Perfect Abandon is the new album by singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau. Out on the 10th February next year via Crossbill Records, the first taste comes in the form of the sparsely beautiful, intimate lead single Roll Along With Me. . Continue reading New Album From Tom Brousseau
Founded in Austin in 2012, Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders is an ever-evolving project, centered around the penetrating songs of young singer-songwriter Matthew Squires. Their new album, titled Where The Music Goes To Die, is certainly a step up from anything that has gone before. Vocals are much calmer and controlled and a fuller range of (still off-kilter and unique) songwriting is on full display as … Continue reading New Album From Matthew Squires & The Learning Disorders
Melding their indie and prog-rock influences with a folkier sensibility, and ten years after they released their debut album The Melancholy Death Of…, The Chemistry Experiment are set to release their follow-up record Gongs Played By Voice via Fortuna POP! in early January. Containing nine beautifully arranged songs that call to mind the best of Will Oldham, Tindersticks and King Crimson, have a listen to … Continue reading The Chemistry Experiment – Gongs Played By Voice
As you’ll see from previous years, we like a good festive tune as much as the next fish, but were determined to not post anything of this nature until at least December. But then along come DZ Deathrays and their version of Lonely This Christmas…and (no pun intended) blew that resolution out of the water! . Continue reading MM succumbs to Xmas Already…All DZ Deathrays Fault
We’ve loved Houndmouth from the moment we heard their brilliant track Penitentiary back in July 2012. It was followed by an excellent debut album From The Hills Below The City last year and now they are back with For No One, the first preview of their new Rough Trade album set for release next year. The track showcases a new sparse and epic side of the Indiana … Continue reading New From Houndmouth
In all honesty the charms and delights of Deerhoof have largely bypassed us here at MM, but you should never say never and their latest album La Isla Bonita contains the stand out track Exit Only which we’ve loved since the first time we heard it. Now the song has a fittingly insane video starring Michael Shannon of Boardwalk Empire and Man Of Steel fame … Continue reading New Video: Deerhoof – Exit Only
The reissue by Earth Recordings of Howard Enyon’s long deleted acid-folk masterpiece So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam (the no apostrophe is deliberate) has been one of our favourite discoveries of the year. We have already posted a couple of off kilter, some might say bizarre, tracks from it and here is a third, the marvellous Happy Song. Dig in. . Continue reading Another From Howard Enyon Reissue
She Keeps Bees have shared a new, beautifully shot yet slightly surreal and unsettling video for Owl, a standout track from their most recent release Eight Houses. . . Continue reading New Video: She Keeps Bees – Owl
Seeing the Milk Carton Kids at SXSW in 2013 was a joy and now the vintage loving, harmonising duo have tackled the Squidbillies theme. Stream / download it here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 631: Milk Carton Kids
The Lost Brothers have unveiled a new video, for the very beautiful Spanish Reprise. The film combines beautiful photography with quirky animation to offer up a magical feel that fits the track, taken from their latest album New Songs Of Dawn And Dust, perfectly. . Continue reading New Video: The Lost Brothers – Spanish Reprise
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