Category: Americana

Americana, Country, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> Andrew Leahey & The Homestead

Andrew Leahey & The Homestead’s Summer Sleeves is the sound of the modern South: its cities, its open spaces, and everywhere in between. The Nashville-based Leahey recorded the songs with the Homestead, a group of childhood friends and Virginia-based musicians who added organ, harmonized guitar riffs, pedal steel, and three-part harmonies to the mix. Last year Leahey spent most of the year on the road, driving … Continue reading Introducing >>> Andrew Leahey & The Homestead

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock

MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix

You know the score. MM is a blog that (musically) tends to favour the seedier side of life – murder ballads, heartbreak, despair, stories of the downtrodden, the down-on-their-luck, and the downhearted – you know the kind of things we mean. Ours is a world of lonely beer and whiskey chasers nursed in the back booths of dead-end bars, of crack-whores turning tricks in trailers … Continue reading MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Lowlakes || Sherpa || Boytoy

Any excuse to showcase another tune from Willy Mason’s brilliant new album, this is the video for Pickup Truck. We also have Lowlakes gorgeously haunting video for Song for Motion and the psychedelic power-pop shenanigans of Sherpa’s video for their excellent new single, I’m Happy Just To Lie. Finally, watch the dual-guitar (no bass!) and drums setup of Boytoy, they’re blasting out catchy, fuzzy punky songs … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Lowlakes || Sherpa || Boytoy

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Cy Dune

The Cy Dune story starts with a songbook. This particular book had a 100 songs written in 20th century American visionary long hand. A book written over five years after leaving home and traveling the world in what some might call the contemporary music scene of the early 21st century, recording and performing with his band Akron/Family and collaborating with Rhys Chatham, Michael Gira, William … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Cy Dune

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

MM’s 5:1 Interview No 6: Rhubarb Whiskey

On their Bandcamp page, three-piece Rhubarb Whiskey proudly proclaim that they have been referred to as “the anti-prohibition, hellbilly goth, the bluegrass Dresden Dolls, and the fortunate love child of Bill Monroe and Sid Vicious. Bringing you atmospheric, literate, romantic drinking songs that are sexy, rugged and furiously alive, this murder ballad Americana band is here to charm you with their tales of love, friendship and the devils in … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 6: Rhubarb Whiskey

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Alternative, Americana, Blues, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Tame Impala || Bridie Jackson & The Arbour || Feathers

Videos to savour from Tame Impala who unleash their inner hot-for-teacher on Mind Mischief, a new suitably atmospheric, monochrome video from Bridie Jackson & The Arbour for The Scarecrow, and Austin-based Feathers gorgeous video for their equally stunning track Land Of The Innocent. a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Tame Impala || Bridie Jackson & The Arbour || Feathers

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Clinic || Steady Hills || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Garrett Pierce

Today’s videos come from Clinic, with an appropriately shattered and psychedelic offering of broken images and  cascading colours accompanying Seamless Boogie Woogie BBC 10pm (rpt), from Steady Hills we have the folky Long Grey Roads and from the excellently monikered Roadkill Ghost Choir some nine months work of animation for Bird In My Window. Finally, watch Garrett Pierce’s spaghetti western themed video for the haunting Why, … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Clinic || Steady Hills || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Garrett Pierce

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Whitehorse: The Fate Of The World Depends On This Kiss

We are long standing admirers of husband and wife duo Whitehorse ever since we discovered their self-titled debut of 2011 – eight songs of blues-stomp and seedy ballads. Somehow we missed their latest album, when it was originally released last summer, but have caught up now as it is seemingly getting a second push with another ‘release’ last month. It takes its title from a … Continue reading Whitehorse: The Fate Of The World Depends On This Kiss

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