There have been a few choice selections up on Noisetrade recently that are well worth checking out. Limited Fanfare have made a fourteen track label sampler available that includes Ex Norwegian, Jem Cohen (of The Ettes/The Parting Gifts), PLAINS, featherweight, Sunday Driver, Lil Daggers, Denney and The Jets and more. Get it here. The Honeycutters have shared some tracks of sweet Americana from their most recent … Continue reading Some Recent Noisetrade Picks
Arborea has a new album Fortress of the Sun coming out on April 30th on the NYC label ESP-Disk. At the vanguard of the avant-folk scene, they effortlessly combine the delicate and fragile with the traditional, weaving together a beguiling mix of ambient sounds with gentle psychedelia, Appalachian folk and indie rock. Take a listen to a selection of tracks from the album below. Order it here. Continue reading New Album From Arborea
It’s been a while since we’ve succumbed to the anxieties of our overwhelming in-box, but succumb we have. So, here is a too short and not sweet enough collection of new tunes of varying shapes and sizes that deserve some attention from you. Consider it the digital equivalent of crate digging… Paperhaus released its alt-country styled self-titled EP in 2011, and will release its second … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
Videos today for you to enjoy from Low, The Uncluded, Jenny O. and to finish, Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Low || The Uncluded || Jenny O. || Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders
The brilliant debut album The Mammoth Sessions by Georgia’s Horse was a big hit round these parts. Mrs M in particular loved the mysterious, haunting vocals of Texan songwriter Teresa Maidonado set over a backdrop of swirling, dusty Americana and old-time folk. It was gorgeous, mesmerising and unsettling in equal measure and as fine a debut record as you were likely to hear. Her new … Continue reading New Album From Georgia’s Horse
Arrows of Love have set June 3rd as the release date for their new single The Knife, via Urban Fox Records. The Hackney 4-piece have also announced a full UK tour starting this week that will see them perform in twelve cities before they visit Europe for shows and festivals. The Knife forms arguably the most suspenseful single lifted from their forthcoming debut album, Everything’s … Continue reading New Single From Arrows Of Love
Watch musical films from the ever wonderful Staves with their cover of Keaton Henson’s In The Morning, that features the man himself, the Moby & Mark Lanegan collaboration for last Saturday’s Record Store Day, some soulful, windswept folk from Daughters of Davis, and to finish an epic, hazy, nine minute psychedelic road trip from Electric Eye with Tangerine the first single from their debut album Pick-up, … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Staves || Moby & Mark Lanegan || Daughters Of Davis || Electric Eye
Begin the week with videos from Liars, and Folly & The Hunter with Moth In The Porchlight from their Wood & Wires Session (grab a free download of Ghost too). From Cobalt Cranes we have a weird LA road trip and lastly another video from decker for Killing Me, their truly heart-wrenching song about tumultuous relationships. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Liars || Folly & The Hunter || Cobalt Cranes || decker
Anyone who read our post on Daughn Gibson’s album All Hell, back in the summer last year will know just what an impact it had on us, as we first laid ears on what was possibly the most twisted Americana record of 2012. Since then we’ve been following the fella pretty closely as he signed to the big hitting Subpop label. And now we have … Continue reading New Daughn Gibson Album
Long renowned for their “haunted, claustrophobic take on drunken folk“, The Baptist Generals have just released a free download of Broken Glass, the second single from their long-awaited new LP, Jackleg Devotional To The Heart. It is a cracker. Due for release on Sub Pop on 20th May over here and a day later in the USA. (Click through for free downloads) Continue reading MM Shorts 358: The Baptist Generals
The Mad Mackerel 