As well as our regular Video of the Day posts, these vids have also caught our attention recently, and given the backlog we have, we thought it was time for a big round up of these as well. So here goes. Mean Creek’s video for Young & Wild perfectly captures the innocence, the excitement and the carefree joy of youthful moments reflected in the song’s message. a … Continue reading Watch These! Video Round-Up
The first taste of what’s to come from the new Moses Luster album Stands Alone. A chronicler of the lives of the downtrodden, the seedy and the desperate. Take a listen to The Past Is No Place For A Man. Hear hear! a Continue reading MM Shorts 230: The Return Of Moses Luster
Mrs Mackerel has decided to take a short sabbatical and invite some friends, relatives and countrywomen to takeover her Friday night post, a Friday routine as regular in this household as a G&T with lime, or pizza Margherita for the sprats. And a sprat it is, that takes control of the keyboard in this first week. So it is with great honour that I welcome … Continue reading Guest Post: Sprat 2’s TFI Friday (21st Sept)
We’ve already posted the classic country sound of Eight Belles (being Jessi Phillips and a cast of multi-talented supporting players) with the track Buried Child from forthcoming album Girls Underground (which is actually out next Monday). Now we have a second track, which, if anything is even better, the catchy twang and mountain-stream-clear vocals of Nolchi sounds just like it comes from the heyday of Loretta Lynn … Continue reading More From Eight Belles
Paper Bag Records have given up a free sampler of tracks titled The 2012 Loss Leader. It features Cuff The Duke’s beautiful new single Side By Side (feat. Basia Bulat) off their upcoming release, Union, out in October, and also includes new singles from The Luyas and Slim Twig as well as the debut single from Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians. One of our own favourites, … Continue reading Free Sampler From Paper Bag Records
We have been longstanding fans of Murder By Death’s parched, dusty, and often desolate outlaw country-folk and so it was the cause of much excitement to hear the first taste from forthcoming album Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon. The brooding and cinematic Lost River is a song they describe as being “about a lover who drowned in the river calling out and beckoning the living to join … Continue reading New Album From Murder By Death
Championship Fighter is the opening track from Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies forthcoming album Let Down, due out on the 23rd October via Normaltown Records. With a voice as pure and clear as a mountain stream tumbling down a hillside, and lyrics that give a new definition to sharp and incisive, the combination is a heady one. The roots of the record are in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies
Well she doesn’t dribble anymore, but perhaps that will start again with the advancement of teenage years after one shandy too many – who knows?! Daughter sprat swam to big school this week with a song in her heart (one from King Charles, actually) and a spring in her step, in her hugely positive and wholly optimistic way. I miss her already. Little Sprat and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th September)
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