A cracking set of new videos for you to enjoy today from four long-standing MM favourites: Dr. Dog, Toy, PINS, and Black Lips. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dr. Dog || Toy || PINS || Black Lips
Sturgill Simpson will be back in the UK for dates next month. And here is his video for cracking honky-tonk country classic-in-waiting Railroad Of Sin. His debut album High Top Mountain is out via Loose Music on the 17th February. . . . UK/IRELAND TOUR DATES – FEBRUARY 2014 13 – LONDON, Kings Place* – SOLD OUT 14 – BRIGHTON, The Palmeira 15 – BRISTOL, St. … Continue reading Sturgill Simpson – Railroad Of Sin Video
Safe to say, the new self-titled Water Liars album is among our most anticipated in the first half of 2014. With the release of the the second taster from it, Ray Charles Dream, it is also safe to say that our anticipation has just ratcheted up another couple of notches. Water Liars is out on the 4th February via Fat Possum. . Continue reading Water Liars – Ray Charles Dream
Clara Berry And Wooldog’s Magician’s Wife was a delightful discovery of ours at the end of 2013, a captivating excursion into baroque tinged indie-pop and folk that was both subtle and haunting. Their newest tune more than keeps up the standard – you can check out Riches & The Girls below. You can get also pick up a free download of it here, and pick … Continue reading More From Clara Berry And Wooldog
Other Lovers came described as a like a punk rock June Carter and Johnny Cash, which was enough to pique our interest. Latest EP, Born To Party / Born To Be Old is six tracks that are short, but certainly sweet. Only one tips the three minute mark, but all are pleasingly raw, honest and offer much to be enthusiastic about, as the tracks switch … Continue reading Introducing >>> Other Lovers
Phosphorescent have a pretty fine pedigree when it comes to cover versions – Willie Nelson (obviously), Merle Haggard, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, and Vampire Weekend (amongst others) have all been given the Matthew Houck treatment and the first song live we ever saw them play was a stunning version of Radiohead’s House of Cards. Now we have another to add to the list, as Phosphorescent deliver … Continue reading Phosphorescent Cover Dylan
It’s Friday. Time for videos featuring a gently heartfelt confrontation of a friend’s heroin addiction from Deer Tick, gorgeous baroque folk from rising star Jordan Lee aka Mutual Benefit, the reverb drenched sound of the excellent new single from September Girls, and to finish a mournful tear-jerker with spine-chilling lyrics from Carousels & Limousines. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Deer Tick || Mutual Benefit || September Girls || Carousels & Limousines
Make The Best Choices is a completely free compilation from the Good Choices Music Collective that is available from Bandcamp here. It follows on from last year’s excellent Make Better Choices compilation, and features our good friend D.B. Rouse alongside a whole host of top notch folk and Americana artists. Check out a couple of choice cuts below and then do what you probably should … Continue reading Make The Best Choices (Free Compilation)
Videos from the Americana, folk and singer-songwriter stables this morning – kick back and enjoy the lovely sounds and sweet melancholia of Tom Brosseau, Agnes Obel and Kevin Devine, and Turchi’s footage from one of the trippiest, most reviled/beloved cult films of all time, The Terror of Tiny Town – an ideal fit for their fuzzy, gritty, black and white lensed take on Americana. . . . … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Tom Brosseau || Agnes Obel || TURCHI || Kevin Devine
We’re loving the slow pace and unsettling, woozy Americana of Stone Jack Jones’ State I’m In and Black Coal, both brilliant tasters from his third album Ancestor. The descendent of four generations of coalminers and rejected from seeing service in Vietnam, he became a wandering musician and by the time he eventually put down some roots in Nashville he had had worked as a carny, an escape … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Stone Jack Jones
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