Our post title sounds like a lost Dickens novel. No matter, Elliott Brood were, if memory serves me right, one of the very first bands we posted back when we were on (shit) Google Blogger. They confirmed all the good things we had thought about them when Barry Sean and I saw them perform a wonderful set at the End of the Road Festival last year. So, … Continue reading The Welcome Return Of Elliott Brood
We have been impatiently tapping our toes here waiting for the release of Marisaa Nadler’s new self-titled album on her own Box of Cedar label, and have previously posted the track and video of Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning. The second single from the album is The Sun Always Reminds Me Of You and is another fine example of her unique blend … Continue reading New from Marissa Nadler
The new collaboration between Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and The Phantom Family Halo, called The Mindeater got its official release yesterday. Will Oldham needs no introduction of course, but The Phantom Family Halo you may be less familiar with. For now it is enough to know that the good Family writes evil desert psych rock evocative of the chunkiness of Hawkwind and the dark theatricality of Roxy Music. … Continue reading Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Phantom Family Halo Album
Balthazar B & The Beatitudes might be a mouthful of a name, but the more literary amongst you will recognise it as the title of a novel by JP Donleavy. However, it is a very appropriate name given the blend of slightly melancholy yet entirely literate folk music they deliver. Debut EP, Like Shrapnel is a self release available via the band’s website either as … Continue reading Introducing…Balthazar B & The Beatitudes
UK expat and current resident of Durham, North Carolina, Dan Melchior has released more than 15 full-length albums on a diverse set of independent labels including In the Red, Siltbreeze and Sympathy For The Record Industry. For his latest release Catbirds And Cardinals he has found a home at Northern-Spy Records. You may try to peg him as a bluesman or garage rocker, or even … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dan Melchior
Moses Luster seems to be a bit of an elusive character – although he has been around for a decade or more it is hard to find much information about him, nor much in the way of recorded output. Now after ten years of touring he has finally managed to get into a studio and record an album – the result is I’m A Lion … Continue reading Introducing…Moses Luster
To celebrate this year’s Stag & Dagger Festival, the good folk at Anorak London are giving away this free mixtape full of tracks for streaming and download via their Soundcloud. The mixtape features tracks by Marques Toliver, Star Slinger, Beat Connection, Chad Valley and more. This is the fourth edition of the multi-venue festival that has established a reputation for championing new music and finding upcoming … Continue reading Stage & Dagger Festival: Free Mixtape
That’s the Middle East in a musical and not in a geographical sense obviously. On July 12, the seven-member Australian folk musical collective known as The Middle East will release their debut album, I Want That You Are Always Happy on Missing Piece Records in the US. The album is the follow-up to their debut EP, Recordings of the Middle East, which earned many accolades and … Continue reading Introducing…The Middle East
Leaving are a folk band from Baton Rouge in Louisiana and have a sound that you might imagine comes from the flickering lights and mysterious sounds of the swamps. Their music is sparse, ghostly and beautiful with slow, swirling instrumentation that wraps its fingers around you like tendrils of smoke from a campfire. Their EP is called, appropriately enough, Ghost House. You can watch a … Continue reading Introducing…Leaving
Here are some recent music videos we’ve enjoyed. You might too. Marissa Nadler will soon be on tour with Timber Timbre which is a double bill well worth catching. This is the video for Baby, I Will Leave You In The Morning. Download Marissa Nadler – Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) MM faves Two Wounded Birds have this to accompany … Continue reading Video Round Up
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