Month: January 2014

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

Videos of the Day: Fox & The Bird || Augustines || Cass McCombs || Sturgill Simpson

Four brilliant videos to share with you today. They come from Fox & The Bird who release their excellent new album Darkest Hours next week, and Augustines who release their new self-titled album on February 3rd. We also have Cass McCombs and his new video for the brilliant Big Wheel (one of our favourite tracks of 2013), and finally a live video to savour from Sturgill … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Fox & The Bird || Augustines || Cass McCombs || Sturgill Simpson

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Alternative, Ambient, Music, Punk, Rock

New Cheatahs Single

London’s Cheatahs have unveiled a brand new single from their forthcoming self titled debut album. Get Tight is set for release on 24th Feb via Wichita Recordings. The band’s long-awaited and self titled debut album is a blend of ecstatic noise, ambient drone and visceral, resounding alt-rock, combined with lyrics that touch on the complexities of relationships, nature, the city, memory, dislocation and self-identity. Listen … Continue reading New Cheatahs Single

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Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now

TURCHI describe their sound as “kudzu boogie” which seems an entirely appropriate description to us – blending as it does an Americana style narrative with some swamp blues, plenty of slide guitar and more than a dash of relentless southern-fried groove. Their most recent release – a 10″ vinyl EP titled My Time Ain’t Now includes this gem of a cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s … Continue reading Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now

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Americana, Country, Folk, Music

Videos of the Day: Mark Pickerel || The Woodwards || Syd Arthur || Borrowed Beams Of Light

We are carrying on catching up on our backlog of excellent music videos. Today we have selections for you encompassing the brilliant bar-room croon of Mark Pickerel, bluesy folk-noir from The Woodwards, cosmic jazz inflected psychedelia from Syd Arthur and Borrowed Beams Of Lights breezy experimental power-pop. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Mark Pickerel || The Woodwards || Syd Arthur || Borrowed Beams Of Light

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Gretchen Lohse

Gretchen Lohse is a native Philadelphia singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She comes from a family with deep music roots and was classically trained on violin, which is evident on her recordings. As the front woman of Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Yellow Humphrey, she dreamt up rich, strange musical tapestries; Part memoir and part tall tale, heavily influenced by folklore and silent films. Primal Rumble, her … Continue reading Introducing >>> Gretchen Lohse

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

Videos of the Day: Radical Face || Drowners || Mona & Maria || Reverend Horton Heat || Twin Rivers

We’re catching up with a backlog of excellent videos to accompany excellent songs. Today watch Radical Face, Drowners, Mona & Maria’s pretty and epic pastoral ode to 60s/70s psych, Reverend Horton Heat’s octane-fueled pyschobilly with a little help from burlesque star Michelle L’Amour, and finally Twin Rivers story of a praying mantis living in the perils of a modern world. The praying mantis in the film is called … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Radical Face || Drowners || Mona & Maria || Reverend Horton Heat || Twin Rivers

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