MM Shorts 223: New Album From Sea Wolf

The third (and long awaited by us) album from Los Angeles based indie folk group Sea Wolf, Old World Romance officially hit the streets today. Have a listen to the opening track and one of the highlights of the album Old Friend. You can download Old World Romance on iTunes, or purchase the album on CD or vinyl direct from the Dangerbird webstore. a Continue reading MM Shorts 223: New Album From Sea Wolf

Marian Call Readies Something Fierce For Release

Take some folk, some jazz, some classical, a bit of gospel and align it with some poignant nostalgia, some whimsy, a dash of tragedy and fizzing energy and the results might come somewhere close to describing Marian Call. Her new album, Something Fierce comes out on 13th November and she describes the latest taster from it, Dear Mr Darcy as an explosive rhyming extravaganza and slam poetry … Continue reading Marian Call Readies Something Fierce For Release

Introducing >>> Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies

Championship Fighter is the opening track from Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies forthcoming album Let Down, due out on the 23rd October via Normaltown Records. With a voice as pure and clear as a mountain stream tumbling down a hillside, and lyrics that give a new definition to sharp and incisive, the combination is a heady one. The roots of the record are in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies

Saturday Means Six of the Best

We’re still catching up on a huge backlog of e-mails and submissions since our excursion in search of the sun. Here then is a quick round-up of some notable and noteworthy releases. We have skate-punks Fidlar and their latest homage to the joys of alcohol with the two and a half minutes of Cheap Beer and we have Brooklyn’s latest buzz band (justified for once), … Continue reading Saturday Means Six of the Best

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th September)

Well she doesn’t dribble anymore, but perhaps that will start again with the advancement of teenage years after one shandy too many – who knows?! Daughter sprat swam to big school this week with a song in her heart (one from King Charles, actually) and a spring in her step, in her hugely positive and wholly optimistic way. I miss her already. Little Sprat and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th September)

Marissa Nadler Covers Fleetwood Mac & Townes Van Zandt

Hot on the heels of the recent Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Marissa Nadler has posted up a free cover of her own, a version of FM’s Save Me A Place. It may well be the best of all the recent offerings. This in turn comes quickly after her version of Townes Van Zandt’s The Rake, another beauty. Download both for free. a a Continue reading Marissa Nadler Covers Fleetwood Mac & Townes Van Zandt

Introducing >>> Fire Mountain

Since their formation in the latter half of 2009, Fire Mountain have combined folk and Southern rock to create something rich and complex while still maintaining a simplicity that is familiar to everyone as they weave tales of triumph and disaster, of love and loss and of the everyday experiences that affect us all. Nowhere is this more evident than in the rolling strum and sway of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Fire Mountain

New EP From Simone Felice

Simone Felice will release a brand new EP entitled New York Times on 22nd October via Reveal records and will also be touring the UK this month. The EP comes as the follow up to his critically acclaimed (and MM fave) debut solo album, the self titled Simone Felice which was released in April. As well as the title track which comes from the album, … Continue reading New EP From Simone Felice