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Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 2)

Following yesterday’s collection of ten excellent new tracks from the past week, here are another ten for your listening pleasure including three more cracking cover versions. Kurt Vile – Life Like This Holly Miranda – Fourth Of July (Sufjan Stevens cover) White Fang – Bong Rip The Dead Weather – Cop And Go Wavves – My Head Hurts Radkey – Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode cover) … Continue reading Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 2)

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Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 1)

A bumper round up this week – new songs from The Decemberists, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Saintseneca, the mighty Killing Joke, cover songs from Iron & Wine and Okkervil River and plenty more besides. The Decemberists – Why Would I Now? Saintseneca – River Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi – Shapeless Killing Joke – I Am The Virus The Lovely Eggs – Goofing’ Around (In Lancashire) … Continue reading Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 1)

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New Single From Israel Nash

Israel Nash releases a new single, LA Lately, on 2nd October. The track is taken off their new album Israel Nash’s Silver Season, due out a week later on 9th October on Loose/Thirty Tigers. Influenced by the peaceful Texas hillside, the nine song album ventures farther down the acid-soaked trail blazed by his 2013 debut Rain Plans, arriving in lush and expansive territory. The single is just … Continue reading New Single From Israel Nash

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Introducing >>> Boroughs

In the span of less than a year, Boroughs have become one of Southern California’s most exciting and sought after Americana roots musical collectives. The four-piece blends elements of country rock, gritty folk and soulful Americana reminiscent of the likes of some of the very best in the genre – think early Neil Young, Ryan Adams, and Wilco. With poignant stories of heartbreak, confusion and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Boroughs

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Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 2)

Our second collection of ten new tunes for you to spin and decide… hit or miss? The Yawpers – Deacon Brodie (RIYL: Biker blues, MC5, Blue Cheer) . Tedo Stone – By Your Side (RIYL: Fuzzy guitar rock, T Rex, Dinosaur Jr) . Alberta Cross – Ghost Of Santa Fe (RIYL: Southern rock, My Morning Jacket, Crazy Horse) . Flora Cash – This Breeze (RIYL: Folk, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 2)

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The Hanging Stars – The House On The Hill

Our love of murder ballads is well documented and the new single from London quintet The Hanging Stars, The House on The Hill is a mighty fine addition to the roster. It is a murder ballad about a poor girl who drowns herself in the sea after having her heart broken and is partly a true story, the track being inspired by an entry in a book of … Continue reading The Hanging Stars – The House On The Hill

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The Futurebirds – Hotel Parties

Futurebirds have shared the title track from their forthcoming album Hotel Parties. It is another tremendous slice of country tinged Southern rock that the band are so good at consistently delivering, and it perfectly captures the sometime melancholia of life on the road. As they say, “Sometimes what you think you need is the last thing in the world that you need. Sometimes a hotel party … Continue reading The Futurebirds – Hotel Parties

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The Return Of ⅔ Goat

It has been nearly four years since we featured New York farm based band ⅔ Goat and their eclectic fusion of folk, blues, rock, and country that summoned the likes of vintage era Cash & Carter with a contemporary spin. This time they are engaged in a unique recording project – digitally releasing two songs every two months until the full album Let It Rise is completed at the … Continue reading The Return Of ⅔ Goat

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Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Here we are, a day late, but no compromise on quality. Nine new tunes from the past week for your listening consumption. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mache Dream Balloon Elyse Weinberg – Houses Destruction Unit – The Upper Hand Avers – Come To Me Now Shannon & The Clams – It’s Too Late Childbirth – Let’s Be Bad Saintseneca – Sleeper … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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