Category: Folk

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Metal, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs || Wet Nuns || Mac DeMarco || Charity Children

Our videos of the day come from Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs accompanying their excellent new single Things We Be, from insane noiseniks Wet Nuns, from Mac DeMarco with the official video for Ode To Viceroy from his excellent album 2 and from Charity Children, a rousing folk anthem – their tribute to the bullied and downtrodden with the video for Elizabeth, and the first single … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs || Wet Nuns || Mac DeMarco || Charity Children

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

More Covers From Marissa Nadler

Marissa Nadler inhabits a musical world of many landscapes, wandering between dream-folk, noir Country, southern gothic, plaintive ballads and all touch points in-between. Variously haunting, ethereal, heartbroken, bitter, sombre, painful, uplifting and poignant, she has a voice that transcends all genres and makes discovering her back catalogue a true delight. And throughout she has stamped her own mark on a range of different covers, even … Continue reading More Covers From Marissa Nadler

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 316: The Whispering Tree

New York based folk/rock duo The Whispering Tree will release The Escape EP on April 16, the follow up to their excellent debut full length album of 2010, Go Call The Captain. Moody and introspective, they are offering a free download of No Love, which overflows with the imagery and storytelling that are the hallmark of the band’s sound. Continue reading MM Shorts 316: The Whispering Tree

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Americana, Country, Folk, Music

Vandaveer To Release Murder Ballads Album

We’re long time admirers of Kentucky’s Vandaveer and so you can imagine our delight to learn that new album Oh, Willie, Please… will be a collection of their reinterpretations of age-old traditional folk songs and murder ballads. Sounds like pretty much the perfect combination. For now, download Pretty Polly as your dark-hearted taster, and accompany her to her pitiful end as Willy, rather than marrying her as … Continue reading Vandaveer To Release Murder Ballads Album

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music

MM’s 5:1 Interview No 7: Harry George Johns

The last few months have not been good for Harry George Johns. On his Bandcamp page a few sparse words sum it up: “Winter 2011. I had an actual breakdown. Homeless, jobless, girlfriendless; I stayed on my friends’ sofa and borrowed food and some microphones and made Post-Breakdown Blues” And so he did. Opening with Drink Myself To Sleep and closing with the stunning Hospital Blues, the scene … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 7: Harry George Johns

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

MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix

You know the score. MM is a blog that (musically) tends to favour the seedier side of life – murder ballads, heartbreak, despair, stories of the downtrodden, the down-on-their-luck, and the downhearted – you know the kind of things we mean. Ours is a world of lonely beer and whiskey chasers nursed in the back booths of dead-end bars, of crack-whores turning tricks in trailers … Continue reading MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix

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Alternative, Ambient, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music

New from WALL

WALL grabbed our ears last year with a couple of rather special releases – muted, downtempo, eerie soundscapes behind soft, but utterly compelling vocals. It was hazy, dreamlike stuff that managed through its sparseness and fractured electronics to be refreshingly different from the crowds of artists co-habiting the ethereal, folky landscape. Big Picnic Records has signed WALL to their roster, and will release a new … Continue reading New from WALL

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

Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Lowlakes || Sherpa || Boytoy

Any excuse to showcase another tune from Willy Mason’s brilliant new album, this is the video for Pickup Truck. We also have Lowlakes gorgeously haunting video for Song for Motion and the psychedelic power-pop shenanigans of Sherpa’s video for their excellent new single, I’m Happy Just To Lie. Finally, watch the dual-guitar (no bass!) and drums setup of Boytoy, they’re blasting out catchy, fuzzy punky songs … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Lowlakes || Sherpa || Boytoy

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 312: Highasakite

Highasakite have announced their In and out of weeks EP, their first international release on Propeller Recordings Highasakite make indie pop with a twist – a sparkling cocktail combining 60s American Rock, Norwegian folk, jazzy drumming, organic synthesizers and zither into a bright, buoyant sound. Have a listen to Son of a Bitch. Continue reading MM Shorts 312: Highasakite

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