Perfect Abandon is the new album by singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau. Out on the 10th February next year via Crossbill Records, the first taste comes in the form of the sparsely beautiful, intimate lead single Roll Along With Me. . Continue reading New Album From Tom Brousseau
Founded in Austin in 2012, Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders is an ever-evolving project, centered around the penetrating songs of young singer-songwriter Matthew Squires. Their new album, titled Where The Music Goes To Die, is certainly a step up from anything that has gone before. Vocals are much calmer and controlled and a fuller range of (still off-kilter and unique) songwriting is on full display as … Continue reading New Album From Matthew Squires & The Learning Disorders
We’ve loved Houndmouth from the moment we heard their brilliant track Penitentiary back in July 2012. It was followed by an excellent debut album From The Hills Below The City last year and now they are back with For No One, the first preview of their new Rough Trade album set for release next year. The track showcases a new sparse and epic side of the Indiana … Continue reading New From Houndmouth
She Keeps Bees have shared a new, beautifully shot yet slightly surreal and unsettling video for Owl, a standout track from their most recent release Eight Houses. . . Continue reading New Video: She Keeps Bees – Owl
The Lost Brothers have unveiled a new video, for the very beautiful Spanish Reprise. The film combines beautiful photography with quirky animation to offer up a magical feel that fits the track, taken from their latest album New Songs Of Dawn And Dust, perfectly. . Continue reading New Video: The Lost Brothers – Spanish Reprise
The e-mails have piled up like never before in our in-box, and having started to trawl through them for a few hours last night, here are a few gems we came across to make Monday more bearable – some old(er), some new, some borrowed, and some blue(s). Or something like that…check them for yourself. Let’s kick off with the brilliant Total Sunflower by Chimes is … Continue reading Start Of The Week Round Up
The latest instalment of our regular feature of songs you really should have wrapped your ears around in the past seven days…this week has a bumper crop of eight cracking new tunes. 1. Father John Misty – Bored In The USA 2. The Decemberists – Make You Better 3. The Dodos – Competition 4. Emmy The Great – Swimming Pool 5. The Districts – 4th And … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
T. Hardy Morris is following up last year’s wonderful solo debut The Audition Tapes with a new album, as yet untitled, that will see a release in 2015 on Dangerbird Records. The first single from it is the twangy, and fierce, Painted On Attitude, which fair bristles with country-grunge and garage rock swagger. It augers mighty well for the full release. Have a listen. . Continue reading New Solo Album From T Hardy Morris
1. The Dead Weather – Buzzkill(er) 2. Jason Lytle – Bell’s View 3. She & Him – Time After Time (Frank Sinatra cover) 4. Elephant Micah – By The Canal 5. Big Ups – Not Today 6. Songs: Ohia – Blue Chicago Moon (Demo version) 7. Mourn – Silver Gold . . . . . . . . Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve posted Halloween mixes in the past (see here) and here are a few random Halloween related tunes, streams and videos linked by nothing other than the time of the year and the fact they’re all pretty damn good. . . . . . . . Continue reading It’s Halloween Music Time
The Mad Mackerel 