It has been a while since we heard from Canadian folkies Dark Mean, but now after more than two years away, they are back with a new four track EP called Samuel, The Phoenix. The title track is a sweetly melancholic acoustic track that already sounds like a campfire classic. I’m fading that’s all. I’m fading so slow, with the sun in my lungs My … Continue reading Dark Mean – Samuel, The Phoenix
Markus Svensson is a 28 year old singer-songwriter (although that is not a term he is particularly fond of) hailing from Stockholm, and the man behind the Tarantula Waltz moniker. He will release his third full-length album, Tinder Stick Neck, on the 23rd April The record revolves around intertwined themes of hypochondria, death anxiety and atheism. It is weighty stuff, sombre in parts, but handled … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Tarantula Waltz
Returning with a new album, Ride The Black Wave, on a new label, Easy Sound Recording Co., and a new track, Scissor Me Cigs, for us to listen to are The Donkeys. Tho’ many try, it is really difficult to do laid back, easy-going, breezy country tinged rock, without sounding formulaic, tired or clichéd, but these guys are naturals. Wonderful stuff. The album is out … Continue reading The Donkeys Are Back
Marrying the rich soul-driven grooves of Pink Floyd, Peter Green era Fleetwood Mac and classic Steely Dan, Tail Feather are back with a new double A-side single of sun-drenched nostalgia pie in the shape of Knocked Down / All of a Sudden, this month. Here is the brand new video for All Of A Sudden. . . And here is Knocked Down. . Continue reading Video: Tail Feather – All Of A Sudden
We have posted before about Matthew Payne, aka The River Has Many Voices who lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country around Austin, TX. A Southern Appalachian musician by birth, his influences range from Raymond Carver, T.S. Eliot, J.D. Salinger via Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pollock to Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan and the great American blues artists. Appropriate then that he should offer … Continue reading The River Has Many Voices Covers Bonnie “Prince” Billy
It’s been a little while since we’ve had a Videos of the Day post, so we’re putting that right with some excellent musical films and tunes from Those Darlins, Eliza And The Bear, We Are Hex, and Suburban Living. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Those Darlins || Eliza And The Bear || We are Hex || Suburban Living
Mercury is the latest track from Conner Youngblood, it is hauntingly beautiful (he himself describes it as perhaps his prettiest yet), but lying beneath the surface is something a little darker… I should paint my face before I go outside I’m gonna bathe in salt till my teeth go numb…devil in disguise Stream/download it below. It comes from an EP Confidence he will be releasing April … Continue reading MM Shorts 536: Conner Youngblood
Constellations is the title track from the new Moulettes album scheduled for early June. Sessions for the album saw the likes of Herbie Flowers (Lou Reed, David Bowie), Arthur Brown (God of Hellfire), Emma Richardson (Band of Skulls), Blaine Harrison (Mystery Jets) and The Unthanks join the band in the studio. The results are (without getting too cliched), predictably unpredictable and Constellations is a jittery, skittering blend … Continue reading The Moulettes – Constellations
Here is a second taste from Marika Hackman’s forthcoming EP Deaf Heat, which is out on April 14th. Lie back and submerge yourself into the haunting, slow moving dreamlike swirl of Call Off The Dogs. Allow yourself to be bewitched. . Continue reading More From Marika Hackman
We have been delighted to see the continuing rise of the excellent Bridie Jackson And The Arbour who first featured on MM in January last year and went on to become the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Winners giving them the opportunity to play the main stage. The four piece take traditional folk, baroque pop, a dash of southern gothic and even some gospel amongst other things … Continue reading New Single From Bridie Jackson And The Arbour
The Mad Mackerel 