Our in-box is once again sinking slowly in a deluge of new music and videos, and even once we’ve deleted all the e-mails about house bangers, dance remixes, and other such nonsense we’re still left with an unfathomably large number of songs to listen to… However, listen we do, and here is a short selection from all around the world (Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, … Continue reading MM’s Monday Morning Round Up
The Chewers are Travis Caffrey and Michael Sadler, two freaks who crawled from the woods of West Virginia to taint the water of the Nashville underground. Once there they began to hammer out an idiosyncratic brand of avant-garde rock’n’roll, and infused it with a wry and deadpan sense of humor. They are now ready to launch their new album Dead Dads, a complex and jaggedly groovy work, although sadly during … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Chewers
This week we have the welcome return of Low amongst our weekly round up of new tunes, as well as top notch tracks from White Reaper, Beach Baby, Sianna Plavin and no less than three covers too… Dig in! 1. Low – No Comprende 2. Delta Spirit – (Cream cover) 3. Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Taking his cues from the greats such as Merle Haggard right through to southern rocking legends like the Drive-By Truckers, Patrick Kinsley & A Fistful Of Dollars play outlaw folk and country that is shot through with a raw, burning integrity. These are blue collar stories of truck drivers and bartenders, too much whiskey and too little luck, bad choices and good intentions, hopeful long odds and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Patrick Kinsley & A Fistful Of Dollars
The Treacherous French are an eclectic rock band hailing from all corners of the San Francisco Bay Area. Their newest collection of music is a recently released self-titled debut full-length album, which spans the band’s range of indie folk, alt-country, and alternative rock. With influences including The Head and The Heart, The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, and Of Monsters and Men, we are particularly enamoured of … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Treacherous French
Taking their name from the short-lived 1959-60 TV private detective series, Bourbon Street Beat are (as you’d might expect) inspired by 50s and 60s bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Band, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, as well as rock’n’roll legends like Elvis, Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash. Each of these influences are apparent in technique and style, yet cleverly and confidently reinterpreted to … Continue reading Introducing >>> Bourbon Street Beat
Ohioan have featured sporadically on MM over the years, their brand of desert baked experimental Americana sitting somewhere between Giant Sand, Tinariwen and the expansive grandeur of Other Lives. They will release a new album titled EMPTY / EVERY MT in early 2016 and you can stream / download the epic almost-seven minutes of Pissing At Will, the first taste (if that’s the appropriate expression) from it… Continue reading MM Shorts 730: Ohioan
Via their Bandcamp page, Turchi (who have featured a few times on MM) have announced a final EP We Spoke In Song that marks the the final collaboration between Cameron Weeks, Andrew Hamlet, and Reed Turchi – the lineup that was active from November 2012 to October 2014, and recorded the albums Live in Lafayette, My Time Ain’t Now, and Can’t Bury Your Past together. We … Continue reading Farewell EP From Turchi
Hunters are a six piece band from San Francisco that have just released their third album, We All Go Up the Mountain Alone Together. Have a listen to the rolling, countrified rock of Ghost Town Blues with its touch points of Death Cab For Cutie and Wilco, but distinguished by Rosa del Duca’s crystal clear vocals. Buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 726: Hunters
Longstanding MM faves and Americana duo The Lowest Pair features the duel banjo picking of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee. Draped in Kendl’s high lonesome harmonies and Palmer’s midwest croon, their sophomore effort, The Sacred Heart Sessions has been on regular rotation here at MM Towers. They are following it up with Reckon I’m Fixin’ On Kickin’ Round to Pick a Little, Volume 1, a collection … Continue reading The Lowest Pair – Reckon I’m Fixin’ On Kickin’ Round to Pick a Little, Volume 1
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