Melbourne resident Emma Russack’s new album In A New State delivers a beguiling folky sound with hazy hooks and 90s grunge leanings, that falls somewhere between Low, The Weather Station and early Cat Power. Have a listen to If You Could See Me Now, and pre-order the record here. Continue reading MM Shorts 846: Emma Russack
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
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
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)
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)
One of the bands we’re most looking forward to seeing at the Great Escape next week is Man Of Moon whose debut track The Road made the top echelons of our Best of list for 2015. We’ve previously shared Sign from new EP Medicine and now we have I Run, another brilliant example of their insistent, pulsating psychedelia that ebbs and flows and mesmerises. Listen … Continue reading Man Of Moon – I Run
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)
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
As well as a new song from Quiet Hollers earlier, we’re also stoked that Happyness are back with more of their acclaimed South London slacker rock vibes. And in true Happyness style, they’ve chosen to embrace the surreal and write on the baffling subject of the famed, late, 80s wrestler André The Giant, and the fact that he used to have to get lifts to … Continue reading New From Happyness
With their mix of yearning alt-country and literary indie rock, Quiet Hollers featured large in our best of 2015 lists, and now we are excited to learn they have announced a brand new single, the gorgeous Broken Guitar. It is the first new song they’ve shared since their brilliant eponymous debut album that came out in October. Listen below, it is a hazy, harmony-filled heartbreaker and reminds us exactly why … Continue reading New From Quiet Hollers
The Mad Mackerel 