Austin band My Golden Calf’s new single Either is taken from their forthcoming album Perfume Brute. It’s a catchy track with some pleasingly sinister undertones as interchanging guitar melodies combine with a droning Wurlitzer and unique vocals. Have a listen. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 65 – My Golden Calf
With his diverse blend of folk, bluegrass, and country, singer-songwriter Josh Gray jumps back and forth through the decades drawing inspiration from a vast array of musical influences. With echoes of Johnny Cash and Townes Van Zandt as well as modern day troubadours like Joe Pug, his debut self-titled EP is a delight of finger-picked storytelling, heading off the beaten track whilst still covering the age … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 63 – Josh Gray
Pacific NW based indie-folk duo The Winterlings have a new record You Are Acres out next week. When We Were Young is a ukulele led, horn infused, folk song rich with harmony and lyrical imagery. Listen here. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 62 – The Winterlings
Taking her cues from such artists as Neko Case, Jenny Lewis, Spoon, and Wilco, Prickle is 17 year old Emily Wilson from Melbourne, Victoria. Tell Me Why, is her first single, and is a study of contrasting personalities and the thoughts that follow. Honest vocals engage a story telling voice speaking to the listener in conversational style. Initially sketched out with a laid back acoustic feel, … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 56 – Prickle
Having grown up in the Scottish Highlands and performed in various folk bands, the beautiful Summer Isles and the folk tradition are deeply rooted in Mairearad Green’s composition. Fitting then that her new album, called Summer Isles, is a lovely collection of acoustic, folk and cinematic vignettes that each tell a story of the islands’ history. Summer Isles is out on February 26th 2016 via Buie … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 55 – Mairearad Green
Finland’s Swaying Wires will release their sophomore album I Left A House Burning next week. With influences from Neko Case to Jason Molina, listen to Nowhere from the album with its a beautiful, meandering guitar lines and soulful, sometimes heartbreaking vocal. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 52 – Swaying Wires
Heron Oblivion are a San Francisco combo consisting of some of the leading figures in the psych / folk scene, including Meg Baird of Espers, Ethan Miller and Noel Von Harmonson from Comets on Fire as well as Charles Saufley of Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound. Together they combine heavy psychedelic rock with English folk sounding like a mesh of Chrome, MC5, Low and Pentangle. Their self-titled album will … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 51 – Heron Oblivion
Rob Williams marries gritty Americana with country style leanings and a healthy dose of humour. Best I Can Do is an anti rat-race, pro life-work balance kind of a song, carried along on a no holds barred, good-time, foot stomping rhythm. It comes from his new album Southern FM. Check it out / download it below. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 50 – Rob Williams
The Desert Song is a window into Bird Dog’s folk-kissed, Americana-tinged rock’n’roll. A sound that evokes the lilting harmony-strewn likes of Band of Horses, Lord Huron, and The Band. It is taken from their forthcoming Misty Shrub EP, set for release on 22nd January through National Anthem. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 47 – Bird Dog
There Is No Mountain, are married duo who specialize in complex psych-pop with a healthy dose of folk rock that draws comparisons to Dirty Projectors, Buke & Gase and Fleet Foxes. Listen to new single Cat’s Away, which is full of playful vocals and fingerpicked guitars that build up reverberant layers and percussion following a sparse and reflective intro. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 46 – There Is No Mountain
The Mad Mackerel 