Our weekly round up of those songs you should have definitely caught this week already, including the welcome returns of Vetiver and the Mountain Goats. 1. The Mountain Goats – The Legend Of Chavo Guerrero 2. Rye Pines – Atlantic Ascent 3. MEW – Satellites 4. The Babies – Got Old 5. Yowler – 7 Towers 6. Marissa Nadler – It’s Easier Now (Jason Molina cover) … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Laura Marling returns with her new album Short Movie which will be released through Virgin Records on the 23rd March – we’ve already posted the title track here. The new album is a departure from previous releases, a freer and loser sound with a much bigger, electric feel. The latest track to be shared from it is False Hope. . . Continue reading Another New Laura Marling Track…False Hope
Ethan Jano is a young folk singer, whose guttural vocals and peculiar delivery feel akin to the dust bowl protest songs of the 30s and 50s which blended traditional folk with rhythm and blues and even a bit of rockabilly swagger. It is a musical style inherited from a working class life that he has always known – raised in rural Pennsylvania, he was one of eight children … Continue reading Introducing >>> Ethan Jano
At the very end of 2014 Mike Collins Jr. released a new record Tryin’ To Stay Ahead on Fork & Spoon Records. He has got stories to tell having travelled the world – hitchhiking through Europe, hopping freight trains in North America, sleeping whereever he can, on a stranger’s couch or under the stars – busking his brand of one-man-band folk music. Homesick Carolina Blues … Continue reading MM Shorts 653: Mike Collins Jr.
The excellent Tom Brosseau returns with a brand new album, Perfect Abandon, out on the 3rd March via Crossbill Records. For now, watch the beautiful video for the lead single, Roll Along With Me. . <p><a href=”http://vimeo.com/109960189″>Tom Brosseau – Roll Along With Me</a> from <a href=”http://vimeo.com/andrewvanbaal”>Andrew van Baal</a> on <a href=”https://vimeo.com”>Vimeo</a>.</p> . Continue reading New Video: Tom Brosseau – Roll Along With Me
Following the release of her critically acclaimed album The Innocents, Pennsylvanian artist Weyes Blood (aka Natalie Mering) will play two UK shows in February, on Saturday 21st at the Old Blue Last in London (free show), and the day after at the Glad Cafe in Glasgow To mark the dates, their is a new video for album track Bad Magic directed by conceptual artist Joey Frank and shot … Continue reading New Video: Weyes Blood – Bad Magic
The new album from Diagrams (aka ex-Tunng member Sam Genders), titled Chromatics was officially released today on Full Time Hobby. A blend of folk, electronica, synths and melodic pop that combine to deliver a calmer, warmer whole than his previous record Black Light. Check out one of the standout tracks, the lovely Gentle Morning Song below. . Continue reading Diagrams – Gentle Morning Song
Marika Hackman has revealed Ophelia, the third track from her forthcoming debut album, We Slept At Last, as well as announcing a Spring 2015 UK headline tour, which will go on sale this coming Friday 23rd January and kicks off on March 23rd in Leicester. Listen to Ophelia below and check out all the tour dates.. . Tour dates: Monday 23 – Leicester – The Musician Tuesday 24 … Continue reading Marika Hackman – Ophelia
Matthew O’Neill’s Campfire Cook is an old-school record, recorded live in a studio cabin in the mountains a couple of hours east of LA. Listen to the rolling folk of the title track that has echoes of Neil Young, and more than a little feel of the wonderful Wooden Wand about it – we’re liking this a lot… The record is out on the 24th February. . Continue reading MM Shorts 652: Matthew O’Neill
We were big fans of previous releases by The Migrant, a Danish folksinger of “psychedelic travel stories“, and two years after the release of Beads, he is back with a new album The Flood which has just seen the light of day. The album opens with the easy-going strum and yearning vocals of Climbers, which soon turns into a surreal tale of bath-tubs, goats, beer and fireworks. … Continue reading The Migrant – Flood
The Mad Mackerel 