Giant Sand, the iconic and influential band fronted by luminary Howe Gelb, celebrates 30 years of freewheeling and ever-evolving music making on new album, Heartbreak Pass, out on the 5th May via New West Records. The album spans founder Gelb’s far-reaching career and mixes the rollicking nature of the band’s 1985 debut, Valley of Rain, with the dusty alt-folk, desert-rock and jazzy lounge-piano explorations of his … Continue reading New Giant Sand Album
Here is our regular gathering up of some of this week’s best new releases for you. Enjoy. 1. Daughn Gibson – Shatter You Through 2. Laura Marling – Strange 3. This Is The Kit – Silver John 4. Bully – I Remember 5. Tame Impala – Let It Happen 6. Adam Torres – Dusty Wing Spirit 7. Lower Dens – Ondine 8. Mikal Cronin – ii) … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Bloodshot Records are carrying on their annual Record Store Day tradition with a split release from two of their brightest stars, Lydia Loveless and Cory Branan, respectively paying tribute to The Purple One himself. On purple vinyl, of course. Side A sees Lydia Loveless and her band taking I Would Die 4 U, The Revolution’s 1984 Purple Rain standout, to a whole new stratosphere with vocals of … Continue reading Lydia Loveless Covers Prince For RSD
Here is our regular weekend feature highlighting the songs that you really should have made time to hear this week. Enjoy offerings from Laura Marling through to Thee Oh Sees by way of Vetiver and Joanna Gruesome amongst others, as well as the very welcome return of Holly Miranda. 1. Laura Marling – I Feel Your Love 2. Mexican Slang – Fever 3. Chastity Belt … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Alt-country, folk-rocker Lee Miles, aka Chief Ghoul, is gearing up to release his 13-track third album, III, this Spring. Hailing from Chicago, the current home of the the USA’s most prominent garage scene, he cooks up a most satisfying retro-vibe that echos Woody Guthrie’s storytelling with some righteous garage blues guitar. We have a couple of tracks of distorted, spooky Americana for you to spin that are … Continue reading Introducing >>> Chief Ghoul
As per usual, here is our weekly round up of the tunes and tracks you need to have heard by now… 1. Simon Joyner – Nostalgia Blues 2. Ryley Walker – Sweet Satisfaction 3. Weed – Stay In The Summer 4. Pale Honey – Youth 5. Death Cab For Cutie – No Room In Frame 6. Calexico – Falling From The Sky 7. Little Wings … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Bluejay Cedar is another track of easygoing, rolling Americana taken from Matthew O’Neill’s new album Campfire Cook, which got a release this week. You can also check out previous releases on his Bandcamp page here. Continue reading Matthew O’Neill – Bluejay Cedar
Diamond Rugs have released their second record, Cosmetics into the big wide world. A joyfully rowdy follow-up to their equally rowdy 2012 self-titled debut (which we loved), and which still features the incomparable collaboration of John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pé (ex-Black Lips guitarist), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), T. Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite). So a supergroup … Continue reading Diamond Rugs Are Back
We just received news of a new album release from Moses Luster and the Hollywood Lights, titled The Hangman’s Door. Purveyors of very fine, melancholic and sometimes dark, Americana, with this their third release, the band has focused on honing their sound while exploring some new diversions. For sure, the album continues along the path of previous releases of exploring the drudgery of everyday lives of drunks, … Continue reading New Album From Moses Luster
We are pleased to bring you the premiere of Ten Ton Man’s new video for latest single Lifesaver. Concentrating as they do on the darker side of life with themes of addiction, alcoholism, loneliness and despair the band are a pretty much hand in glove fit for Mad Mackerel, and have featured in posts a few times in the past. With echoes of the great Johnny … Continue reading Video Premiere: Ten Ton Man – Lifesaver
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