The erstwhile, though now recently reunited, Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle releases his new solo album Dept. Of Disappearance on Anti- today. It has been picking up some excellent reviews and we are expecting more of his brilliantly forlorn and mournful tales wrapped up in warm landscapes of sound. To mark the event, there is a free sampler available from Noisetrade containing three tracks from the album … Continue reading Jason Lytle on Noisetrade
If every track on Picardy III’s first album resonated with the sad introspection of Lou Barlow, the complex narratives of Damien Jurado and ambience of Red House Painters, then forthcoming release Lonely Songs pushes the envelope further. Every song is a hymn-like meditation on loss, loneliness and hope. An extended version of the record will be released as a limited-time free download from the 6th … Continue reading Introducing >>> Picardy III
The term off-kilter is often overused when describing singer-songwriters and other folk inclined musicians. However, for Algernon Doll it is an adjective that fits perfectly. The project of Ewan Grant and documenting a difficult year of mentally debilitating toils of extreme anxiety disorder and bipolar, the resulting record, Camomile is a thing of beauty – lavish, intense and splendid, but underpinned with a creeping sense of anxiety … Continue reading Introducing >>> Algernon Doll
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We must confess to being a little late to the charms of Goodnight, Texas – charms duly discovered once we’d had this song on repeat a few times. Jesse Got Trapped In A Coalmine has the authentic twang and gritty lyrics of the very best Appalachian folk and the echoes of its rootsy Americana hangs in the air like a ghostly fog long after the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Goodnight, Texas
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Ever since we first heard the brilliant Restless Fugitive, we have been waiting impatiently for more news of Willy Mason’s new album. Turns out it will be called Carry On, and will be released on the 3rd December. In stark contrast to the six minute dusty, world-weary hymn to moving on that was Restless Fugitive, the first proper single from it will be the altogether pithier, … Continue reading New Single From Willy Mason
Radio 1 premiered a brand new song from affable singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich yesterday titled In The Open. It is the title track from his upcoming 4-song In The Open EP, due out on the 20th November. Have a listen. a Continue reading New EP From Benjamin Francis Leftwich
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