1. Meatbodies – Tremmors 2. Foxygen – How Can You Really 3. J Mascis – Wide Awake 4. Marissa Nadler – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (Father John Misty cover) 5. Allo Darlin’ – I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover) 6. Purling Hiss – Learning Slowly 7. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Warning . . . . . . . . Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Marissa Nadler has already provided some of our favourite cover versions ever and she has added to that list with her sparse and hauntingly beautiful version of Leonard Cohen’s Seems So Long Ago Nancy. Download it here. . . Continue reading Marissa Nadler Covers Leonard Cohen
We’re really looking forward to Justin Townes Earle’s forthcoming long player, his fifth, Single Mothers. Here are a couple of excellent tracks from it, White Gardenias and Time Shows Fools. . . Continue reading Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers
Aaron Tinjum and the Tangents have released a new folk rock single called The Wild and Beyond, which they rather accurately describe as “an escapist’s natural anthem”. Have a listen. Buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 594: Aaron Tinjum and the Tangents
T. Hardy Morris has been taking time this spring to record what will be his forthcoming sophomore album. The grungy-punk-meets-southern-rock-twang of the new material is a distinct departure from the laidback arrangements divinely dripping with summer humidity and heat found on Audition Tapes. Watch a live performance in Austin this spring featuring the new song My Me. . . Continue reading New Video: T. Hardy Morris – My Me
Here is another track from The Castanet’s forthcoming long player Decimation Blues. (out on 19th August via Asthmatic Kitty – order here.) My Girl Comes To The City is a crackling, screwed up slice of dysfunctional Americana, and we like it a lot Well the kids not that smart but the kid he sure knows enough The good from the bad and the tender from … Continue reading Castanets – My Girl Comes To The City
1. Shovels & Rope – Evil 2. Girl Band – De Bom Bom 3. Tweak Bird – Peace Walker 4. Teleman – Skeleton Dance 5. Low – I’m On Fire . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here are some brand spanking new videos to enjoy from the Black Angels, Axxa/Abraxas and Rett Smith. . . . . Continue reading New Videos: The Black Angels || Axxa/Abraxas || Rett Smith
The Pine Hill Haints are a group of troubadours and kindred spirits that mix elements of folk, rockabilly, bluegrass and Americana, with just a hint of punk. With the help of a rotating cast of friends and storytellers, the band has travelled the world, sporadically releasing records that have mostly been self-recorded and sold from the back of their van. Their sound has grown and … Continue reading New Album From The Pine Hill Haints
Canadian folkies, The Barr Brothers have unveiled another new track from their forthcoming album as well as details of a UK tour for the Autumn. The new track is Half-Crazy, also taken from their new album Sleeping Operator, released on the 6th October through Secret City Records. The band describe the song as “the tenacious offspring of the North African desert music of Mali/Morocco, and the sweat … Continue reading More From The Barr Brothers
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