Southern indie-rock band from Raleigh, NC. Jack the Radio crafts the type of music to blast from your porch on early summer nights to help inspire the sweltering season to come. Recent long-player Badlands is a two-act, musical journey through a sci-fi western, which starts with the listener waking up in an unknown, strange world. The first six songs of the album travel through an … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 79 – Jack The Radio
Old Sea Brigade is the solo project of Atlanta based folk singer-songwriter Ben Cramer. Reminiscent of artists such as Phosphorescent, M. Ward, and Lord Huron, he’s releasing a debut self-titled EP this month. Listen to the lovely, unhurried Sleep In The Park, a track covered in a melancholy sweetness that is hard to resist. Now I sleep in the park Out there in the cold She won’t … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 74 – Old Sea Brigade
Having previously released no less than ten solo albums, Hotel Room comes from the debut, self-titled long player release by Ron Pope + The Nighthawks. It is slow moving, poignant Americana, heavy on emotion and meaning. Spin it below. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 72 – Ron Pope + The Nighthawks
Austin band My Golden Calf’s new single Either is taken from their forthcoming album Perfume Brute. It’s a catchy track with some pleasingly sinister undertones as interchanging guitar melodies combine with a droning Wurlitzer and unique vocals. Have a listen. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 65 – My Golden Calf
Farewell Teddy is an indie-rock duo from Atlanta, Georgia. The Ferris Wheel EP is a four-track precursor to their forthcoming debut album, Brave New World’s Fair (Part 1), which is due to be released independently early this year. For now check out the country twang and vintage rockabilly rumble of I’m Not Afraid Of Torture. You can download the EP for free from NoiseTrade here. … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 64 – Farewell Teddy
With his diverse blend of folk, bluegrass, and country, singer-songwriter Josh Gray jumps back and forth through the decades drawing inspiration from a vast array of musical influences. With echoes of Johnny Cash and Townes Van Zandt as well as modern day troubadours like Joe Pug, his debut self-titled EP is a delight of finger-picked storytelling, heading off the beaten track whilst still covering the age … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 63 – Josh Gray
Pacific NW based indie-folk duo The Winterlings have a new record You Are Acres out next week. When We Were Young is a ukulele led, horn infused, folk song rich with harmony and lyrical imagery. Listen here. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 62 – The Winterlings
Great Lakes formed back in 1996 in Athens, Georgia and has been based in Brooklyn, NY since 2002. The band has released four albums. A fifth record called Wild Vision will come out this month on the band’s own label, Loose Trucks. While their early records traded in a whimsical, light-hearted psychedelia, the band have gradually gravitated toward more personal songs, with a darker tone. … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 54 – Great Lakes
Finland’s Swaying Wires will release their sophomore album I Left A House Burning next week. With influences from Neko Case to Jason Molina, listen to Nowhere from the album with its a beautiful, meandering guitar lines and soulful, sometimes heartbreaking vocal. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 52 – Swaying Wires
Rob Williams marries gritty Americana with country style leanings and a healthy dose of humour. Best I Can Do is an anti rat-race, pro life-work balance kind of a song, carried along on a no holds barred, good-time, foot stomping rhythm. It comes from his new album Southern FM. Check it out / download it below. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 50 – Rob Williams
The Mad Mackerel 