Start All Over Again is the debut album by Seattle’s Matt Berry under the pseudonym The Berries. It is a study of the mythology of freedom – a modern country-rock record made up of songs of love and hate, songs under the spell of Neil Young and Townes Van Zandt, and songs carved out of the disappointment of a morose Seattle winter. We already shared Junkyard Dog earlier … Continue reading The Berries Release Start All Over Again
Venom & Faith is the new album from Nashville based sister duo Larkin Poe, to be released on the 9th November. The Atlanta-born sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell are descendants of celebrated US writer Edgar Allen Poe and have an appropriately gothic feel to their country blues churn and holler. Even the record’s title, taken from a lyric from album track Honey Honey, is intended to conjure … Continue reading Larkin Poe – Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues
Neil Young – Campaigner (Live, acoustic) Ty Segall – Class War (The Dils cover) Beach House – Alien Public Service Broadcasting – White Star Liner The Growlers – Problems III Matthew E. White – No Future In Our Frontman Tiny Ruins – Olympic Girls Drug Church – Unlicensed Hall Monitor J Mascis – Web So Dense Keston Cobblers’ Club – Siren … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Dodos – Center Of Cass McCombs – Noise Suite For The Green Party Deer Tick – Hey! Yeah! Kurt Vile – Learning To Fly (Tom Petty cover) The Smoking Trees – Who Is The Villain? American Pleasure Club – Oranges Magic Potion – Foamy Lace Girlpool – Lucy’s Strange Ranger – The Wires Continue reading Nine More Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Titus Andronicus – Only A Hobo BRONCHO – Keep It In Line Phosphorescent – C’est La Vie No. 2 Courtney Barnett – Small Talk Kurt Vile – One Trick Ponies Flat Worms – The Apparition Death Valley Girls – (One Less Thing) Before I Die The Berries – Junkyard Dog Laura Gibson – Domestication SOAK – Everybody Loves You New Rose – Plenty Of Flowers … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
After five long years, the wonderful Sharon Van Etten has shared details of the follow up to 2014’s excellent Are We There. Her new record is titled Remind Me Tomorrow and will see a release on 18th January, via Jagjaguwar. The first taste from it is, appropriately enough, Comeback Kid, which is a track that is altogether more urgent and driven than anything we’ve heard … Continue reading Sharon Van Etten – New Album & New Single
Joe Strummer – Czechoslovak Song / Where Is England The Men – Ailment Anna St. Louis – Desert Hater – Things To Keep Up With PAINT – Daily Gazette Methyl Ethel – Scream Whole Jeff Tweedy – Some Birds Death Valley Girls – Street Justice Kevin Devine – Into The Great Wide Open (Tom Petty cover) Continue reading NIne Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Adia Victoria’s musical introduction to the world came in the form of 3 tracks released over 18 months – Stuck In The South, Sea of Sand, and Howlin’ Shame. Her mixture of gothic country blues, eerie vocals, righteous anger and some thrilling guitar riffs immediately set her apart from the usual crowd. Her newest track is Dope Queen Blues, written about her time in Atlanta … Continue reading Adia Victoria – Dope Queen Blues
Father John Misty – So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain (Live at Third Man Records) Holly Miranda – I Will Survive (FM4 Session Live In Vienna) (Gloria Gaynor cover) Holly Miranda – A Little Piece Cloud Nothings – Leave Him Now Harmony Rockets with special guest Peter Walker – Atropos Marianne Faithfull feat. Nick Cave – The Gypsy Faerie Queen Cat Power – Stay … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is our latest collection of musical films for you. A regular pot pourri of musical styles from Girl Skin’s gorgeously fragile chamber folk to Sit Down’s oozing amalgam of doom metal and sludgy punk by way of The Cavemen’s amphetamine-fueled rhythms and scorching guitar, coupled with drunk and disorderly vocal tirades, and First Aid Kit’s ever perfect vocal harmonies. There is Steve Mason’s soulful new … Continue reading Video Round Up
The Mad Mackerel 