Our regular collection of the best of the week’s new tunes. This week no less than x new tracks for you. The Felice Brothers – Carriage Smoke Fairies – Wild Winter Savages – T.I.W.Y.G. Meat Wave – Symmy Theo Verney – Sailed Long WALL – Fit The Part Cassie Ramone – Run Run Rudolph (Chuck Berry cover) Pinemen – That Certain Flavour … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The weekend is imminent, the working week thankfully drawing to a close and here are some nice new videos of some nice new songs to kick off the break… Continue reading Video Round Up
Our eighth collection of ten tunes for the virtual jukebox – give them a spin and decide hit… or miss. Passport To Stockholm – Let Me Know [RIYL: Indie-folk, Lanterns on the Lake, Loch Lomond] Ripper – On The Curb [RIYL: Punk, Germs, Dead Kennedys] Trotting Bear – Hesitate [RIYL: Folk, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine] Bad Sounds – Avalanche [RIYL: Indie-pop, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 8)
Ten more new tunes on the virtual jukebox for you to investigate and consider. The Lonely Wild – Hunted [RIYL: Folk-rock, Lord Huron, The Lone Bellow] Expert Alterations – You Can’t Always Be Liked [RIYL: Indie-pop, The June Brides, The Headlights] Honeymilk (feat. De Montevert) – Psychrocker [RIYL: Baggy-Indie, The Charlatans, Primal Scream] Kharlos – Dawn [RIYL: Garage Rock, Ty Segall, Thee Oh … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 7)
Matt Kivel will be releasing, Janus his third studio album on February 5th next year via Driftless Recordings. The title track is a gorgeous broken folk hymnal, almost six minutes of typically beautiful, softly plucked acoustic Americana that carries you away like mist disappearing in the morning sun. Sink in. Continue reading Matt Kivel – Janus
The Cave Singers and Lightning Dust have been two mainstays of Mad Mackerel over the years, so when we discovered that Cavies guitarist Derek Fudesco and the Dusties vocalist Amber Webber had combined as Kodiak Deathbeds we were more than just excited. Their self-titled debut album is an absolute gem of acoustic, fingerpicked folk and hauntingly beautiful vocals. It is available from Bandcamp here, and … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 18: Kodiak Deathbeds
After a bit of a gap due to too much life interrupting, we’re back with instalment 6 of Nickel In The Jukebox. Ten new songs, you decide how good they are… Miners – Better Instincts [RIYL: Folk-rock, Lord Huron, The Head And The Heart] Futurekids – White Girl In A Wu-Tang Shirt [RIYL: Indie-rock, Wilco, Jenny Lewis] . PROM – I’ll Teach You [RIYL: … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 6)
Here are a few more new videos that we’ve been enjoying ready for your viewing pleasure. Dive into new offerings from J Fernandez, Eskimeaux, Blitzen Trapper, Drenge, Destruction Unit, The Hanging Stars, Bully and Valley Maker. . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up Time
Having gained something akin to cult status last year when their paranormal love song Ghost Story was featured on the creepy hit podcast Welcome to Night Vale, dark and quirky alt-folk duo Charming Disaster, based in Brooklyn, NY, are hitting the road to promote their debut album, Love, Crime & Other Trouble. Inspirations for the album include the wonderful gothic humor of Edward Gorey, the … Continue reading Charming Disaster – Ghost Story
Our collection extends to no less than ten sweet new tracks for you this week, lovingly gathered up from the past seven days like shells from a beach. Or something like that… Torres – Special (Garbage cover) Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Bennie And The Jets Julien Baker – Brittle Boned Beach Baby – Limousine Death Valley Girls – Death Valley Boogie Hamilton Leithauser & … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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