long time. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 333: Alela Diane’s New Album

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

SXSW Day 4: Ladies Day In Texas

Having now learnt from the previous two days of SXSW (fully creamed up for a start) and the seemingly vastly increased numbers from 2009, I headed straight for The Red Eyed Fly determined at the third attempt to get into a Phosphorescent show…only to be greeted by more lines that stretched way, way into the distance. Having no further wish to baste in the midday … Continue reading SXSW Day 4: Ladies Day In Texas

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Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music

New EP From Wild Leaves

The hazy, washed out Americana of Wild Leaves was one of our favourite discoveries of 2012 with their demo release of Sister. Now they have a debut EP coming out on the 26th March titled Wind And Rain, and the lead track from it is To Be Free. It builds on all the promise that Sister showed, and simply put, it is absolutely brilliant. If you have Low … Continue reading New EP From Wild Leaves

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

SXSW Day 3: In Austin No One Can Hear You Scream

It has to be said that despite one or two hiccups, the second official day of SXSW turned out to be a whole lot more fun. It got off to a good start when we found there was actually a shuttle that came near to our hotel and meant late night night time returns were no longer a problem. We headed off to the Pitchfork … Continue reading SXSW Day 3: In Austin No One Can Hear You Scream

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

SXSW Day 2: A Band In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Mohawk

Yesterday was not a great day. It is the little things sometimes. Things like when you wake up and realise that despite knowing I was away for 10 days in total, I had only bought clothes for 8 (except t-shirts which bizarrely could last me for 13) and the suncream tube is actually some kind of foaming face wash. Or all the eggs have gone … Continue reading SXSW Day 2: A Band In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Mohawk

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Alternative, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Sparrow And The Workshop || Dingus Khan || Scrimshander || Dan Croll

While we bake in the Texas sun, here are some videos to enjoy! Fresh from our 5:1 Interview (click here), Sparrow And The Workshop have given us this new video for the excellent single Shock Shock. Meanwhile Dingus Khan’s insane video for live favourite Knifey Spoony is worth watching for the swan impersonation alone, not to mention being sick in an ashtray and spoon inflicted … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Sparrow And The Workshop || Dingus Khan || Scrimshander || Dan Croll

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Alternative, Americana, Blues, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock

SXSW Day 1: You’ve Got To Be A Ninja About It – Pissing With Thurston Moore

My first trip back to Austin since 2009, and compared with then the town is hectic even before any music is officially due to start. Streets are teeming with folk whereas previously four years ago, the day before the event, Chris T Popper and I had strolled around empty streets and then casually into the marvellous Waterloo Records and bought wristbands for the coming evenings … Continue reading SXSW Day 1: You’ve Got To Be A Ninja About It – Pissing With Thurston Moore

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