India Ramey – Snake Handler

Blasting twin barrels of Americana noir and southern-gothic songwriting, India Ramey fires on all cylinders with her new long player, Snake Handler. Pentecostal churches, broken households, crooked family trees, forgotten pockets of the Deep South, and domestic violence all fill the album’s ten songs, whose autobiographical lyrics pull from Ramey’s experience as a young girl in rural Georgia. Her family home was a violent one, the … Continue reading India Ramey – Snake Handler

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mountain Goats – Shirtless In Hamburg OCS – The Fool U.S. Girls – Mad As Hell Patsy – Tommy, Bobby, Johnny Gun Outfit – Landscape Painter Nots – Anxious Trend Evan Stephens Hall – Burnout  (Green Day cover) Adults – MSN Silver Torches – Bartender                     SaveSave Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

MM Shorts 973: Tuvaband

Tuvaband are a Norwegian/English duo creating beautiful folk songs reminiscent of oft-featured MM alumni Laura Marling and The Staves. Featuring female Norwegian vocals and English male guitar playing, the band are in London soon to promo their upcoming EP with shows in Rough Trade In-Store gig on 27th Oct, followed by a show at Mirrors Festival on 28th Oct. Listen to the stripped-back sound, vocal layering and … Continue reading MM Shorts 973: Tuvaband

Sharon Van Etten Remasters and Reissues Debut Album

Sharon Van Etten originally released  her excellent debut Because I Was In Love in 2009. Now she is reissuing a remastered version of it with two additional bonus tracks, entitled (it was) because i was in love. It will be released on the 17th November. Ahead of the reissue release, she has shared a new version of opening track I Wish I Knew, which you … Continue reading Sharon Van Etten Remasters and Reissues Debut Album

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard… Last Week

Well, better late than never! And some great new tunes. Ty Segall – Alta The Limiñanas featuring Anton Newcombe – Istanbul Is Sleepy Who Is She? – Seattle Freeze Langhorne Slim – Life Is Confusing A. Savage – Phantom Limbo Whitney – Light Upon The Lake Joint Effort – Blue Lightning Nervous Dater – Don’t Be A Stranger               … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard… Last Week

New Single From The Hanging Stars

On the 27th October, The Hanging Stars will release the first single from their forthcoming second album Songs From Somewhere Else. Taking their cues from both sides of the Atlantic – from the dying embers of the early 70s psychedelic folk and cosmic country scenes – Honeywater opens with a mesmerising steel guitar riff, which drifts into a shimmering melody framed by singer and guitarist Richard Olson’s honeyed … Continue reading New Single From The Hanging Stars

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Angel Olsen – Special Screaming Females – Black Moon Hiss Golden Messenger – John The Gun The Cornshed Sisters – Running Torres – Helen In The Woods Deep Dark Woods – Fallen Leaves Weaves featuring Tanya Tagaq – Scream Kevin Devine featuring Half Waif – I Was Alive Back Then Laura Baird – Pretty Polly                     … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

More From Joseph Childress

We’ve already posted a couple of tracks from Joseph Childress’ new self-titled record, and Leaving The Barren Ground is the latest, and final, song to be shared from it ahead of its official release on the 6th October. It is another really fine example of his organic songwriting and pithy Americana with just the right amount of gentle twang. It is easy to how the … Continue reading More From Joseph Childress

Shannon Lay – Recording 15

On the evidence of Recording 15 (below) and the previously posted The Moons Detriment, we are greatly looking forward to Shannon Lay’s new long player Living Water (out as the inaugural release on Kevin Morby’s new Mare Records imprint). It is a sweetly plucked folky campfire love song. Gorgeous. You can pre-order the album here.   Continue reading Shannon Lay – Recording 15