Black Vincent’s album Teardrop Deluxe features nine tracks steeped in rockabilly and early rock n’ roll with subtle nods to glam and post-punk. With vocals that show a clear affinity to balladeers such as Johnnie Ray, Roy Orbison and Frank Sinatra, as well as more contemporary crooners like Chris Isaak and Richard Hawley, there is much to like here. Buy from Bandcamp. Listen to Friends With Motorcycles here. … Continue reading MM Shorts 771: Black Vincent
The Lion And The Wolf, aka Tom George, has announced his second release, a special 7 inch storm grey vinyl, My Fathers Eyes, limited to 250 copies. You can hear the b-side, Bar Stools from it below. His dejected, yet hopeful songs coupled with truthful and earnest vocals have seen him building up audiences all over Europe. This track is inspired by a drunken walk home, a kicked down … Continue reading MM Shorts 770: The Lion And The Wolf
PINS have shared their excellent new video for Dazed By You. It pairs their hazy sonic ruminations with antiquated Super 8 footage of a journey across America interjected with chalk-like drawings. It is taken from their excellent recent release Wild Nights. . Continue reading New Video: PINS – Dazed By You
Futurebirds have shared the title track from their forthcoming album Hotel Parties. It is another tremendous slice of country tinged Southern rock that the band are so good at consistently delivering, and it perfectly captures the sometime melancholia of life on the road. As they say, “Sometimes what you think you need is the last thing in the world that you need. Sometimes a hotel party … Continue reading The Futurebirds – Hotel Parties
Another cracking week of new tunes from the likes of Wand, Girl Band, Childbirth and Phil Cook amongst others. Wand – Dungeon Dropper Guards – Devil’s Haircut (Beck cover) Yung – God Childbirth – Since When Are You Gay? Girl Band – Pears For Lunch Rats On Rafts – Powder Monkeys Whalers – Death Drive Psychic Blood – Waves Will Kill You Phil Cook – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We were big fans of Acting Strange’s first single Rumble and now they have shared the equally good Universe Blues that wonderfully mines the rich seam of 60s pastoral psychedelia – all tie-dye and merseybeat jangle. It comes from new EP Night On The Tiles. . Continue reading New From Acting Strange
It has been more than three years since we posted anything by brooding Brooklyn four-piece Grassfight. Drawing on influences such as Spacemen 3, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Spoon, they’re back with a new single Please Don’t Tell, a dense, dark piece of post-punk gloom (driven by heavy bass and melancholic vocals) that tells the story of a miserable suburban couple who insist on staying together to protect their … Continue reading New From Grassfight
Daylight Versions is the debut full-length album from London quintet The Leaf Library, due out on 30th October via wiaiwya. The record is full of wonderfully woozy, drone-pop tunes about meteorology, the seasons and the incoming sea; from songs about the ghostly Suffolk coastline to the slowly rising waters of London marshes. The first single from the album is Tilting, a song about spring, the days … Continue reading The Leaf Library – Daylight Versions
Anti-folk hero Jeffrey Lewis is back with a new record. Manhattan is his seventh studio album, and his first since 2011’s A Turn In The Dream-Songs. Whilst the album is named after, and inspired by, New York, the city of which Lewis is a lifelong resident, it is done so in a way that links his wryly detached observations of his hometown to his emotionally rich and scalpel sharp … Continue reading New From Jeffrey Lewis
New regular feature (maybe). Ten tunes. Hit or miss? You choose… Animal Omen – Dirty Air (RIYL: Psych-rock, Blue Oyster Cult, Modest Mouse) . Pony Time – Really Nice Guys (RIYL: Garage rock, Fleetwood Mac) . Gun Outfit – Gotta Wanna (RIYL: Desert blues, Giant Sand, Other Lives) . The Folk Today Project – The Reason For Living (RIYL: Protest songs, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell) . Art … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox…
The Mad Mackerel 