Drive-By Truckers have shared a new track, the powerful and poignant What It Means, from their much-anticipated new album, American Band, due out on 30th September via ATO Records. Describing the song, Patterson Hood said “it’s a song I wrote a couple of years ago protesting the Ferguson decision and the Trayvon Martin killing. Unfortunately, the song is still timely today. I hope and pray that … Continue reading Drive-By Truckers – What It Means
Here is a second track from Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster (of the Water Liars) upcoming solo release Constant Stranger which is out on the last day of September via Big Legal Mess. Laid Low is another exquisitely presented slice of folky Americana from an album of eleven songs that feel more like snapshots documented, processed, and archived, filled with stories and images of how the small and often overlooked … Continue reading More From Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster
Belying it’s somewhat melancholy message, American Dream from Cereus Bright’s recently released debut album Excuses is a lovely example of their easy-going strummed Americana. Similarly with second track, Claustrophobic which has a touch more urgency, but still features some lovely harmonies and guitar work. Nice stuff. Listen to both below. Buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 865: Cereus Bright
Having spent a mighty fine week soaking up the sunshine in Crete we are feeling pretty good about life. And if that wasn’t enough here are ten of the best of the week’s new releases (as judged by us of course). They Include the very welcome return of fire and brimstone gothic folkies Wovenhand and Argentinian garage-posters Las Kellies, cracking tracks from Bueno and Okkervil River, … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We posted about apocalyptic folk duo The Survivalists and their debut album back at the beginning of the year. They are in the midst of recording the follow-up, Plagiarism is the Sincerest Form of Stealing, and have shared the excellent first single with us titled When The Shit Hit The Fan. It hums along at a fair pace and reminds us of The Dutchess & The Duke crossed … Continue reading New From The Survivalists
Based out of New York and backed by the Restless Daughters, Kate Vargas is a singer-songwriter taking her cues from the classic outlaw country artists like Merle and Willie but isn’t afraid to add in some bluegrass, some dark-folk, and pretty much anything else that takes her fancy. Think somewhere between Shovels & Rope, Tom Waits and Nina Simone… Check out a couple of tracks from … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Kate Vargas
We’ve become very taken with this track Palmilla, the third song released off Motel Radio’s forthcoming new EP Desert Surf Films, which will be released on August 12, via Roll Call Records. It is a lovely, breezy slice of rolling Americana with a tinge of surfy, psych rock woven seamlessly throughout. It follows the equally lovely Gimme Your Love and any fans of Houndmouth or Great American Canyon … Continue reading Motel Radio – Desert Surf Films EP
Here they are, all wrapped and presented in a tidy bow for you. Ten new songs from the past week including Screaming Females, Goat, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, of Montreal, a gorgeous new song from Alex Bleeker and an excellent cover of Gun Club’s classic Sex Beat by Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan. Good stuff indeed. Happy weekend. Screaming Females – Skeleton Jeff The Brotherhood – Punishment … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It has been a good while since we last shared a Nickel In The Jukebox post, but here are ten tracks making up for lost time. You decide… hit or miss? My Son Bison – Two Faces And A Vase [RIYL: Psych-pop, The Beach Boys, The Shins] The Blind Owls – All Day And Night [RIYL: 60s Pop, Little Richard , The Kinks] … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 21)
We first posted about New Orleans singer-songwriter Daniel Amedee as part of our 100 Posts in 100 Hours marathon at the beginning of the year. Now he has just released Life, the title track off of his upcoming EP of the same name that sees the light of day on the 16th August. With a hypnotic, meditative backbeat and beautifully earnest vocals, Life pulls you into its rhythm, … Continue reading MM Shorts 860: Daniel Amedee
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