We’ve become big fans of Big Thief and the latest track to be shared from upcoming album Capacity (out June 9th on Saddle Creek), is Mary. It is one of the most beautiful songs drawn from their forthcoming record. Simply gorgeous. mom and dad and violins somber country silence the needle stopped the kicking the clothes pins on the floor and my heart is playing hide and … Continue reading Big Thief – Mary
We’re loving the sunny strum and cosmic Americana of Won’t Keep Me Up At Night, a track from Sun Seeker’s debut EP Biddeford which will see a release on Third Man Records. The EP explores nostalgia, melancholy, and emotional turmoil via laid-back psychedelia pollinated with tight harmonies, classic folk songcraft, and country rock spirit. It is an ageless approach that is simultaneously archetypal, but unlike many others in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sun Seeker
Originally a country gospel group, the marvellously named Kneeling Drunkards are a five piece Brooklyn band playing original Americana that has its roots in traditional country (always a little twang in there somewhere), but with a few modern twists from the world of rock’n’roll. Listen to The Joke’s On Me below. Continue reading MM Shorts 951: The Kneeling Drunkards
Micah P. Hinson’s new album Presents The Holy Strangers is described by the artist as being a “modern folk opera”. Telling the story of a war time family, going from birth to love, to marriage and children, to war and betrayal, murder to suicide – spanning all of the strange and glorious places life can lead. We follow their story, we see their decisions, we … Continue reading New Album From Micah P Hinson
TERRY – Take Me To The City Screaming Females – I’ll Make You Sorry Darlia – Beam Me Up Daddy Issues – High Street Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires Yowler – Go The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Anymore Whitehorse – Nighthawks Mikah Wilson – Sweet Jules Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The National – The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness Monks – I’m Watching You Chastity Belt – 5am This Is The Kit – Moonshine Freeze Elf Power – Watery Shreds Terror Watts – Time Bomb Milk – Lord, Don’t Take Me To Prison Neils Children – I Am Not Anchor Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is the gorgeous Shark Smile, the second song from the new Big Thief album, Capacity – out June 9th on Saddle Creek. It is an airy, meandering number with a hint of Sharon Van Etten about it that tells the story of two lovers involved in a car accident, one of whom lives while the other dies, related from the perspective of the survivor. It … Continue reading Big Thief – Shark Smile
Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts Lydia Loveless – Desire The Deslondes – Muddy Water Black Lips – Occidental Front Hunx & His Punx – Baby Of The Band Left Lane Cruiser – The Point Is Over Flowing The Geraldine Fibbers – Thank You For Giving Me Life Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Juanita Stein will release her debut solo album, America, on Nude Records on 28th July 2017. Stein, who is already known as the singer-songwriter with Howling Bells, has created an evocative and beautiful record, telling tales of characters real and imagined, her honeyed voice weaves stories of heartbreak and optimism, with Stein’s own experiences woven amongst them. The first single from the album, Dark Horse, is out … Continue reading MM Shorts 940: Juanita Stein
The first 100 Days project that has posted a new song for every day of Trump’s administration up ’til now has concluded with Phosphorescent’s wonderful cover of the alternative American national anthem, Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land. “Sometime about a year ago I heard “This Land Is Your Land” And it brought me to tears Like maybe most Americans I guess I’ve … Continue reading Phosphorescent – This Land Is Your Land
The Mad Mackerel 