Championship Fighter is the opening track from Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies forthcoming album Let Down, due out on the 23rd October via Normaltown Records. With a voice as pure and clear as a mountain stream tumbling down a hillside, and lyrics that give a new definition to sharp and incisive, the combination is a heady one. The roots of the record are in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies
We’re still catching up on a huge backlog of e-mails and submissions since our excursion in search of the sun. Here then is a quick round-up of some notable and noteworthy releases. We have skate-punks Fidlar and their latest homage to the joys of alcohol with the two and a half minutes of Cheap Beer and we have Brooklyn’s latest buzz band (justified for once), … Continue reading Saturday Means Six of the Best
a Download Crooked Cowboy & The Freshwater Indians – Bed Bugs (feat. Becky Stark) mp3 (from Annalog And Her Hopeful Diaries) Continue reading Video of the Day: Crooked Cowboy & The Freshwater Indians
Well she doesn’t dribble anymore, but perhaps that will start again with the advancement of teenage years after one shandy too many – who knows?! Daughter sprat swam to big school this week with a song in her heart (one from King Charles, actually) and a spring in her step, in her hugely positive and wholly optimistic way. I miss her already. Little Sprat and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th September)
Hot on the heels of the recent Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Marissa Nadler has posted up a free cover of her own, a version of FM’s Save Me A Place. It may well be the best of all the recent offerings. This in turn comes quickly after her version of Townes Van Zandt’s The Rake, another beauty. Download both for free. a a Continue reading Marissa Nadler Covers Fleetwood Mac & Townes Van Zandt
Since their formation in the latter half of 2009, Fire Mountain have combined folk and Southern rock to create something rich and complex while still maintaining a simplicity that is familiar to everyone as they weave tales of triumph and disaster, of love and loss and of the everyday experiences that affect us all. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rolling strum and sway of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Fire Mountain
Simone Felice will release a brand new EP entitled New York Times on 22nd October via Reveal records and will also be touring the UK this month. The EP comes as the follow up to his critically acclaimed (and MM fave) debut solo album, the self titled Simone Felice which was released in April. As well as the title track which comes from the album, … Continue reading New EP From Simone Felice
This Frontier Needs Heroes is the Alt-Folk duo Brad and Jessica Lauretti from Brooklyn, NY. Their name is inspired by the phrase scrawled on Woody Guthrie’s guitar during WWII: “This Machine Kills Fascists.” Listening to This Frontier Needs Heroes is like having Brad and Jessica play in your backyard while the sun comes up. With their powerful delivery and delicate harmonies, their music is full … Continue reading Free Single From This Frontier Needs Heroes
Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters seem hell bent on gradually releasing every track from their excellent Lungs, Dirt & Dreams album for free. We’ve happily posted them and the latest offering is another standout: the sweetly maudlin, but always gorgeous Gild The Lily. Immerse yourself. Click through to download for free. a Continue reading MM Shorts 218: Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters Again
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