It has been a good while since the last Nickel In The Jukebox feature. So to put that right, here are ten new tunes of different styles for you to compare and contrast. We like them all, but you decide for yourself – hit or miss? The Bones Of J.R. Jones – Hammers And Nails [RIYL: Blues, Scott H Biram, William Elliott Whitmore] ShitKid – … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 12)
Following the release of their well received debut Horse Dance ate last year Sweden’s Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation return with a brand new edit of album track Sunny Afternoon. Taking a tribal Can meets Adam and the Ant’s’ like beat, fuzz bass, heavy synths and piano they create a gothy, psych pop groove that is hard to resist. Try it on for size. Continue reading Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Sunny Afternoon
No less than ten marvellous tracks gathered up in the Mad Mackerel butterfly net this week to share with you. From the pulverising ferocity of Future of the Left and White Lung’s blistering power-pop to the fragile Mothers and sweet Americana of Radical Face. Enjoy! White Lung – Hungry Future Of The Left – If AT&T Drank Tea What Would BP Do? Mothers – Mother … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Just home from a lovely week with family in the Arctic circle, and already pining for the fjords, here are this week’s collection of top tunes neatly gathered up solely for your listening edification. Julian Casablancas – Run Run Run (Velvet Underground cover) Bat For Lashes – I Do Mind Spiders – Running Hooded Fang – Tunnel Vision Wintersleep – Territory Frightened Rabbit – Death … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It has been far too long since we posted any videos. We’re righting that wrong today with an excellent collection culled from our in-box – some old(er), some new, some borrowed and some blue(s). So sit back, relax and enjoy musical films from Big Thief, Great American Canyon Band, Fidlar, M.Ward, On Dead Waves, All Them Witches, Impulsive Hearts, Bleached, Traams, and Holly Miranda. … Continue reading Video Round-Up
The Hanged Man is the project of Rebecka Rolfart, who first made a new for herself in Swedish indie pop combo Those Dancing Days and Vulkano, before striking out on her own. As The Hanged Man she released a debut single First Time Dreaming in September 2014, which was quickly followed by the acclaimed debut EP First Quarter Moon in November the same year. Now, over … Continue reading New EP From The Hanged Man
The Casket Girls is a three-piece band hailing from Savannah, GA. Comprised of Ryan Graveface (Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Marshmallow Ghosts, Dreamend), who writes and plays all the song structures and Elsa and Phaedra Greene, who write and perform all of the vocals. The Casket Girls happened – as most things do – by accident. Ryan was visiting his future home, and in walking … Continue reading 100 Songs in 100 Hours: 26 – Casket Girls
With Motorcycle (Straight To Hell) Table Scraps delivered one of our favourite songs of the year. So it is fitting then that they should appear in our daily round up of festive (and not so festive) tunes. This is a case of the latter which sounds as sinister as could be (and with their apologies to Slade of course). Continue reading Festive Fayre (13): Table Scraps
Our regular collection of the best of this week’s new releases for you including a couple of tasty cover versions. Freakwater – The Asp And The Albatross Quilt – Eliot St. The Brainstems – Simple Joys Freedom Fry – 1979 (Smashing Pumpkins cover) Coves – Stormy Coke Weed – Malocchio Noun – Loveblood Little May – Skeletons (Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover) Kite Base – Miracle … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Cashavelly Morrison’s LP The Kingdom Belongs to a Child was released last week and this track Pink Dress is a prefect example of her haunting and wholly absorbing southern Americana. The album is tinged with gothic undertones and shot through with a confessional gateway into loss, having suffered a miscarriage in 2010 and her father last year, as well as her deeply held values, notably equal rights … Continue reading Cashavelly Morrison – The Kingdom Belongs To A Child
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