Samantha Crain justifiably received much acclaim for last year’s excellent Kid Face album and will release the follow-up Under Branch & Thorn & Tree via Full Time Hobby on the 17th July. As with previous releases, her smoky, sultry voice is a distinctive joy, set further apart from the norm with her use of jazz style vocal phrasing. The album is a sombre one with … Continue reading New Album From Samantha Crain
A much loved discovery of Mrs M’s, five piece pop folkies The Keston Cobblers Club are set to release their new album Wildfire on Tricolour Records /Absolute via Universal in June. Triggered by teenage obsessions with British power pop and Glaswegian indie dreamers, the twelve track collection is a sonic journey of sounds. Building on the band’s bedrock of urgent anthems, thumped drums, sweet strums and … Continue reading New Video: Keston Cobblers Club – Won’t Look Back
Celtic tinged folkies Red River Dialect will release a new album Tender Gold And Gentle Blue in July. The first taste comes with Fallen Tree – stream it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 705: Red River Dialect
You know the drill. SO many songs this week. Dive in. Enjoy. More tomorrow. 1. Chelsea Wolfe – Iron Moon 2. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Trevor Forever 3. Teleman – Strange Combinations 4. Marissa Nadler – Carnival 5. Daughn Gibson – It Wants Everything 6. Rose Windows – The Wanton Song 7. Cayucas – Moony Eyed Walrus 8. Yukon Blonde – Como … Continue reading Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 1)
Adia Victoria’s stark, confrontational tales of the south call to mind the spirit of the greats – Billie Holiday, Woody Guthrie, the Carter Family and more, but are imbued with an eerie sense of foreboding and vehement, sometimes venomous, lyrics. Following a recent tour with MM faves Hurray For The Riff Raff, she has now shared the potent Howlin’ Shame, which glows with the same fiery intensity as her brilliant … Continue reading Adia Victoria – Howlin’ Shame
Since 2009, Wartime Blues have hustled their brand of experimental Americana across two albums and three national tours. After a three-year hiatus, the band will release their third album, April, Texas, on June 2nd (pre-order here). It’s a song cycle set in the vast expanse of the Southern Plains. We’ve already shared Build A Sun, now have a listen to the excellent Fredericksburg. Continue reading MM Shorts 704: Wartime Blues
Julie Ann Baenziger aka Sea Of Bees will release her new album Build A Boat To The Sun on June 30th. The record sees her leaving the darkness for brighter horizons, gathering the good things up, leaving the bad behind and moving forward. The music has also moved forward sonically from the previous releases with more tracks having a full band sound after she bought a drum set and … Continue reading New Track From Sea Of Bees
Another day, another week, another collection of ten excellent tunes from the past seven days collected for your listening pleasure and gratification. 1. Torres – Cowboy Guilt 2. Creepoid – Dried Out 3. Loop – Precession 4. Sweet Spirit & Britt Daniel – Have Mercy 5. Left Lane Cruiser – Tres Borrachos 6. Little Wings – Where 7. Thee Oh Sees – Withered Hand 8. … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Sleeping Giant (out May 12th) is the upcoming album from Americana/folk band The Cerny Brothers. The record signifies a new direction for the band, as the music has turned from an acoustic, folk element to a more electric, American rock sound while still keeping the folk spirit from their earlier work. The songs deal with becoming a man and finding identity in a constantly changing world, and realizing … Continue reading The Cerny Brothers – Sleeping Giant
A short while ago we were sent a digital copy of Barna Howard’s new album Quite A Feelin’ and it has gradually become a constant soundtrack to everything we’ve been doing over the past few days. It is a country music album in the classic sense – in the Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Townes Van Zandt sense. Yep, that good! Eloquent, poetic, heartfelt stories … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Barna Howard
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