Happy New Year! Our top 100 tunes of 2019 will be coming shortly, but in the meantime the Lost Brothers have unveiled the second single and video from their forthcoming album After The Fire After The Rain (out on the 7th February). Appropriately enough the new song is the title track and was recorded in Brooklyn New York – long standing MM faves, M.Ward and Howe … Continue reading Lost Brothers – After The Fire
We’ve not posted any festive tunes as yet, and so we’re putting that right as of now with Birmingham based Americana band Swampmeat Family Band’s A Present For You. All profits from sales with go to benefit homeless charities in Birmingham, so click through on the Bandcamp link below to purchase. Continue reading Swampmeat Family Band – A Present For Me
A few weeks ago we shared some tracks from Uncut magazine’s Wilco covers CD. Longstanding MM faves The Handsome Family also contributed a cover – of Capitol City – from 2011’s The Whole Love. Like pretty much everything they do, it is wonderful and Loose have now released it as a single. Enjoy. And the original… Continue reading The Handsome Family – Capitol City (Wilco cover)
Wounded Bird is a male/female harmony-focused duo from Denver, Colorado (and not to be confused with (sadly) long gone MM indie-surf faves Two Wounded Birds). Latest single Fall in Line is a sweetly stripped back affair of classic Americana, featuring acoustic guitar, fiddle and pedal steel along with their signature vocal harmonies. Stream it here. Continue reading Wounded Bird – Fall In Line
Hurt Valley, the enigmatic folk-pop project of California songwriter Brian Collins, will release his debut album Glacial Pace on 6th December via the wonderful Woodsist label. Collins’ life has taken him from playing in punk bands as a teenager in the DC area to his current role as the head of the science department at a Hollywood high school. He wrote the sun-drenched songs of … Continue reading Hurt Valley – Apartment Houses
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Here is another taste from Vetiver’s new album Up On High, which is out on the 1st November. Wanted Never Asked is described as “an ode to self-reflection, forgiveness and bird song“, and so it is, and it is a lovely tune for a Friday afternoon too. Enjoy. Continue reading Vetiver – Wanted Never Asked
Vancouver, BC duo Lightning Dust’s outstanding new album Spectre arrived in stores last Friday, via Western Vinyl. The album was preceded by singles Run Away, Led Astray, A Pretty Picture (featuring Stephen Malkmus on guitar), and Devoted To, and now the band have shared the video for slacker anthem Competitive Depression, which put simply, is yet another fine example of their phenomenal songwriting. Watch it here. … Continue reading Lightning Dust – Competitive Depression
Vetiver have shared Swaying, the second single off their upcoming release Up On High. It’s a sweet, jangly banger that songwriter Andy Cabic calls an homage to his early heroes R.E.M. and The Feelies. Enjoy… Continue reading Vetiver – Swaying
Nashville-based storyteller Jeremy Ivey has released his debut album The Dream and the Dreamer today. Until now he has operated in the background, for years performing in bands like Secret Handshake and country-soul group Buffalo Clover with his wife, celebrated country-rock luminary Margo Price. At 40, Ivey is ready to take a step into the spotlight and on the evidence of this record it is … Continue reading Jeremy Ivey – The Dream And The Dreamer
The Mad Mackerel 