Drug Cabin comprised of onetime Ambulance LTD frontman Marcus Congleton and former Pretty Girls Make Graves guitarist Nathan Thelen, released their debut album, Yard Work, on February 24 and have already announced its follow-up, Wiggle Room. The new album will be available on CD, cassette tape, and digital formats on April 7 via 401K Music. Have a listen to the easy going vibe of Handsome … Continue reading Another From Drug Cabin
Here is the latest track, and new single, from orchestral folk rockers Stornoway taken from forthcoming album Bonxie. Get Low breezes along on the back of expansive vocal imagery keeping their oft-visited connection to coastal landscapes and the shoreline close to their hearts. Have a listen. . Continue reading Stornoway – Get Low
The much-anticipated release of the debut LP proper from Courtney Barnett, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, will see a release on the 23rd March. Another song has been shared from the album today, Depreston details the mundane task of house hunting and in traditional Barnett style, it becomes something much, much more. This may be our favourite track we’ve heard from … Continue reading Courtney Barnett – Depreston
South London indie-folk band Sergeant Buzfuz return with their sixth album, Balloons For Thin Linda, which is out on the 7th April. Lead songwriter Joe Murphy’s songs are a mixture of the pop, post-punk and folk he grew up with and the Irish story-telling tradition of his ancestors. Watch the charming video for S6 Girls, following a night out in Murphy’s hometown of Sheffield and brilliantly illustrated … Continue reading New Video: Sergeant Buzfuz – S6 Girls
Alt-country, folk-rocker Lee Miles, aka Chief Ghoul, is gearing up to release his 13-track third album, III, this Spring. Hailing from Chicago, the current home of the the USA’s most prominent garage scene, he cooks up a most satisfying retro-vibe that echos Woody Guthrie’s storytelling with some righteous garage blues guitar. We have a couple of tracks of distorted, spooky Americana for you to spin that are … Continue reading Introducing >>> Chief Ghoul
As per usual, here is our weekly round up of the tunes and tracks you need to have heard by now… 1. Simon Joyner – Nostalgia Blues 2. Ryley Walker – Sweet Satisfaction 3. Weed – Stay In The Summer 4. Pale Honey – Youth 5. Death Cab For Cutie – No Room In Frame 6. Calexico – Falling From The Sky 7. Little Wings … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Bluejay Cedar is another track of easygoing, rolling Americana taken from Matthew O’Neill’s new album Campfire Cook, which got a release this week. You can also check out previous releases on his Bandcamp page here. Continue reading Matthew O’Neill – Bluejay Cedar
Diamond Rugs have released their second record, Cosmetics into the big wide world. A joyfully rowdy follow-up to their equally rowdy 2012 self-titled debut (which we loved), and which still features the incomparable collaboration of John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pé (ex-Black Lips guitarist), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), T. Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite). So a supergroup … Continue reading Diamond Rugs Are Back
We just received news of a new album release from Moses Luster and the Hollywood Lights, titled The Hangman’s Door. Purveyors of very fine, melancholic and sometimes dark, Americana, with this their third release, the band has focused on honing their sound while exploring some new diversions. For sure, the album continues along the path of previous releases of exploring the drudgery of everyday lives of drunks, … Continue reading New Album From Moses Luster
Time for some more entertainment in the form of musical films. Here are ten of the more entertaining tunes and videos that have landed in our in-box over the past couple of weeks. They come from the likes of Protomartyr, Dogheart, Split Screens, Mind Brains, Colleen Green, Gaz Coombes, Slaves, …And The Hangnails, Jamie T, and Tom Williams. . . . [Click through for free download] . … Continue reading Mega Video Round Up
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