We were delighted to hear of the return of singer-songwriter Adam Torres and have already shared the lovely High Lonesome from his forthcoming album Pearls to Swine, which is out on the 9th September. Now we have another track for you – sprawling in scope and devastating in content, this time it is the hauntingly eerie and moving six minutes of Outlands. Listen below. Continue reading Another From Adam Torres
Husband and wife duo Shovels & Rope write literate, Southern Gothic infused songs of a uniformly high quality – one that sets them apart from the vast majority of their contemporaries. They will release their new album Little Seeds on their new label New West Records on 7th October. With song titles such as Botched Execution, Mourning Song, The Last Hawk and subject matters ranging from Alzheimer’s … Continue reading Shovels & Rope – Little Seeds
Drive-By Truckers will celebrate twenty years together with the release of a new album American Band. They have shared Surrender Under Protest from it and Patterson Hood has had some pretty powerful stuff to say about the inspiration behind the record. “These are crazy times and we have made a record steeped in this moment of history that we’re all trying to live through. We’ve always considered … Continue reading Drive-By Truckers Announce New Album
You know the score – a sweep up of some of the week’s best new releases, new tunes and new artists. This week we have no less than eleven tracks for you including The Avett Brothers, Left Lane Cruiser, The Devil Makes Three, Deerhoof and plenty more. Dive in… The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings Band Of Horses – Barrel House Holly Miranda … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is the twentieth instalment of our Nickel In The Jukebox series, collecting ten new (and sometimes not quite so new) tunes from our inbox and sharing them for you to decide – hot or miss? Cheena – Car [RIYL: NY Punk, Gun Club, Lou Reed ] King Courgette – Courgette Boys [RIYL: Hoedown folk, Earl Scruggs, Holy Modal Rounders] Twin River – … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 20)
The Black Oil Brothers are one of those bands that effortlessly manage to evoke both classic, authentic Delta blues and rootsy, rolling Americana – combining them in a way that suggest campfire singalong as much as liquor fuelled Mississippi roadhouses. Talk To Me, with its bluesy slide guitar, is the perfect case in point, and comes from forthcoming long player Mean Business which is out on … Continue reading Black Oil Brothers – Talk To Me
Taken from his forthcoming album Magnificent Ram A, alt-country artist Don DiLego releases a new single, the rollicking West Side Oak on 15th June. Watch the lyric video below and also stream Different Man from his previous release, the excellent Drive Like Pirates 10″. Continue reading MM Shorts 852: Don DiLego
In 2006, the then 20-year-old Adam Torres released his idiosyncratic, varied, and beautiful debut album, Nostra Nova. A DIY self-release, the album became a closely-held, sleeper favorite in the close-knit music scene of Athens, OH and over the years grew to a ‘cult classic’-like status. The album has a song on it called Breakneck Jane’s Fifteen Minute Escape, which is one of our favourite ever tracks, and … Continue reading New Album From Adam Torres
We’ve been lucky enough to get a copy of the new Felice Brothers album Life In The Dark, which is out on the 24th of this month. It is a gem of a record and has been on heavy rotation ever since we got it, and the band have shared a video for a new track from it, the raucously brilliant Plunder. Created from re-purposed stock … Continue reading The Felice Brothers – Plunder
A bumper week for new tunes, many with an Americana flavour, including songs from The Head & The Heart, Lydia Loveless, Frankie Lee, The Low Anthem and Band Of Horses. We have a tasty REM cover from The Districts as well, and the return of Beck and of Montreal amongst twelve new tracks for you to delve into. Enjoy! Band Of Horses – Whatever, Wherever The Head & The … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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