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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Introducing >>> Beth // James

The upcoming debut release from Austin duo Beth // James, All In Life, combines a shimmering mix of modern folk, mindful pop, and Americana charm. We’re loving the first single Lion Eyes, a dark ballad spun from moody tumbleweed electric guitar and iridescent organ, and driven home with a raise-your-bourbon-to-the-sky chorus, lambasting “her lion eyes“, a rally cry against anyone who’s careless with other peoples’ hearts. Stream … Continue reading Introducing >>> Beth // James

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Alternative, Garage, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 922: Saint Pé

Fixed Focus is the debut album from Saint Pé (Ian Saint Pé, longtime Black Lips and Diamond Rugs guitarist). After moving to Nashville, he settled down in a log cabin formerly owned by country legend Roy Acuff, which is where the record was born. it maintains all the hooks and pop sensibilities of his previous acts, while refining them with a bit of Nashville class and a … Continue reading MM Shorts 922: Saint Pé

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Alternative, Electronic, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Rock

Phobophobes – The Never Never 7″

South London’s Phobophobes share the same DIY aesthetic and healthy cynicism for the commercial world as contemporaries like Fat White Family, Meatraffle, and Goat Girl. And never more so on latest single The Never Never, an ode to the precarious survivalism of society’s most disenfranchised. Swirling through repetitive slogans, rubbishing the adverts that promise a life we can’t really afford as pastiche, and asking earnestly, … Continue reading Phobophobes – The Never Never 7″

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Rock

New Single From The Karma Repair Kit

We first featured the grunge influenced post-punk noise of The Karma Repair Kit back in December 2015. New single BITE carries on the good work – raucous, intense and dissonant with nods to the likes of Mudhoney, Slint and Savages, the Bristol four piece are marking themselves out as ones to watch. Stream it below. Buy from Bandcamp here.   Continue reading New Single From The Karma Repair Kit

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Acoustic, Country, Folk, Music

New Single From Martha Tilston

Martha Tilston has announced details of her new album NOMAD released via Squiggly Records on 12th May. It has subtle undertones of old country music flittering throughout, and suggestions of rock and pop, but it is primarily a record that pairs the intimacy of acoustic guitar and voice to expansive electric guitar, slide guitar, banjo and string arrangements. NOMAD will be preceded by a double A-side single; … Continue reading New Single From Martha Tilston

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ShitKid – Sugartown

With a distinctly lo-fi sound and DIY aesthetic that starkly contrasts with the regular image of Scandinavian music, Sweden’s ShitKid, aka 24-year-old Stockholm based Åsa Söderqvist, returns with a new release EP 2, and a new single Sugar Town. Probably the best thing she’s done to date with its garage pop swagger and catchy refrain, you can listen to the single below, and pre-order the … Continue reading ShitKid – Sugartown

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rap, Rock

Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

After last week’s bonanza of new tunes, we’re back with eleven more tracks gathered up from the past seven days. No reduction in quality either with another (and the best yet) taste from Laura Marling’s new record Semper Femina, a brand new instrumental track from pastoral psych rockers Allah Las and another ominous slice of brooding Americana from Timber Timbre. We also have new singles from … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Song By Toad’s Split 12″ Series Vol 6

Song By Toad Records have shared details of Volume 6 in their series of split 12″ releases, and this is a cracker, featuring no lesser lights than Willard Grant Conspiracy and Micah P. Hinson from over the water and Scotland’s own Tissø Lake and Kitchen Cynics. It is a fabulous 12 track collection and will be released on the 6th March on limited edition clear orange vinyl. … Continue reading Song By Toad’s Split 12″ Series Vol 6

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