Americana quartet Runaway Dorothy released their latest album, The Wait at the end of February and it is a lovely mix of rustic yet refined Alt-Country, where stories are told, hearts are broken, sorrows are drowned, and murder is contemplated. There are haunting, melancholy ballads, beautiful harmonies, and gritty, down-to-earth country tales. And these are all songs that have been tested, refined and honed in … Continue reading Runaway Dorothy – The Wait
Sweden by way of Montreal band That Hillbilly Palace play a sweet brand of Americana, mixing acoustic and electric guitars, pedal organ, oboe, violin, accordion, and layered vocals to good effect on their five track EP The Tellers. Inhabiting a space somewhere between classic artists like Crosby Stills Nash & Young and The Band and contemporary leading lights like Band of Horses and The Low Anthem, … Continue reading Introducing >>> That Hillbilly Palace
Southern are Belfast-born, Liverpool-based brother and sister band Thom and Lucy Southern. They follow the acclaim for the Southern EP, with Where The Wild Are EP, another instinctive collection of songs that veer from juggernaut-sized blues-kissed rock’n’roll to gorgeously opaque pop-noir. Take a listen to the title track – it stomps and swoops, loaded with melody and the infectious vocal delivery. It’s leftfield pop with heart. … Continue reading MM Shorts 531: Southern
Psych-folkies Two Wings will soon release their new album A Wake on Tin Angel records – out on the 14th April. It is a record about love, loss and moving on where psych-rock guitar is married to the keening whoosh of Hanna Tuulikki’s vocals. It calls to mind everything from Joanna Newsom to Richard and Linda Thompson, from pastoral, bucolic, traditional folk to quirky improvised Acid-Country … Continue reading Introducing >>> Two Wings
Multi-instrumentalist S. Carey may be best known for his work in tandem with a certain Bon Iver, but his new record, and his second solo release, Range Of Light may change all of that. To date he has shared two stunning songs from the record, Fire-Scene was first and now we have the glorious, delicately cascading folk of Crown The Pines, which is simply gorgeous. The album … Continue reading S. Carey – Crown The Pines
In April Horse Feathers will release a four cassette box set titled KRS Archives. It will include their lushly moving cover of Nirvana’s Drain You which was originally released in 2010. You can remind yourself how good it is below. . Continue reading Horse Feathers Cassette Box Set
We have just discovered Dan Baker’s album Pistol In My Pocket. It is a marvellous collection of skeletal, tortured alt-country and folk that tells tales of the wounded and the damaged with songs of betrayal and revenge as well as songs of love-lost and love-regained. And all delivered with Baker’s mix of wavering, unforgiving howls and whispered confessionals. Released last year, there is always one record … Continue reading Dan Baker – Pistol In My Pocket
Videos today from The Raveonettes and their contribution to the new Doors Tribute Album, A Psych Tribute to the Doors. We also have Forest and their debut video for All I Have, and from Pissed Jeans a live video for You’re Different (In Person). Lastly a video for Withered Hand’s excellent new track, Horseshoe. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Raveonettes || Forest || Pissed Jeans || Withered Hand
The wonderful Sharon Van Etten’s new album Are We There is out at the end of May via Jagjaguwar. The first taste is the hazy dream-pop of Taking Chances, her gorgeous vocals drifting over a smooth, polished rhythmic backdrop. It is as close to Beach House as anything else and perhaps heralds a slightly different direction for the album. Listen for yourself. . Continue reading New Album From Sharon Van Etten
Mimicking Birds are releasing a long awaited (and long overdue) follow-up to their excellent self-titled debut of 2010. A record of rare, quivering beauty that was a quietly understated masterpiece. New album Eons (via Glacial Pace) will see the light of day in May, and the first taste comes in the form of Bloodlines, another lovely mix of cosmic-psych folk and trademark trembling vocals from Nate … Continue reading Mimicking Birds – Bloodlines
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