Dogs is the latest track to be revealed from emerging LA-based band Bird Dog’s forthcoming debut EP Misty Shrub. Give it a spin below, it is another fine example of their warm, synth-tinged Americana that feels like it has just time-travelled from the canyons of early 70’s country-rock. Continue reading Another From Bird Dog
Mount Moriah have shared Baby Blue, a gorgeous alt-country slow-burner, and it comes accompanied by a beautiful new video that aims to depict the quiet dignity in everyday life through a series of extended shots: including a man sharing a t-shirt with his newborn child, a woman sat on a doorstep eating pizza in the small hours of the morning, a man playing on his Gameboy … Continue reading New Video: Mount Moriah – Baby Blue
The new EP from Nate Leavitt & The Elevation is called Someone Send A Signal, and can best be described as ghost folk – as if the spirits of Neil Young, Wilco and Butch Walker met up late one night for a secret recording session down in Muscle Shoals. Intense, moody and blending elements of roots, Americana and rock, it is the convergence of Leavitt’s musical … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Nate Leavitt & The Elevation
Spearheaded by Mark Charles Heidinger, and taking their cues somewhere between the tales of Bob Dylan and the bourbon-soaked stories of Tom Waits, Vandaveer are one of our favourite Americana bands, melding folk and country traditions into beautifully constructed songs and stories that stay long in the heart and the mind. Latest album The Wild Mercury is out next month and the latest track to be … Continue reading Another From Vandaveer
Richmond Fontaine have announced their forthcoming album, You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing To Go Back To will be the band’s final release. It will be released via Decor Records and is their tenth album in all, and their first for five long years. Songwriter, Willy Vlautin, says of the album “This record was written for all the guys we know who have hit the wall, … Continue reading Richmond Fontaine – Don’t Skip Out On Me
The songs keep piling up in the in-box – too many to do justice to – but here are ten choice picks for you to decide… hit or miss? Claire Cronin – Sister And Devil [RIYL: Experimental folk, Karen Dalton, Jason Molina] Stranded Horse – Monde [RIYL: Orchestral folk, Loch Lemond, Horse Feathers] Heck – Good As Dead [RIYL: Noise-rock, Pulled Apart By Horses, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 11)
US cult Americana-rockers, and very long-standing MM faves, Blitzen Trapper are releasing new three-track EP titled Mystery And Wonder today ahead of their February European tour including UK dates in London and Brighton. They have just unveiled the video for the EP’s title track which we think you’ll agree is neither short of either of those attributes…it’s a perfectly crafted track, breathing with melancholy and folk-soul. … Continue reading New Video: Blitzen Trapper – Mystery And Wonder
Since forming in 2010, The Third Sound have enjoyed significant support from none other than Anton Newcombe including an album released on his label ‘a Recordings’ and supporting The Brian Jonestown Massacre in Europe. Most recently the group has shared members with Newcombe and Tess Parks’ band, which has led to this collaboration. Featuring the aforesaid Tess Parks on vocals, the single You Are Not Here echoes the baggy … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Third Sound
We’re a bit late to the party this weekend with our round-up of the best of the new releases of the past seven days. No matter – consider it a nice late finish to Sunday or a nice new start to the new week. Courtney Barnett – Three Packs A Day Woods – Sun City Creeps Soft Fangs – Birthday Matthew And The Atlas – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This/Last Week
Kye Alfred Hillig is somewhat of a chameleon singer-songwriter, experimenting and adjusting his sound with every release and keeping his listeners on their toes. We were big fans of his last release, 2014’s The Buddhist, and on his fifth studio album he has been joined by multiple local musicians and has attempted to yet again put a sonic twist to his sometimes dark yet compelling narrative style. As … Continue reading New Album From Kye Alfred Hillig
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