We’ve already shared Cold Spell from RF Shannon’s upcoming record Trickster Blues (pre-order here) and now we have Tooth Ache for your listening edification. It is a wonderful track with a dusty cowboy vibe, “I tend to feel like all is right in the world when I’m slowly driving down old country roads with the windows down, so this song is kind of an ode … Continue reading RF Shannon – Tooth Ache
Lots and lots of good new stuff this week…lucky thirteen in fact! Courtney Barnett – City Looks Pretty Father John Misty – Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All T. Hardy Morris – Be Fidlar – Alcohol Okkervil River – Famous Tracheotomies Wavves – All Star Goth Tancred – Queen Of New York Iceage – The Day The Music Dies Mazzy Star – Quiet, … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Jeffrey Foucault will release his new album Blood Brothers on 22nd June via Blueblade Records. A departure from the darkness of his last outing, the excellent Salt As Wolves, and featuring contributions from Tift Merrit and Milk Carton Kids’ Kenneth Pattengale, Blood Brothers sets blues aside to pull together strands of country, R&B, gospel, rock’n’roll, and folk in a series of delicate small-canvas portraits. With an … Continue reading Jeffrey Foucault Announces Blood Brothers Album
Damien Jurado has shared a second song, Allocate, off his forthcoming album The Horizon Just Laughed, due out 4th May, via Secretly Canadian. It is a wonderfully understated, elegant track that simply showcases once again what a mighty fine songwriter he is. Have a listen. Continue reading Damien Jurado – Allocate
LUMP is a collaboration between Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay, the founding member of Tunng and Throws. Their self-titled album will be released on 1st June via Dead Oceans. The record is a heady blend of wonked-out guitars, Moog synths and pattering drums, set against droning, coiling clouds of flutes and voices. The duo have shared the first track from the record. A somewhat cynical examination of the … Continue reading Introducing >>> LUMP
Dr. Dog – Heart Killer Haley Heynderickx – Rex’s Blues (Townes Van Zandt cover) Beach Skulls – That’s Not Me Mourn – Barcelona City Tour Wedding – Hands In The Till Amyl And The Sniffers – Cup Of Destiny Culture Abuse – Calm E Crocodylus – My Love Jessica Risker – I See You Among The Stars … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Americana four piece River Whyless will release their new album Kindness, A Rebel in June. Excellent new single Born In The Right Country is a political folk song, like a descendent of some of the great ’60s and early ’70s protest songs. Frontman Ryan O’Keefe describes it thus, “Born In The Right Country speaks both through the eyes of our president and the narrator. In the … Continue reading River Whyless – Born In The Right Country
Hailing from Upstate New York, The Bones of J.R. Jones is known for his moody blend of garage-influenced soul, blues, roots, and Americana. Gritty new track I See You has echoes of early Black Keys and comes off his upcoming third studio album Ones To Keep Close (out on 11th May). It follows previous single, Burden, a quick footed stomp along that features Nicole Atkins. Listen … Continue reading New Album From The Bones Of J.R. Jones
Eels – Bone Dry Joan Shelley – The Bridge (Dolly Parton cover) feat Bonnie Price Billy Breakfast Muff – Patient Manchester Orchestra – No Hard Feelings (Avett Brothers cover) Hinds – Finally Floating Laura Veirs – Lightning Rod Medistation – Pool Of Blood Wye Oak – Lifer Eureka California – Mexican Coke Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Riding the wake of critical praise for their debut release The Liar, The Fernweh release their second single, Is This Man Bothering You? which features guest vocalist, Alessi Laurent-Marke (Alessi’s Ark) on the Skeleton Key label. It is out tomorrow. Using three looped drum kits, a wall of overdriven 12-string guitars, flute and Mellotrons in a heart-stopping rush of psych-folk-pop, the band’s distinctly English, coal-fired translation of the acid-soaked … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Fernweh
The Mad Mackerel 