The Grand Prospect are a six-piece band out of NYC. All MM’s favourite ingredients are in place: three singers, banjo, guitar, keys, harmonies, an attitude of a little less talk, a little more rock and a singular objective of a damn good time. The result is a self-titled, debut release on the 11th December that will be as good a slice of alt-country / Americana … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Grand Prospect
We posted about the heroin disco chic and Velvet’s influences of the Plastic Pals back in April and they are back with a new single which saw a release last week. This is Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea. Download it now. a Continue reading New Plastic Pals Single
We are much later posting about this then we ever intended – in fact Ashland based indie folk band Kites & Crows new album, More For The Mender, came out on September 28th. Taking inspiration from Shakespeare, specifically a production of Coriolanus, where the recently banished battle hero is hiding out “…under the canopy…in the city of kites and crows…“, the band expertly blends rootsy … Continue reading Kites & Crows Release More For The Mender
a a a a Download Sassparilla – Threadbare mp3 (from Magpie) Continue reading Videos of the Day: Best Coast || Chemical Smile || Eliza & The Bear || Sassparilla
Time for another trawl through the in-box and round our favourite music sites to bring you a whole host of goodies to enjoy. First up is a new free song from Bear Driver – layers of sound create a swooning dream pop song of chiming surfed up guitar lines, clattering drums, and melancholic synths. This newly built sound they have dubbed ‘patchwork-pop’! a Widowspeak have a … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
The excellent Indian Wars will release their new album Songs From The North on Bachelor Records on the 20th November. We loved their previous release Walk Around The Park and also their excellent cover of North Carolina folk classic Tom Dula. So now you can grab yourselves a little album hors d’oeuvre in the shape of a ‘pay what you want’ download of Already Home via their … Continue reading MM Shorts 264: Indian Wars
Caitlin Rose has announced details of the follow-up to her stunning 2010 debut album Own Side Now. The Stand-In will be released on the 25th February via Names Records. The opening track from the album, the warm and rousing No One To Call is streaming for your undoubted listening pleasure below. To mark the release of The Stand-In, Caitlin will be playing four UK headline … Continue reading Caitlin Rose Announces New Album
We’ve grabbed ourselves a whole host of free stuff recently from Noisetrade, Insound and American Songwriter that is just too good not to share. Noisetrade have put up free downloads from Said The Whale, Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations, Rachael Yamagata, The Kansas Bible Country and Joshua James (with a free download of his brilliant 2009 album Build Me This). Insound’s latest free mixtape features (amongst … Continue reading Lots Of Free Stuff
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