Surely our cup overfloweth this week with pristine new tunes of all kinds. To follow yesterday’s collection of tracks culled from the past week, here are ten more for you. Just too many to choose from… MOURN – Evil Dead Audacity – Lock On The Door Car Seat Headrest – Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales Woods – Morning Light A Dead Forest Index – Myth Retraced Great Lake … Continue reading Ten More Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is this week’s offering of songs gathered from the past seven days that are surely worth a bit of your attention and ear-time. From the garage rock of The Limiñanas and Music Band to the proto-punk of The Gotobeds, the haunting gothic pop of Marissa Nadler and the soulful delta blues of C.W. Stinking. We have Easter treats for everyone. All yours… The Limiñanas – Prisunic Arbor Labor Union – Belief’d … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Below you can watch the official music video for Sturgill Simpson’s stunning rendition of Nirvana’s classic track, In Bloom. It is the second song unveiled from Simpson’s highly anticipated new album, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, which will be released April 15 on Atlantic Records. Continue reading Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom
From an e-mail from Chuck Prophet “A few days ago Kurt Lipschutz and I were in my shoebox-sized “office” space in SOMA toying with our Temple Beautiful musical and I was absently strumming my guitar. We meandered into complaining about this, that, and the other thing when we got into the Alex Nieto civil case verdict which had just come in. We got charged up. … Continue reading Chuck Prophet – Alex Nieto
On May 20th, 4AD will release Day of the Dead – a celebration of the Grateful Dead’s music created and curated by brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National. It has been a massive undertaking. The compilation is a wide-ranging tribute to the songwriting and experimentalism of the Dead, which took four years to record, features over 60 artists from varied musical backgrounds, 59 tracks … Continue reading Day of the Dead – A Grateful Dead Tribute
It has been a good while since the last Nickel In The Jukebox feature. So to put that right, here are ten new tunes of different styles for you to compare and contrast. We like them all, but you decide for yourself – hit or miss? The Bones Of J.R. Jones – Hammers And Nails [RIYL: Blues, Scott H Biram, William Elliott Whitmore] ShitKid – … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 12)
A slightly slower week – maybe all those shenanigans down in Austin… Anyway, we weren’t there this time and so we had time to round these gems up for you from the past seven days. ⅔ Goat – Whiskey Sins Street Chant – Insides Eureka California – Sign My Name With An X Great Lake Swimmers – Condition White Joana Serrat – Tug Of War … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Tired is taken from Ashley Shadow’s debut self-titled album out April 15th. Though undoubtedly bestowed with a strong voice both lulling and bracing in its quality, she spent the first five years of her musical career playing bass guitar for rock-noir outfit The Organ before recording, and sometimes performing with acts like Pink Mountaintops, The Cave Singers, Lightning Dust and Bonnie Prince Billy – MM faves one … Continue reading Ashley Shadow – Tired
Next month Hayes Carll will release his new album Lovers and Leavers. The new record is his first since 2011’s acclaimed KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) – since that last album, Carll has been through divorce and subsequently re-found love, thus the title and subject matter of Lovers and Leavers. Listen to the new single taken from it, The Magic Kid, inspired by his son’s love of magic. … Continue reading Hayes Carll – The Magic Kid
Dan Melchior Plays ‘The Grays’ is the title of the singer/songwriter’s new album due out this month on Ever/Never. Sometimes music is made that is not beautiful, but which expresses emotions and a depth of feeling in a way no other medium can. Following the tragic death of his wife, Letha Rodman Melchior, after a long, long battle against cancer, the first track from this record does … Continue reading Dan Melchior Plays ‘The Greys’
The Mad Mackerel 