Nottingham band Sancho Panza have shared new single Rearrange The Diamonds. It is a thoroughly enjoyable woozy meander through slacker rock and pastoral psychedelia. There are elements of Kurt Vile’s laid-back insouciance in the zoned-out vocals and while the song drifts good-naturedly along, it never loses its sense of purpose or identity. Probably goes really well with a lava lamp, some headphones and a footlong … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sancho Panza
Spiral Stairs – HYP-NO-TIZED Lady Lamb – Even In The Tremor Keston Cobblers’ Club – Esta Mercury Rev featuring Lucinda Williams – Ode To Billie Joe (Bobbie Gentry cover) John Vanderslice – I’ll Wait For You Rat Boy – Don’t Hesitate Frankie & The Witch Fingers – Pleasure BAILEN – I WAs Wrong Ohmme – Give Me back My Man (B52’s cover) Marry Waterson & … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Dark Tea is songwriter Gary Canino who will release a self-titled debut album on 22nd March via Fire Talk. It is a collection of warm, country infused Americana and we’re particularly enjoying the first single, Rolling Back The Dial, which also features a rather tasty guitar solo from Meg Duffy (aka Hand Habits). There is something about it that is reminiscent of Dr. Dog or … Continue reading Introducing >>> Dark Tea
Nearly 13 years since his proper debut as Viking Moses, Baltimore musician Brendon Massei is slated to release his fifth album, Cruel Child. The record offers a dozen dusty and deep and wistful explorations of the soul, and Massei sings with a deep and haunted voice reminiscent of Mark Lanegan, Will Oldham, and David Eugene Edwards, but like those masters, Massei is just as adept … Continue reading Viking Moses – Cruel Child Album
Longstanding MM faves the London-based trio Yak will release their new album Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness next month on Virgin EMI and Third Man Records. We’ve already given you a couple of standout tracks from the record and today, they are sharing another – the brilliant, widescreen new track This House Has No Living Room ft. J Spaceman. During the latter stages of the album recording process, Yak frontman Oli Burslem withdrew to Jason Pierce’s … Continue reading Yak – This House Has No Living Room (Featuring J. Spaceman)
Los Angeles-based artist, Hand Habits has shared can’t calm down, the latest single from upcoming album, placeholder. It is a lovely track of Americana infused indie, a contemplative and poignant questioning of inherited trauma. Watch the video for it here. Continue reading Hand Habits – can’t calm down
Slim Cessna offshoot DBUK release their new album Nine Through Sixteen at the end of this week (order here). It is a record of haunting, warped murder ballads that come with a louche, anti-spiritual cast. Obsession, infatuation and longing co-exist with casual cruelty in compositions that feature a remarkable amount of detail of the natural world; they often begin sparingly, building into an ecstatic reverberation of … Continue reading DBUK – And God Bless You
Taken from their upcoming second album Bleeding On The Soundtrack, William The Conqueror’s new single Looking for the Cure is a song about redemption. It’s raw, laid-bare song-writing but with an acerbic wit and an overall cathartic effect that turns a dark experience into something more hopeful, even joyous, driven as it is on the back of a furiously infectious folk strum. Have a listen. … Continue reading William The Conqueror – Looking For The Cure
Pink Chameleons are a new three piece band fronted by Black Lizard’s Paltsa-Kai Salama (Vocals & Guitar) with Antti Sauli (Bass) andIiro Tulkki (Drums, Keyboards). Formed in 2016 and describing themselves as a Garage/Blues/Country Band. Those broad strokes could take in a Pink Chameleons feeling for everything from The Stooges to Waylon Jennings – with the band’s indelible contemporary stamp on proceedings. Their debut release … Continue reading Introducing >>> Pink Chameleons
We shared Lonesome Shack’s excellent track Past The Ditch just before Christmas, and now we have a second (top) tune from their forthcoming long player Desert Dreams. The City Is A Desert is anchored by a country blues refrain that has a touch of something primal about it and sounds like it could almost be a lost take from the Doors’ LA Woman. Liking this … Continue reading Lonesome Shack – The City Is A Desert
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