It has been a month since the last Nickel in the Jukebox, so here are another collection of ten tunes to put before our most discerning jury… you. So give them a spin and decide, hot or not… The Vryll Society – La Jetee [RIYL: Space-rock, the Horrors, the Brian Jonestown Massacre ] Reddening West – The River [RIYL: Americana, Hiss Golden Messenger, Andrew … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 13)
Based on the tracks we’ve heard thus far, Singing Saw by Kevin Morby had gradually become one of most anticipated records of the year. The album was officially released a couple of days ago on Dead Oceans, and Destroyer is the latest track to be shared from it. A stunning, contemplative waltz that shuffles and sways as Morby poignantly questions what has become of his lover, his mother, … Continue reading Kevin Morby – Destroyer
Here are this week’s careful selections for you dear reader/listener. No less than ten new tunes, all released, blinking and dewy eyed into the spring sunshine over the past seven days. They include Spray Paint, Flat Worms and Diarrhea Planet for those who like the needle in the red and Money and Andy Shauf for those who prefer the more sedate, maudlin side of life. … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is a quick round up of a bunch of cracking tunes that have been earmarked for posting in our inbox for too long! Treat it like a musical pick ‘n’ mix and make your selections from the queasy, post-punk drama of Greys, Ladada’s surf-psych, the crisp indie rock of Clean Spill, rustic American from The Convergers, dystopian garage rock from Sans Pareil, gorgeous, ambient … Continue reading Musical Pick ‘n Mix – Quick Round Up
The wonderful Felice Brothers will release their new album Life In The Dark on the 24th June via Yep Roc Records. The first taste from it is the brilliant, accordion led Aerosol Ball accompanied by a suitably vintage, suitably carnivalesque, suitably sleazy video for its stream of consciousness style rhyming couplets that takes in much of the geography of the United States. Watch below. Continue reading New Song From The Felice Brothers
Here we are again! Ten more new songs gathered and presented for your listening edification. Parquet Courts – Human Performance Ashley Shadow – In Shadows Honey Radar – Caterpillar King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – People – Vultures Future Of The Left – 50 Days Before The Hun Brian Jonestown Massacre – Fingertips Spice Boys – It’s Coming The Parrots – Let’s Do It … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here are no less than five fabulous, wildly different covers for you to sink your teeth, or ears, into. We have Night Beats taking on the Beach Boys’ classic Sloop John B and giving it the full psych treatment (it comes from the upcoming A Tribute to Pet Sounds compilation). Next up is Julien Baker’s striking cover of Elliott Smith’s Ballad Of Big Nothing which can be found (alongside 15 others), on … Continue reading Covers & Tributes Galore
Great American Canyon Band’s stunning debut album Only You Remain is released this Friday on Six Degrees Records. The gorgeous psych-tinged Americana of Undertow is already one of our favourite tracks of the year so far, while Crash made our end of year Best Of lists in 2015. You can stream both, along with the rest of the album, below. You can also order from their Bandcamp … Continue reading Stream Great American Canyon Band’s Only You Remain
Time to start the week with a few choice musical films… ten to be exact. So come with us a follow a path from the brilliantly louche, disaffected punk of Dilly Dally to the off-kilter urgency of Velcro Hooks by way of the mediative melancholy of Daniel Martin Moore, the energetic alt-country blues of Alex Culbreth, and the tripped out psychedelics of the Lucid Dream and plenty … Continue reading Video Round Up
Off to Wembley today with 34,000 other fans to cheer on Oxford Utd in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final… Come on you yellows… Continue reading Come On You Yellows
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