Our penultimate round up of the year of the best of the week’s new releases. This week eight tracks from indie rock to honky tonk to folk to psych rock. Margo Price – Hurtin’ (On The Bottle) Nada Surf – Believe You’re Mine La Sera – High Notes Matt Kivel – Jamie’s M. Ward – Girl From Conejo Valley Cheatahs – Freak Waves Dan Sartain … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Time for another instalment of music videos that we’ve been enjoying recently. Continue reading Friday’s Video Fest…
Singer-songwriter Daniel Martin Moore has shared his new festive single It’s Christmas, which is simply a beautifully judged lovely, reflective and poignant holiday song. You can purchase a digital copy here. Continue reading Festive Fayre (4): Daniel Martin Moore
Vandaveer have announced their fifth full-length album, The Wild Mercury, will be out via WhiteSpace Records on February 19. One of our favourite bands with everyman narratives and striking, folk-based harmonies, Vandaveer loosely fall under the Americana umbrella, but the band regularly elbow their way into wider spaces with a kaleidoscopic assortment of sounds. The lead single is But Enough On That For Now, a grandiose kick off … Continue reading Vandaveer Announce New Album
Fresh from posting about them in our most recent Nickel In The Jukebox feature, we have another track from Del Water Gap. Cut The Rope is six minutes of beautifully mournful slice of slow moving Americana that recalls Houndmouth and the Felice Brothers. Have a listen. Continue reading New From Del Water Gap
After a temporary hiatus, we’re back with another round of jukebox style hits for you to trial and judge. Over to you. Hit or miss… False Heads – Steal And Cheat [RIYL: Bratty punk, Buzzcocks, Libertines] Mount Moriah – Cardinal Cross [RIYL: Alt-country, Sixteen Horsepower, Frontier Ruckus] Sun Machine – Loudest Of Them [RIYL: 60s Psych, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev] Big … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 10)
Shred Kelly’s third album, Sing To The Night, features their signature claw-hammer banjo riffs, layered ambient synth, powerhouse rock, and lush vocal harmonies – it a sound they refer to as stoke folk.. Have a listen to the title track, their latest single. Continue reading MM Shorts 799: Shred Kelly
We’re coming to the end of the year and with Thanksgiving and all that, the new releases slowed ever so slightly this week. Here then is our round-up of wholesome new tracks from the past seven days, gathered from all corners for your listening edification… The Arcs – Young Strand Of Oaks – Wonderful (The Way I Feel) (My Morning Jacket cover) Braves – Dropout The … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Once again our list of admirable musically inspired films to watch has grown exponentially and here is an initial selection of some of our favourites… Continue reading Video Round Up Time Again
Swedish quintet Francis has been active on the Swedish indie scene for almost a decade now. Following their acclaimed This Must Be Blood EP in 2012, the band is now getting ready to release their long-awaited, second full-length album Marathon. Originally formed back in 2006 as a punky interpretation of American folk (think a mixture of Tom Waits and Patti Smith) the new record has evolved … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Francis
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