Category: Acoustic
MM Shorts 246: New Free Insound Mixtape
Another week, another Insound free vinyl mixtape for all their loyal newsletter subscribers, but hey we’re not complaining. Far from it. Especially as this one has great tracks from amongst others Blue Hawaii, Cold Showers, Dum Dum Girls, Jason Lytle, Maus Haus, Pinback, Pink Playground, PUJOL, Savoir Adore, Tamaryn, Turf War and White Laces. A couple of our favourites below, or grab the whole thing directly … Continue reading MM Shorts 246: New Free Insound Mixtape
Jason Lytle on Noisetrade
The erstwhile, though now recently reunited, Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle releases his new solo album Dept. Of Disappearance on Anti- today. It has been picking up some excellent reviews and we are expecting more of his brilliantly forlorn and mournful tales wrapped up in warm landscapes of sound. To mark the event, there is a free sampler available from Noisetrade containing three tracks from the album … Continue reading Jason Lytle on Noisetrade
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Introducing >>> Algernon Doll
The term off-kilter is often overused when describing singer-songwriters and other folk inclined musicians. However, for Algernon Doll it is an adjective that fits perfectly. The project of Ewan Grant and documenting a difficult year of mentally debilitating toils of extreme anxiety disorder and bipolar, the resulting record, Camomile is a thing of beauty – lavish, intense and splendid, but underpinned with a creeping sense of anxiety … Continue reading Introducing >>> Algernon Doll
Mad Mackerel Recommends…Goodnight, Texas
We must confess to being a little late to the charms of Goodnight, Texas – charms duly discovered once we’d had this song on repeat a few times. Jesse Got Trapped In A Coalmine has the authentic twang and gritty lyrics of the very best Appalachian folk and the echoes of its rootsy Americana hangs in the air like a ghostly fog long after the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Goodnight, Texas
New EP From Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Radio 1 premiered a brand new song from affable singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich yesterday titled In The Open. It is the title track from his upcoming 4-song In The Open EP, due out on the 20th November. Have a listen. a Continue reading New EP From Benjamin Francis Leftwich
New Single From Ellen & The Escapades
Without You is the second single of bittersweet folk-pop to be released from Ellen and the Escapades debut Album All The Crooked Scenes. It is officially released on the 21st October. Listen for yourself. a Catch them live: Thu 25 Oct – The Wilmington Arms, London Sun 28 Oct – Pocktoberfest, Pocklington Mon 29 Oct – The Cluny 2, Newcastle Wed 31 Oct – Louisiana, Bristol … Continue reading New Single From Ellen & The Escapades
Mega Roundup
Having abjectly failed to regain control of our In-box since returning from holiday, we are still working our way through a sackful of new bands, new albums, new singles, new tracks, new demos and everything in-between. So with apologies for the delay in posting some of these, here is one awesome round-up of stuff that has caught our ears, our imagination, or, best of all, … Continue reading Mega Roundup
Free David Tattersall Single
Having succumbed wholly and without reservation to the Wave Pictures most recent album Long Black Cars, we were intrigued to hear the first fruits of lead singer David Tattersall’s solo album Little Martha, (named after a Duane Allman tune, and released on the anniversary of his death, 29th October) via WIAIWYA. It is an album of guitar instrumentals and this is first single, The Sunshine Hotel. Watch … Continue reading Free David Tattersall Single
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