Category: Folk

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

Videos of the Day: Broken Anchor || The Joy Formidable || We Are Animal || Dubl Handi

Watch Broken Anchor’s video for Never Leave Me Alone which is one of our favourite songs of the moment. We also have The Joy Formidable’s unusually shot live video for Little Blimp filmed entirely from a GoPro cam attached to the neck of Ritzy’s guitar at different live shows including SXSW, and their recent tourmates We Are Animal’s video for Royal Wolf. And to finish … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Broken Anchor || The Joy Formidable || We Are Animal || Dubl Handi

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Dark Dark Dark Announce Record Store Day 10″

The meandering piano lines and ethereal sounds of Dark Dark Dark’s latest album Who Needs Who, are a joy to listen to, and now the band has announced three  brand new tracks released especially for Record Store Day in the UK. Each track is a band favourite held back for a special occasion, these are songs from the Who Needs Who recording sessions deemed worthy … Continue reading Dark Dark Dark Announce Record Store Day 10″

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Acoustic, Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Soul

More Rounding Up To Be Done

We’re still rounding up all those new releases, new tunes, good tunes, and more to keep your day as varied and joyous as ours…Ha! And so we have another ‘cop-out” post prompted by another fearsome backlog, which has once again kickstarted our anxiety over (a) failing to keep up, and (b) failing to give the appropriate time and text that these releases deserve and (c) … Continue reading More Rounding Up To Be Done

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Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Videos of the Day: Little Sur || Wolf People || Valleys || Kaki King

Little Sur have given us their video for Patterns In Canvas, which consists of over a year’s worth of footage collected of the band. We also have Wolf People’s video for All Returns, shot in performance mode from their rehearsal space and Valleys’ Tillie Perks’ haunted travels through a city at night for Undream a Year. Lastly, watch Kaki King’s beautifully shot video in black and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Little Sur || Wolf People || Valleys || Kaki King

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Acoustic, Ambient, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

MM Shorts 338: Wickerbird

Wickerbird (self-described as a “small, small folk project“) started out in the wilds of Washington State. His debut record, The Crow Mother, was wrought in seclusion and his latest, the five track EP, The Westering, serves as a spiritual addendum to its predecessor, a quiet post-script, long lost and forgotten in the frost. With ambient washes and echoes of dream pop, this record is the dying sun, … Continue reading MM Shorts 338: Wickerbird

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Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock

Tallahassee To Release Old Ways

Tallahassee, which means “old town” in Apalachee, formed in Providence, RI in 2008. All of the members grew up in small rural towns, so the adoption of the name not only carried significance, but has had an influence on the music they make together. Inspired by these small-town origins, the band spin stories with lush arrangements that take the best elements from folk, rock and alt-country. … Continue reading Tallahassee To Release Old Ways

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MM’s 5:1 Interview No 10: Langhorne Slim

The recent UK release of Langhorne Slim & The Law’s excellent album The Way We Move has belatedly, but firmly, put them on the MM radar and sent us scurrying off to discover his back catalogue. Honky tonk, blues, folk, country and raw acoustic beauty all make an appearance and demonstrate that we have a band that are not only masters of all trades, but one … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 10: Langhorne Slim

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Americana, Folk, Music, Pop

Introducing >>> Monuments & Statues

Red Dress is the new single by folk/pop group Monuments & Statues. The single precedes the band’s forthcoming debut full length record, currently untitled, that is due out in late 2013/early 2014. The band are based in Kingston, Ontario and combine traditional folk/classical instrumentation with quirky songwriting – Red Dress is anchored by banjo with animated cello and vocals alternately assuming lead status. Their overall sound … Continue reading Introducing >>> Monuments & Statues

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: The Futurebirds || Colleen Green || TOY || The Men

Today’s videos are from our favourite southern fried country rockers The Futurebirds, Colleen Green as a cabbie in her new video for Taxi Driver, indie psych-rockers TOY’s video for latest single Heart Skips A Beat, and a 1990s VHS inspired video from The Men for I Saw Her Face, one of the moodier tracks from excellent new album New Moon. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Futurebirds || Colleen Green || TOY || The Men

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