We’re thoroughly enjoying our first introduction to Working Men’s Club. Named after the venues they used to sneak into, they are a new band made up of teenagers from Calder Valley – an area of old mill towns that links Leeds and Manchester. Their jerky debut single Bad Blood fuses 70s Magazine style guitar lines with the stomp of Parquet Courts’ at their most punky. From … Continue reading Introducing >>> Working Men’s Club
Madrid’s finest primordial garage rockers The Parrots have shared their latest song Cigarette Burns, which is brought to you via the always reliable Heavenly Recordings. Stream it here. Continue reading New Song From The Parrots
Black Country, New Road is a London-based six piece and Athen’s, France is their first single proper. It is a journey in itself. Detailing ‘a spectacular return to bad form; a romantic encounter; and a chronic fear of intercourse’ – it is a labyrinthine slice of indie oddness that, over six minutes, changes direction at every corner with a vocal delivery that sounds like Steve Albini … Continue reading Introducing >>> Black Country, New Road
Flat Worms – Shouting At The Wall Cass McCombs – The Great Pixley Train Robbery Low Life – The Pitts Weyes Blood – Andromeda The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Cannot Be Saved Grim Streaker – A.D.D. Potty Mouth – 22 The Cowboys – Somethings Never Change Arre! Arre! – Anthem Shana Cleveland – Face Of The Sun … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
On 12th April, Native Harrow, an indie folk-pop outfit out of New York’s Hudson River Valley will release their new album Happier Now via Different Time Records. They have shared the lead single Can’t Go On Like This, which perfectly evokes some of the classic hippy folk sounds of the late 60s and early 70s (as does the cover of the album…). It is a … Continue reading Native Harrow – Can’t Go On Like This
Matt Shapiro’s new six song EP Fade In comes barreling out of the gate with Rockaway Girl – an ultra catchy blend of reverb, distorted synths and pulsating percussion. It fizzes through just over three minutes of indie-rock perfection and is a perfect tune to kick off the weekend. Go bounce around the bedroom! MAtt Continue reading Matt Shapiro – Rockaway Girl
We’ve followed the chameleon like career of Beth Jeans Houghton with great interest ever since we saw her supporting Phosphorescent in London a few years ago. Since then she’s had the Hooves of Destiny and, more recently, the Du Blonde moniker – complete with an altogether heavier, grittier sound. She will be releasing her second album as Du Blonde titled Lung Bread For Daddy via … Continue reading New Album From Du Blonde
Gotta love Townes Van Zandt, and particularly the news that a previously unreleased collection of songs titled Sky Blue will be released via Fat Possum on the 7th March (which would have been his 75th birthday). The recordings were made in early 1973 with the late Bill Hedgepeth, a journalist, musician, and most crucially a close friend of TVZ. The singer-songwriter was splitting his time … Continue reading Unreleased Townes Van Zandt Collection Coming In March
Timothy Showalter, aka Strand of Oaks, has been through some dark, dark times recently. Times when he felt certain his songwriting days were finished. It was a fact that the therapeutic experience of making records was often short lived, leading him to bouts of depression, and after 2017’s Hard Love, he found himself spent, determined that he would never write songs again. Thankfully, he says … Continue reading New Album From Strand Of Oaks
Following the release of their 7” single Runnin at the tail end of last year, Ohtis have announced the release of their debut album Curve of Earth on 29th March and shared an excellent new track Rehab. As his Bandcamp page says, the beautifully dark country-Americana and vivid lyricism on Curve of Earth is a fitting introduction to songwriter Sam Swinson’s autobiographical journey through indoctrination and addiction; … Continue reading Ohtis – Curve Of Earth
The Mad Mackerel 