Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Screaming Females – Deeply Dan Michaelson – Careless King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland Blitzen Trapper – Joanna Camp Cope – The Opener Palehound – Sea Of Blood Loma – Black Willow Saintseneca – Moon Barks At The Dog S. Carey – Fools Gold Spice Boys – I Don’t Get Around Pansies – Green Apple Eyes               … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Wooden Wand – Toth’s Law Vols 2 & 3

We’ve been remiss in sharing details of Wooden Wand’s Toth’s Law recordings. Volume 1 came out back in June, which we did cover, but Volumes 2 and 3 have followed since then. They are collections of outtakes, demos and songs that never, for one reason or another, made it onto his other recording output. Nevertheless the collection contains songs that frankly, other singer-songwriters would be … Continue reading Wooden Wand – Toth’s Law Vols 2 & 3

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Widowspeak – Harvest Moon  (Neil Young cover) Wilco – Dynamite My Soul Kal Marks – Adventure The Staves & yMusic – The Way Is Read Ty Segall – My Lady’s On Fire Drive-By Truckers – The Perilous Night Johanna Warren – Here To Tell Angel Olsen – Sans Dama Scout – Toothache The Liminanas – Shadow People (featuring Emmanuelle Seigner)           … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Introducing >>> Willie Breeding

Kentucky based newcomer Willie Breeding will release his debut album of beguiling, off-kilter Americana Big Sky in early 2018.  With influences ranging from Lee Hazlewood to The Strokes, Marty Robbins to A Tribe Called Quest, Big Sky is first and foremost an album of well-crafted tunes. The melodies are rich and wavy, complementing well the lyrics of someone torn between their years in New York City, and their … Continue reading Introducing >>> Willie Breeding

MM Shorts 984: Matt Hectorne

Recently released Americana single Only Way into Your Heart from Matt Hectorne is an open letter of minor chord progressions and whiskey-drenched tension that drives an upbeat melody. Pedal steel plays centre stage, creating a haunting, almost Gothic, vibe that swells and retreats before it glides and settles. The duality between darker chords and an uplifting chorus create an infectious blend that encompasses the entire … Continue reading MM Shorts 984: Matt Hectorne

It’s Halloween…

Halloween is one of our favourite times of year. You get the best films for a start and oldest sprat has already digested the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the original Halloween itself in the past few days. So here is a collection of new spooky themed tunes that have found their way into our in-box, and which like a lot of the other stuff we got, … Continue reading It’s Halloween…

First Aid Kit – Postcard

Swedish duo First Aid Kit will release their new album Ruins on January 19, their first since 2014’s excellent Stay Gold. They’ve shared another track from it, Ruins, which they describe as “one of the most traditional sounding songs we’ve ever written. It’s not a resentful song, but more of a reaching out to a lover to wish them well on their journey in the … Continue reading First Aid Kit – Postcard

Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Ty Segall – Meaning King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Crumbling Castle Destroyer – Cover From The Sun Chris Stapleton – Millionaire Blitzen Trapper – Dance With Me Hans Chew – Give Up The Ghost Trance Farmers – Witches                 SaveSave Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Calexico – End Of The World With You No Age – Soft Collar Fad Jim White – Far Beyond The Spoken Word Father John Misty – Pure Country Hater – Blushing Django Django – Tic Tac Toe A. Savage – Ladies From Houston Surfing Magazines – One Of These Days Anna St. Louis – Fire The Deep Dark Woods – Deep Flooding Waters Miss World – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week