A round up of some sweet new videos. Shimmering psych-pop from Whyte Horses, some charming Syd Barrett inspired bedroom lo-fi from Tiny Eyes, gentle pastoral folk from Queen of the Meadow, rambling, soulful Americana from Valley Maker, vintage outlaw bluegrass country from the Tennessee Stiffs, rural fuzz-folk from Stray Owls, classic indie-pop from Doe, anthemic, heavy duty indie from Tired All The Time, and last, but … Continue reading New Videos Round Up
Protomartyr & Spray Paint – Corinthian Leather Mass Gothic – How I Love You Houndmouth – Golden Age Iron & Wine – What Hurts Worse Kevin Devine – Prehistoric (Now Now cover) Swearin’ – Grow Into A Ghost The Molochs – Too Lost In Love Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Blueberry Jam Phobophobes – Child Star Tomberlin – I’m Not Scared Torres – Gracious Day Waxahatchee – Chapel Of Pines Menace Beach – Crawl In Love Harlan T. Bobo – Nadine The Goon Sax – Make Time 4 Love Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Hailing from Amsterdam, Dusty Stray features the alt-folk repertoire of Texan expat Jonathan Brown. He delves into universal themes of unrequited love, heartbreak, loneliness, and death, but (almost) always with a small dose of hope and redemption. The melodic, lightly psychedelic acoustic-based songs are often accompanied by a number of unusual instruments and toys. He grew up in Texas as the son of a preacher … Continue reading Dusty Stray – Through The Atmosphere
Lots of tasty covers this week… The Devil Makes Three – Bad Idea Jacuzzi Boys – Song For The Man (Beastie Boys cover) D.A. Stern – I Don’t Know (Beastie Boys cover) The Dirty Nil – Pain Of Infinity Beak> – Brean Down William Elliott Whitmore – Fear Of Trains (Magnetic Fields cover) Phoebe Bridgers – The Gold (Manchester Orchestra cover) David Bazan – Thread … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Quiet Hollers are back with an excellent new single, Addicted. It is their first release since last year’s sophomore album Amen Breaks, and carries on that record’s theme of tackling important socio-political issues. Addiction is a powerful rumination on opiate addiction – frontman Shadwick Wilde has struggled with addiction since adolescence. Although he didn’t intend for it to be a “drug song” necessarily, its inception … Continue reading Quiet Hollers – Addicted
Same To Me is the second single Philadelphia’s Oldermost have shared ahead of the release of their new album How Could You Ever Be The Same? (out 13th July). It follows the rollicking lead single The Danger of Belief, which we posted back in May. This introspective new song was one of the first written for their new album, and is a gorgeous, hazy stand-out, … Continue reading Another From Oldermost
Emerging from the darkest depths of Hackney Wick in London comes garage-rock outlaws Sleep Eaters with their brilliantly catchy debut single Ghost on Fire out on Strong Island Recordings via digital and a limited run of handmade tapes. It is just over two minutes of cacophonous, fuzzed out, desert, cowboy garage-rock, that sounds like a feral cross between The Black Lips, The Stooges and the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sleep Eaters
Old Sea Brigade (aka Nashville-based, Atlanta-born singer/songwriter Ben Cramer) featured in our Best of 2016 lists, and after a long period of quiet, has released a new single, Hope, which will be featured on his upcoming full-length debut, Ode To A Friend. Listen to the single below, a fingerpicked ode to yearning. Continue reading Old Sea Brigade – Hope
Mountain Goats – Song For Sasha Banks Saintseneca – Frostbiter Purling Hiss – Out Tonight Marissa Nadler – Where Do I Go (Happy Rhodes cover) Beak> – Alle Sauvage Tuung – Crow Henrik Appel – Struggle Dirty Nil – Bathed In Light Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Mad Mackerel 