Category: Folk

Alternative, Ambient, Electronic, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Eyes & No Eyes

Experimental four piece Eyes & No Eyes met at art school in Brighton and developed a shared passion for explosive noise, surreal lyrics, folk-rock, driving motorik beats and free improvisation. This hedonistic mix ends sitting happily somewhere between Sonic Youth, Portishead and Liars. They will be releasing their self-titled debut album in March via Willkommen Records and also heading out as tour support to longstanding … Continue reading Introducing >>> Eyes & No Eyes

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Cass McCombs || Austin Lucas || Elf Power || The Persian Leaps

Videos to banish the January blues! Watch top notch musical films from Secret Colours, the second in a series of four new videos from Cass McCombs, Austin Lucas’ Elvis impersonation, Elf Power’s recruitment of the infamous Goth Clogger, and the excellent Persian Leaps. . . . . .   . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Cass McCombs || Austin Lucas || Elf Power || The Persian Leaps

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Alternative, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Messenger – Somniloquist 7″

Dwelling equally happily in the earthly realm of folk music and in the celestial void of progressive space rock sit London psychedelicists Messenger who have announced a stream of Somniloquist, the first track to be showcased from their forthcoming debut album Illusory Blues. The Somniloquist 7″ is available on Svart Records, out on January 17th. . Continue reading Messenger – Somniloquist 7″

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Videos of the Day: Fox & The Bird || Augustines || Cass McCombs || Sturgill Simpson

Four brilliant videos to share with you today. They come from Fox & The Bird who release their excellent new album Darkest Hours next week, and Augustines who release their new self-titled album on February 3rd. We also have Cass McCombs and his new video for the brilliant Big Wheel (one of our favourite tracks of 2013), and finally a live video to savour from Sturgill … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Fox & The Bird || Augustines || Cass McCombs || Sturgill Simpson

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Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now

TURCHI describe their sound as “kudzu boogie” which seems an entirely appropriate description to us – blending as it does an Americana style narrative with some swamp blues, plenty of slide guitar and more than a dash of relentless southern-fried groove. Their most recent release – a 10″ vinyl EP titled My Time Ain’t Now includes this gem of a cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s … Continue reading Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now

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Videos of the Day: Mark Pickerel || The Woodwards || Syd Arthur || Borrowed Beams Of Light

We are carrying on catching up on our backlog of excellent music videos. Today we have selections for you encompassing the brilliant bar-room croon of Mark Pickerel, bluesy folk-noir from The Woodwards, cosmic jazz inflected psychedelia from Syd Arthur and Borrowed Beams Of Lights breezy experimental power-pop. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Mark Pickerel || The Woodwards || Syd Arthur || Borrowed Beams Of Light

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