After a week away, we’re back with eight tracks selected from the past week and covering everything from hardcore to goth-pop by way of some shoegaze and a classic cover. Enjoy. Hooded Fang – Dead Battery M. Ward – Time Won’t Wait Bonnie Prince Billy & Friends – Rubin & Cherise (Grateful Dead cover) Joana Serrat featuring Neil Halstead – Cloudy Heart The Don Darlings … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It has been a month since the last Nickel in the Jukebox, so here are another collection of ten tunes to put before our most discerning jury… you. So give them a spin and decide, hot or not… The Vryll Society – La Jetee [RIYL: Space-rock, the Horrors, the Brian Jonestown Massacre ] Reddening West – The River [RIYL: Americana, Hiss Golden Messenger, Andrew … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 13)
Here is a quick round up of a bunch of cracking tunes that have been earmarked for posting in our inbox for too long! Treat it like a musical pick ‘n’ mix and make your selections from the queasy, post-punk drama of Greys, Ladada’s surf-psych, the crisp indie rock of Clean Spill, rustic American from The Convergers, dystopian garage rock from Sans Pareil, gorgeous, ambient … Continue reading Musical Pick ‘n Mix – Quick Round Up
The wonderful Felice Brothers will release their new album Life In The Dark on the 24th June via Yep Roc Records. The first taste from it is the brilliant, accordion led Aerosol Ball accompanied by a suitably vintage, suitably carnivalesque, suitably sleazy video for its stream of consciousness style rhyming couplets that takes in much of the geography of the United States. Watch below. Continue reading New Song From The Felice Brothers
Great American Canyon Band’s stunning debut album Only You Remain is released this Friday on Six Degrees Records. The gorgeous psych-tinged Americana of Undertow is already one of our favourite tracks of the year so far, while Crash made our end of year Best Of lists in 2015. You can stream both, along with the rest of the album, below. You can also order from their Bandcamp … Continue reading Stream Great American Canyon Band’s Only You Remain
Time to start the week with a few choice musical films… ten to be exact. So come with us a follow a path from the brilliantly louche, disaffected punk of Dilly Dally to the off-kilter urgency of Velcro Hooks by way of the mediative melancholy of Daniel Martin Moore, the energetic alt-country blues of Alex Culbreth, and the tripped out psychedelics of the Lucid Dream and plenty … Continue reading Video Round Up
A mighty fine collection of new tunes for you this week including, amongst others, the very welcome return of Psychic Ills, a Waylon Jennings cover from Mark Kozelek that also features the talents of Will Oldham and Low’s Mimi Parker, some brash, urgent punk rock from the Virginmarys and some typically laid back folk from guitar virtuoso Steve Gunn. Enjoy. Psychic Ills featuring Hope Sandoval – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is this week’s offering of songs gathered from the past seven days that are surely worth a bit of your attention and ear-time. From the garage rock of The Limiñanas and Music Band to the proto-punk of The Gotobeds, the haunting gothic pop of Marissa Nadler and the soulful delta blues of C.W. Stinking. We have Easter treats for everyone. All yours… The Limiñanas – Prisunic Arbor Labor Union – Belief’d … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Below you can watch the official music video for Sturgill Simpson’s stunning rendition of Nirvana’s classic track, In Bloom. It is the second song unveiled from Simpson’s highly anticipated new album, A Sailor’s Guide To Earth, which will be released April 15 on Atlantic Records. Continue reading Sturgill Simpson – In Bloom
On May 20th, 4AD will release Day of the Dead – a celebration of the Grateful Dead’s music created and curated by brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National. It has been a massive undertaking. The compilation is a wide-ranging tribute to the songwriting and experimentalism of the Dead, which took four years to record, features over 60 artists from varied musical backgrounds, 59 tracks … Continue reading Day of the Dead – A Grateful Dead Tribute
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