Dreaming Heart is another track from We/Or/Me’s recently released album Everything Behind Us Is A Dream. It is a simply gorgeous slice of gently swirling Americana – dark and serene, this track takes listeners to Chicago’s Rogers Park, on the coast of Lake Michigan, where a weary traveler stares over the water, talking to someone who is no longer there. It is a slow dance … Continue reading More From We/Or/Me
The Inflation Kills hail from Hamilton, Ontario, the fertile post-industrial breeding grounds for discordant and angular rock music. Though Grounds For Termination is the band’s first release in over a decade, it returns to their storied history of monumental guitar tones, unrelenting drive, jagged riffs, and towering melodies. Check out the stacked chords soaring over distorted bass and lightning-speed changes on the EP’s single, Churches, below. … Continue reading MM Shorts 816: The Inflation Kills
Been a busy week away from the blog so we’ve not been able to post as much as we would like. Here then is our usual round-up of tunes released in the past week. The Coathangers – Make It Right Cat’s Eyes – Chameleon Queen Mary Chapin Carpenter – Something Tamed Something Wild Elephant Stone – Where I’m Going Gun Outfit – King Of Hearts Eagulls … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve already posted a couple of tracks of the slow, roiling, psychedelic folk that The Murals specialise in, and which fills their debut album Violet City Lantern with a breathtaking ease. Now we have a third – listen to I Live Here below, and order the album, which is out in a couple of weeks time, via Bandcamp here. Continue reading Another From Murals
We love Parquet Courts. Here are a couple of new tracks from much anticipated, upcoming long player Human Performance, which they performed on Fordham University’s WFUV radio station recently. They are both awesome, and Dust is already a particular favourite of the year so far. Watch them both below. Continue reading New From Parquet Courts
Well here we go again with another collection of ten top notch new tunes picked from the past seven days, purely for your edification and enjoyment. Father John Misty – Maybe, Sweet One, You Won’t Have Nightmares Tonight Rats On Rafts – Some Velvet Morning (Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood cover) The Raveonettes – The World Is Empty (Without You) Frankie Cosmos – Sinister Summer … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The midweek cocktail mission passed without incident or vomit. We have evolved into respectable pina colada swigging socialists in more ways than one. But just try saying ‘pina colada’ without ‘getting caught in the rain’. Well if I have to suffer, I don’t see why you shouldn’t too… Tomorrow, I’m heading to Lahn-don. Travelling alone by train offers so many possibilities, mainly because I have … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday: 29th January
Art Is Hard, one of our favourite labels have announced their 2016 singles club – the pin pal club. Each month for the rest of 2016 they will be releasing a new and exclusive single from the likes of Two White Cranes, Dirtygirl, Small Wonder and many more. Each single will be released as a 1″ enamel pin badge complete with backing card and download code. You … Continue reading Art Is Hard Singles Club – Two White Cranes
Spearheaded by Mark Charles Heidinger, and taking their cues somewhere between the tales of Bob Dylan and the bourbon-soaked stories of Tom Waits, Vandaveer are one of our favourite Americana bands, melding folk and country traditions into beautifully constructed songs and stories that stay long in the heart and the mind. Latest album The Wild Mercury is out next month and the latest track to be … Continue reading Another From Vandaveer
After four years away, Sennen returned with details of a new album, First Light, and a new track of dream-pop inspired shoegaze in the form of the ear-phone friendly Autopilot. Now the four-piece have given us Still Dark, a brisk metronomic and chorus-less single confirming their existence in the outer reaches – of both sound and music. Stream it below. twitter-follow screen_name=’madmackerel’] Continue reading More From Sennen
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