Anti-folk hero Jeffrey Lewis is back with a new record. Manhattan is his seventh studio album, and his first since 2011’s A Turn In The Dream-Songs. Whilst the album is named after, and inspired by, New York, the city of which Lewis is a lifelong resident, it is done so in a way that links his wryly detached observations of his hometown to his emotionally rich and scalpel sharp … Continue reading New From Jeffrey Lewis
New regular feature (maybe). Ten tunes. Hit or miss? You choose… Animal Omen – Dirty Air (RIYL: Psych-rock, Blue Oyster Cult, Modest Mouse) . Pony Time – Really Nice Guys (RIYL: Garage rock, Fleetwood Mac) . Gun Outfit – Gotta Wanna (RIYL: Desert blues, Giant Sand, Other Lives) . The Folk Today Project – The Reason For Living (RIYL: Protest songs, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell) . Art … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox…
Summer Flake is the lush, harmony-laden solo project of Stephanie Crase of Adelaide, Australia. Her forthcoming five track EP Time Rolls By, will be released on the 9th October on Rice is Nice. Listen to the brilliant The Sun Won’t Shine here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 769: Summer Flake
Hailing from a quiet town on the outskirts of London, Flower Fellow, aka seventeen year old Colette Olive’s influences were icons such as Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley and Stevie Nicks. She also found inspiration in literature, particularly Sylvia Plath and Virginia Wolf. Her blend of minimalist folkish-pop is marked by lovely vocals and minimalist instrumentation. Check out Madman and the beautiful The Rope That Ties Us … Continue reading MM Shorts 768: Flower Fellow
A day late, but surely none the worse for all that, our collection of some of the best tracks from last week. Low – Lies The Mantles – Doorframe Laura Stevenson – Torch Song Lanterns On The Lake – Faultiness Heaters – Gum Drop Nai Harvest – Ain’t That Enough (Teenage Fanclub cover) Alien Hand Syndrome – Something In The Way (Nirvana cover) Moses Sumney … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Inspired by the changing landscapes of the East Kent coastline and time spent writing songs isolated in a beach hut with just a notebook and no electricity, Canterbury based singer songwriter Emily Watts will release her debut five track EP From the Blue on the 18th September. Drawing influences from Cat Power, Joni Mitchell and Beth Orton, she uses piano and vocals to create haunting, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Emily Watts
With Demons LA based sisters Summer Twin might have one of the catchiest and most infectious jams of the summer. A nigh on perfect mix of surf licks, 60s garage and not-as-innocent-as-it-looks pop, it comes from forthcoming album Limbo which is out via Burger records in October. . Continue reading MM Shorts 767: Summer Twins
Different to the sprawling studio affair of her 2014 epic The Innocents, Weyes Blood’s newest foray, Cardamom Times, alters tropes of classicist folk arrangements with echo chambers, flutes, organ, and manipulated tapes to locate ‘timeless romance’ in the face of digital envelopment and urban decay. Listen to the lovely title track below which has plenty of echoes of classic British folk, even touch of Jethro Tull … Continue reading Weyes Blood – Cardamom Times EP
Watch the lovely new video from Sea Of Bees for their track Test Yourself, taken from recent album Build A Boat To The Sun. . . Continue reading New Video: Sea Of Bees – Test Yourself
More delicious, demented, fuzzed out freakery has come our way via Love Buzzard. Download/stream the psyched-out garage punk of latest track Wild below. It comes from debut album Antifistamines. . Continue reading Love Buzzard – Wild
The Mad Mackerel 