Long established MM faves, the London folk duo, Smoke Fairies are doing a special UK tour in October, to celebrate the release of their retrospective double CD, Ghosts. It features long-sold-out / deleted material, plus some never-before released tracks. This is one of those unreleased tracks, Good Man. It is fabulous. Ghosts will see a release on 23rd September. Those October dates (tickets on sale … Continue reading Smoke Fairies Ghosts Collection
I See Hawks In L.A. | The Brasenose Arms, Cropredy | 30 June 2013 There is a classic moment in the Blues Brothers movie where upon being asked what kind of music they usually have playing, the barmaid brightly answers “Oh we got both kinds, we’ve got Country and Western“. And so it was with I See Hawks In L.A. who are in the UK … Continue reading Live Review: I See Hawks In L.A.
Fresh from their recent success at the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition where they beat thousands of acts for a slot on the main stage as well as the Acoustic Tent, Bridie Jackson & The Arbour have announced the release of their new single, Prolong, on Debt Records. We featured previous single Scarecrow back at the turn of the year, and the follow up, Prolong, treads the … Continue reading New Single From Bridie Jackson & The Arbour
The debut album from Australia’s Wes Carr, aka Buffalo Tales, is called Roadtrip Confessions. As you might expect from a title like that, it is a collection of songs inspired by travels and travails from the road – tales of loves lost and found, the search for happiness and salvation, and the restlessness of rambling spirits. It is an album from a true storyteller, honestly recorded … Continue reading Introducing >>> Buffalo Tales
Lewis Watson, Frank Hamilton and Shannon Saunders | O2 Academy, Oxford | 20 June 2013 [Review: Big Sair] The show must go on … Hot, Thursday and Oxford … Lewis Watson’s fans had started queuing well before doors opened, and were clearly hyped before climbing the stairs to the unrelentingly hot and sticky room, which is the O2 Academy. Accompanied by my very own 15-year old, … Continue reading Live Review: Lewis Watson
Another Tale From Another English Town heralds the return of the dreamy, haunting folk of Lanterns On The Lake and is taken from their forthcoming new album Until The Colours Run, that will see a release via Bella Union. It is typically beautiful, cinematic and orchestral, with strings and vocals that rise and fall as though they were swelling waves, but the lyrics are sharper … Continue reading The Return Of Lanterns On The Lake
Videos to start the week from the acoustic Americana of the places in peril initiative of T. Hardy Morris to the weird party freaks of Fist City’s Boring Kids, and the visual gymnastics of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros film for Better Days. Lastly we have the speed and fury of Radkey perfectly captured in this performance of Cat & Mouse. . . . … Continue reading Videos of the Day: T. Hardy Morris || Fist City || Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros || Radkey
London’s Annie Eve has brought out her debut self-titled EP on Young & Lost Club. Delicately and respectfully blending the mystical magic of Bon Iver with a raw sensibility, Annie Eve pours sugar and bitter spice into her angelic compositions with disturbing ease and sincerity. Throw in her unusual grasp of language and awkward perspective, which bleed into her lyrics and fuels an enchanting and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Annie Eve
Over Nights are a new band hailing from Brooklyn, NY. They have just released a single Broken Cabins from their upcoming debut; The Broken EP, which we’ll wager is as sweetly melodic slice of banjo led, backporch Americana as you’ll hear this weekend. Put us to the test – have a listen. Get it on a pay-what-you-want deal at their Bandcamp page here. Continue reading MM Shorts 392: Over Nights
Videos this morning from Low for Plastic Cup (one of our favourite songs of the year so far), and from ‘slowcore’ to the sonic mayhem of Destruction Unit and their video for Sonic Pearl. We also have intelligent, sophisticated indie-pop from Big Scary and their video for Luck Now. Finally in Guanajuato, Mexico, nine girls bail out of two 4x4s and immediately start their freaky dancing … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Low || Destruction Unit || Big Scary || Hooded Fang
The Mad Mackerel 