Danish three-piece Boho Dancer have announced the 2nd September as the release date of their debut album Gemini. Ahead of the album they are offering this debut UK single, Bohemian Child, for free download. Boho Dancer immerse themselves into an organic form of eccentric, indie folk, with a distinctive vagabond style, where naïve and optimistic feelings are contrasted against a backdrop of darker gothic tones. Enchanting … Continue reading Introducing >>> Boho Dancer
Back in June we featured the whiskey drenched folk of Jesse Woods and his track Gold In The Air in one of our Video of the Day posts. Since then we’ve become rather more intimately acquainted with his forthcoming debut album Get Your Burdens Lifted, which sees a release on August 6th via Guns In The Sun. And the pleasure has been all ours because this … Continue reading New Single From Jesse Woods
Kyle Adem’s album Armour was a huge favourite here at MM, and Brother Follow from it featured heavily at the business end of our Best of 2012 lists. Somehow we missed the fact that he is back with a new album Syracuse, which saw a release back in May. Apparently it was written as a consequence of a complete emotional breakdown, a loss of faith, … Continue reading New Album From Kyle Adem
Folk troubadour James the Giant digs deep with his self-titled debut five track EP. Piano and acoustic guitar give voice to folk melodies; drums and bass provide depth to the spectrum. James’s voice floats effortlessly above yet remains full of feeling, at once harkening back to a past age, while firmly rooted in the present. On the first single from the EP, he opens up … Continue reading Introducing >>> James The Giant
Five excellent videos to start the weekend for you. We have the new video from PINS for Get With Me, shot on Brighton beach and Dension Witmer’s pond-gazing video for Keep Moving Brother, Keep Moving Sister. There is Troubadour Rose’s video for the lovely Tell Me, from Catfish & The Bottlemen comes a new video for Pacifier, and lastly a lo-fi, alt-country murder ballad from … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Pins || Denison Witmer || Troubadour Rose || Catfish & The Bottlemen || Pauline Andrès
New York City-based Americana roots rock trio Ten Ton Man releases their dark, emotional track Ditty from their debut self-titled album that originally saw a release at the end of 2012. The dark undertones of the single express the weariness of someone who has decided to leave a relationship that is no longer working in order to pursue a life he imagined. It is well … Continue reading MM Shorts 416: Ten Ton Man
Two Birds is the new EP from songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Walters, originally from our neck of the woods in Oxford, and now settled in London having packed up his life in both Brighton and Paris over the last few years. The EP opens with The Letter, which details the relationship between a father and his lost son – a haunting call and response between … Continue reading New EP From Richard Walters
The Smoking Flowers are a Nashville based married couple who create their own particular take on classic country by blending in some blues, a whole heap of southern Gothic and even a little punkish swagger. Their latest long player, 2 Guns will see a release next month. If taster track Something I Said is anything to go by, the results will be a delight. It … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Smoking Flowers
Another in our semi-regular round-up of the best tunes to hit our inbox and the web. First up is another track from Scott & Charlene’s Wedding’s imminent new album, Any Port In A Storm. This latest, the album closer Wild Heart has more of a classic American slacker-pop feel to it a la Pavement or Mission Of Burma, it is a laconically heartfelt tale of … Continue reading Wednesday Means Six Of The Best
A couple more excellent free downloads have recently appeared on NoiseTrade, and are well worth picking up for the cost of an e-mail address. The first is a five track live EP from the rising queen of new Country, Caitlin Rose and marks NoiseTrade’s inaugural Eastside Manor Sessions. She re-imagines songs from her latest album, the excellent The Stand-In, dressing them up in a lounge-tinged, vintage … Continue reading Recommended Free Downloads From NoiseTrade
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