Category: Americana

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It’s that time again…our regular round-up of rollicking (and not-so-rollicking) new tunes from the previous seven days. This time we have the welcome return of Cass McCombs alongside the infectious psych-rock of White Room, the scrappy, confrontational punk of MOURN and the new collaboration between Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando, folksinger Marciana Jones and the wonderful Willy Mason called TSP plus six more. Have fun. Cass … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde Revisited

As this month’s free CD, Mojo magazine are giving away another one of their excellent cover versions of a classic album – this time Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde is revisited in all its glory. Amongst the delights on offer are Steve Gunn taking on Visions of Johanna, Marissa Nadler’s fabulous version of Absolutely Sweet Marie and Night Beats’ tackling Obviously Five Believers. Other artists … Continue reading Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde Revisited

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Alternative, Americana, Indie, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Health&Beauty

Health&Beauty have signed to Wichita Recordings, who will release their sixth full-length studio album, No Scare on the 5th August. The Chicago-based three-piece have shared the first cut from their new record, a track entitled Wartime. The original version of the song featured a lyric and melody borrowed from Neil Young’s Hey Babe (from American Stars and Bars) but they could not get consent to use it … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Health&Beauty

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Alternative, Americana, Blues, Folk, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul

Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 18)

Still wading through a massive backlog of high calibre new tunes. Here are ten more of all shapes and sizes for you to check up on and decide hit or miss…   Mud Howlers – Magic Place  [RIYL: Desert-Blues, Led Zeppelin, Richie Valens ]   Mark McGowan – Fugazi  [RIYL: Soulful country, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding]   Casper Skulls – Mink Coats  [RIYL: Noise-punk, Screaming Females, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 18)

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Welcome Back… Howling Owls

It is nearly five years since we have heard from Howling Owls, still one of our favourite ever discoveries in the ten years of MM. A hugely underrated band, we thought Florida’s finest had slipped back into the everglades… So it was quite a surprise, and an unexpected pleasure to get a short e-mail announcing a new single with the typically excellent title Same Circus, … Continue reading Welcome Back… Howling Owls

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

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It can never be seen as a bad week when you have brand new songs from Okkervil River and the Low Anthem to share. And not only that, we have seven other new tunes for you as well from the likes of Father John Misty, Psychic Ills and The Gotobeds. Dig in. Okkervil River – Okkervil River R.I.P. The Low Anthem – The Pepsi Moon Father John Misty – … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Music

Ben de la Cour – Midnight In Havana

After growing up in Brooklyn, Ben de la Cour set out to see the world as an amateur boxer, bartender, and agricultural worker. Then after a spell as a frontman in a London-based doom-metal band, he gave it up for the simplicity of the bare bones acoustic music he now creates. We first came across him at the tail end of 2012 with his captivating, stripped back long … Continue reading Ben de la Cour – Midnight In Havana

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Alternative, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

We seem to have posted a lot of tunes this week with three Nickel In The Jukebox round ups and here are twelve more – all newly minted this week. From the return of the Stone Roses to the gothic blues of Adia Victoria and the indie rock of Catfish & The Bottlemen and taking in songs about Bob Dylan, God and a cover of the … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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

Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 17)

No less than three Nickel in the Jukebox posts this week. Check out ten more songs from all walks of life and decide… hit or miss. Third Sound – Never Catch Her Again  [RIYL: Psych-rock, Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ]   Hot Showers – Boys (Neighborhood)  [RIYL: Garage-psych, Smith Westerns, Harlem]   Magic Potion – Jelly  [RIYL: Slacker-pop, Mac DeMarco, Kurt Vile]   Spain – … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 17)

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Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 16)

  Outblinker – Farrokh Bulsara  [RIYL: Modern Krautrock, CAN, Fuck Buttons]   The Weeping Willows – River of Gold  [RIYL: Gothic Americana, Tom Waits, Brown Bird]   Rick Redbeard – Wild Young Country  [RIYL: Folk, Bill Callahan, Leonard Cohen]   Otherkin – Yeah I Know  [RIYL: Punk, The Ramones, Slaves]   L.T. Leif – Fine Dust Rising  [RIYL: Indie-folk, The Microphones, Angel Olsen]   Peach … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 16)

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