Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It’s that time again…our regular round-up of rollicking (and not-so-rollicking) new tunes from the previous seven days. This time we have the welcome return of Cass McCombs alongside the infectious psych-rock of White Room, the scrappy, confrontational punk of MOURN and the new collaboration between Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando, folksinger Marciana Jones and the wonderful Willy Mason called TSP plus six more. Have fun. Cass … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 18)

Still wading through a massive backlog of high calibre new tunes. Here are ten more of all shapes and sizes for you to check up on and decide hit or miss…   Mud Howlers – Magic Place  [RIYL: Desert-Blues, Led Zeppelin, Richie Valens ]   Mark McGowan – Fugazi  [RIYL: Soulful country, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding]   Casper Skulls – Mink Coats  [RIYL: Noise-punk, Screaming Females, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 18)

The Great Escape – Day 2

If one thing really irritates me then it is the bloke (it is always a bloke) at the back of the gig who, at the end, opines how the band “were a bit too samey”, or they “didn’t quite get it”, or it “was OK, but nothing special”, or they’ve “seen it done better by other bands” and then goes on to list a load … Continue reading The Great Escape – Day 2

Sudakistan – Illegal

With their blend of Latino rhythms combined with garage rock, psychedelic guitars and multilingual chants, Sudakistan are releasing their first piece of new music since the release of excellent album Caballo Negro last November. The new single is called Illegal, and is a comment on the European refugee crisis and the situation for refugees travelling without papers. Have a listen.   Continue reading Sudakistan – Illegal

Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

We seem to have posted a lot of tunes this week with three Nickel In The Jukebox round ups and here are twelve more – all newly minted this week. From the return of the Stone Roses to the gothic blues of Adia Victoria and the indie rock of Catfish & The Bottlemen and taking in songs about Bob Dylan, God and a cover of the … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 17)

No less than three Nickel in the Jukebox posts this week. Check out ten more songs from all walks of life and decide… hit or miss. Third Sound – Never Catch Her Again  [RIYL: Psych-rock, Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ]   Hot Showers – Boys (Neighborhood)  [RIYL: Garage-psych, Smith Westerns, Harlem]   Magic Potion – Jelly  [RIYL: Slacker-pop, Mac DeMarco, Kurt Vile]   Spain – … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 17)

Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 16)

  Outblinker – Farrokh Bulsara  [RIYL: Modern Krautrock, CAN, Fuck Buttons]   The Weeping Willows – River of Gold  [RIYL: Gothic Americana, Tom Waits, Brown Bird]   Rick Redbeard – Wild Young Country  [RIYL: Folk, Bill Callahan, Leonard Cohen]   Otherkin – Yeah I Know  [RIYL: Punk, The Ramones, Slaves]   L.T. Leif – Fine Dust Rising  [RIYL: Indie-folk, The Microphones, Angel Olsen]   Peach … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 16)

Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 15)

We have been wading through an enormous backlog of tunes. Too many, and too many that are too good. Nice problem to have. Here are some of them – you decide hot or not… Ronjo V – Dying Wish  [RIYL: Alt-rock, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Modest Mouse]   The Myrrors – No Clear Light  [RIYL: Slow burning psych, Moody Blues, Blue Oyster Cult]   Egyptian … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 15)

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

No less than ten more new tracks compiled for your listening pleasure including three covers by Mountain Goats (taking on War’s Summer), Fidlar’s version of the Beastie Boys stone cold classic Sabotage and Yuck’s tribute to Elliott Smith. Not only that, but newly discovered and reissued tracks from garage punks The Hunches and cult 70s folkie Bob Brown, and of course the return of Radiohead plus plenty … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week