Cracking videos today from Deer Tick, the whiskey-drenched folk of Jesse Woods, the menacing buzzsaw punk of the Riverboat Gamblers and the sharp-as-a-tack suited and booted garage rock of The Vitamins. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Deer Tick || Jesse Woods || Riverboat Gamblers || The Vitamins
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
Our choice of videos today come from the garage punk of Broncho with Psychiatrist and a suitably intense film for John Murry’s brilliant track Southern Sky directed by legendary cult filmmaker John Michael McCarthy. Then we have the video for the re-recorded version of Peter Bruntnell’s gorgeous track Played Out featuring Rumer, and taken from his forthcoming Retrospective album via Loose Music. Finally, we have Canadian folksters The … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Broncho || John Murry || Peter Bruntnell || Great Lake Swimmers
We discovered this on one of the recent free Uncut cover disks and it has gone on to become an absolute fave of the youngest mackerel Sprat. It will also be making its debut tonight on Barry-Sean’s weekly dominoes playlist for his regular match with Americana loving, wonderfully bewhiskered Big Dave Floyd (8-7 to Barry-Sean at the moment if you’re interested). American Ride is simply … Continue reading Willie Nile’s American Ride
Wooden Wand’s Blood Oaths Of The New Blues is firmly cemented in place as one of our albums of the year – a reflective, mysterious collection of smoky Americana that is as thought provoking, illuminating and imaginative as anything you are likely to hear. Fire Records are streaming another track from it, (yet) another of our favourites, Supermoon (The Sounding Line) tells the tale of … Continue reading Wooden Wand – Supermoon (The Sounding Line)
We have lots of video goodness today for you in the form of new films from The Coathangers solving a murder mystery in Derek’s Song, The Hussy’s tripped out garage psych of Woodland Creature and Wiretree’s animation for excellent track Get Up. Lastly we have the electro tinged folk of Bogan Via’s Kanye, set to a record story robbery by the duo. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Coathangers || The Hussy || Wiretree || Bogan Via
One of our favourite bands, Deer Tick will return with a new album Negativity in September this year. Preceding it by a month will be this single and first taste from the album, the brilliant The Rock. It is another in their ever-growing collection of guitar-heavy, heart-on-sleeve Americana gems, but this time includes blasts of brass and piercing strings that spit dirt all over the song’s underbelly. … Continue reading Deer Tick Return
The highway-bound rhythm and spirited viola of Idaho creates a gently mournful single of perfectly judged alt-Country from The Dive Poets. It is taken from their upcoming album, Married To Your Ghost and is available for free download via their Bandcamp page. . Continue reading MM Shorts 394: The Dive Poets
Brooklyn based folk quintet Whale Belly will release their second album I Was Once A Bird this autumn. The first focus track Bubbles In My Blood proudly bears the imprint of traditional folk music but steadfastly refuses to conform to expectations – the song boasts a big band sound, but it’s soft and gentle, and the violin adds a classical element that contrasts sweetly with … Continue reading Introducing >>> Whale Belly
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
The Mad Mackerel 