1. Meatbodies – Tremmors 2. Foxygen – How Can You Really 3. J Mascis – Wide Awake 4. Marissa Nadler – Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (Father John Misty cover) 5. Allo Darlin’ – I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones cover) 6. Purling Hiss – Learning Slowly 7. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Warning . . . . . . . . Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’re really looking forward to Justin Townes Earle’s forthcoming long player, his fifth, Single Mothers. Here are a couple of excellent tracks from it, White Gardenias and Time Shows Fools. . . Continue reading Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers
1. Shovels & Rope – Evil 2. Girl Band – De Bom Bom 3. Tweak Bird – Peace Walker 4. Teleman – Skeleton Dance 5. Low – I’m On Fire . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Pine Hill Haints are a group of troubadours and kindred spirits that mix elements of folk, rockabilly, bluegrass and Americana, with just a hint of punk. With the help of a rotating cast of friends and storytellers, the band has travelled the world, sporadically releasing records that have mostly been self-recorded and sold from the back of their van. Their sound has grown and … Continue reading New Album From The Pine Hill Haints
Canadian folkies, The Barr Brothers have unveiled another new track from their forthcoming album as well as details of a UK tour for the Autumn. The new track is Half-Crazy, also taken from their new album Sleeping Operator, released on the 6th October through Secret City Records. The band describe the song as “the tenacious offspring of the North African desert music of Mali/Morocco, and the sweat … Continue reading More From The Barr Brothers
1. Courtney Barnett – Pickles From The Jar 2. Mirel Wagner – The Dirt 3. Vashti Bunyan – Across The Water 4. TRAAMS – Cissa 5. The Rosebuds – Blue Eyes . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
George “Smoke” Dawson played banjo in MacGrundy’s Old-Timey Wool Thumpers with Peter Stampfel (later of Holy Modal Rounders) in 1960, lived for years at Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs, NY, and roamed around the US as an itinerant bagpipe and fiddle player for decades. His life is laced with small triumphs, and lots of tragedy. But he’s still with us. Tompkins Square will reissue his … Continue reading The Story of Smoke Dawson
Here is the official video for Wild Animals, the title track for the new album from bluegrass-based Minnesota folk-rock band Trampled by Turtles. Continue reading New Video: Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals
1. Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – Born In The USA 2. DZ Deathrays – Less Out Of Sync 3. Bat For Lashes – Skin Song 4. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Terrified 5. Speedy Ortiz – Bigger Party . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
“It’s the musical equivalent of a bronzed man lounging on a deck chair by the pool in some luxury resort. He adjusts his balls, puts down his piña colada, sighs, picks up a razor and slits his wrists”, so says Graveyard Train’s Nick Finch said of Melbourne’s Eaten By Dogs’ single If It Ain’t Killing You, It’s Sure Killing Me. It is brilliant noir-ish Americana and comes from … Continue reading MM Shorts 588: Eaten By Dogs
The Mad Mackerel 