Category: Americana

Alternative, Americana, Blues, Country, Electronic, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos: Black Lips / Black Angels / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Mac DeMarco / Deslondes / Left Lane Cruiser

This week has seen a few MM faves all share some top-notch new tunes via YouTube, and so here is a quick video collection from garage rockers Black Lips, psych-juggernauts Black Angels, psych-freaks King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, hazy troubadour Mac DeMArco, some classic old-time Americana from The Deslondes and some amphetamine filled blues boogie from Left Lane Cruiser.           … Continue reading Videos: Black Lips / Black Angels / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Mac DeMarco / Deslondes / Left Lane Cruiser

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Acoustic, Americana, Music

New Solo Album From Jeff Tweedy

We’re loving this track from Jeff Tweedy’s upcoming record Together At Last. The album contains reworked material from his back catalogue – new solo recordings of Wilco classics and Smog and Loose Fur rarities. Laminated Cat is the latter of these, a gentle, acoustic croon that feels like days spent doing not much more than watching sunlight on water. Listen to the track below and pre-order the … Continue reading New Solo Album From Jeff Tweedy

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Americana, Country, Music, Rock

More From Justin Townes Earle

Justin Townes Earle will release his New West Records debut Kids In The Street on 26th May. It is one of our most anticipated albums for the first half of the year. We’ve already shared lead track Champagne Corolla, and now we have the compassionate, yearning ballad Faded Valentine for you – it is classic country with a touch of honky tonk and an absolute gem … Continue reading More From Justin Townes Earle

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Introducing >>> The Americans

The Right Stuff is the new single to be released by latest signings to the marvellous Loose label, The Americans. Hailing from Los Angeles, the quartet blend country and blues with a fiery blue collar rock’n’roll attitude, absorbing and reconfiguring the history of American music from Chuck Berry and Tom Waits to Bruce Springsteen. The band named themselves after the controversial photo series by Robert Frank, which was … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Americans

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Protomartyr – Sweeney Ashtray Strand Of Oaks – I Know YOU Know You Are Evil Mitski – Fireproof  (One Direction cover) Marika Hackman – My Lover Cindy Daddy Issues – I’m Not Big Thief – Mythological Beauty Chemtrails – Headless Pin Up Girl H.Grimace – Lipsyncer Vulgarians – Of Humdrum Consumption The Wooden Sky – Deadhorse Creek                 … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Americana, Folk, Music, Rock

New From Catch Prichard

Following 2016’s excellent Eskota EP (see our post here), Don’t Want It is the first in a new collection of singles called O.K. Cool that Oakland songwriter Catch Prichard will be releasing in the near future. The haunting, minimal soundscapes of his new material evoke an atmospheric dream of sweet and low-down folk storytelling, splashed with spacey notes of West coast ambiance, and all built on … Continue reading New From Catch Prichard

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

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mountain Man – Love Hurts  (Nazareth cover) Dan Auerbach – Shine On Me Mountain Goats – Etruscans Whitney – Gonna Hurry (As Slow As I Can)  (Dolly Parton cover) Los Angeles Police Department – If I Lied Moon Duo – Sevens Peacers – Jurgen’s Layout Sam Amidon – Juma Mountain Spencer Radcliffe & Everyone Else – Wrong Turn The Wooden Sky – Black Gold     … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Courtney Marie Andrews & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

Started in conjunction with Secretly Group and 30 Songs, 30 Days, Our First 100 Days aims to raise funds for organizations supporting causes that are currently under threat by the Trump administration. We’ve already featured a few songs from the project, which has raised over $80,000 so far. For their contribution, Courtney Marie Andrews and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy have collaborated on a cover of I … Continue reading Courtney Marie Andrews & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

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Another From The Builders & The Butchers

Here is a second track from Portland folk-rockers the Builders & The Butchers upcoming long player The Spark. Singer Ryan Sollee describes it as “…a pretty simple call and response folk tune about desperation. On its face its a old story song, but a lot of the themes can be related to today. The inspiration for this came from my Leadbelly library of congress recordings” … Continue reading Another From The Builders & The Butchers

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Julien Baker – Good News (Piano Version) Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Hope The High Road BNQT – Unlikely Force Bonnie Prince Billy & Nathan Salsburg – Wallin Creek Girls Kevin Morby – Come To Me Now Diet Cig – Link In Bio The New Pornographers – Whiteout Conditions Marissa Nadler – Rosemary W.H. Lung – Nothing Is Soccer Mommy – Be Seeing … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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