A perfect companion to our earlier Marika Hackman festive post, we now give you Hannah Peel, who recently released her special seasonal single, Find Peace, along with an inspired music box cover of Greg Lake’s festive hit, I Believe In Father Christmas on the reverse. The double single is released as part of the 2014 edition of Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club, a small Netherlands-based festive label set … Continue reading Festive Post No 7: Hannah Peel
A Barry-Sean discovery at The Green Man festival a couple of years ago, Marika Hackman’s star has shone ever more brightly since then, and yesterday she released her haunting arrangement of traditional christmas carol O’ Come, O’ Come, Emmanuel. Listen below – it is also available as part of breast cancer awareness charity Coppafeel! and Daisy Digital’s christmas compilation that also features The Districts, Newton Faulkner, Summer Camp … Continue reading Festive Post No 6: Marika Hackman
We’re a bit slow to the races where Tigercub are concerned – another band from Brighton generating some serious hooplah and not without reason if latest single Centrefold is anything to go by… Stream it below, a genuine moshpit anthem in waiting, together with the b-side Trendsetter. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 640: Tigercub
The Smoke Fairies have offered their own take on Christmas with a new ten track festive release called Wild Winter. However, they say “the last thing we wanted to do was make a classic, jolly, celebratory album that can only be played once a year.” And thank goodness for that – it celebrates their own haunting, shivery brand of folk, perfectly capturing the isolation and alienation of … Continue reading Festive Post No 4: The Smoke Fairies
Amen Dunes will release a new EP on January 20th. Cowboy Worship features expanded editions of four tracks from Love, a new version of Lezzy Head from 2011’s Through Donkey Jaw, and a stunning cover of This Mortal Coil’s rendition of Song to the Siren played as a duet with virtuoso guitarist Ben Greenberg (aka Hubble & alumni member of The Men). Sound good? Od … Continue reading Amen Dunes New EP & Song To The Siren Cover
The Crookes are maintaining their fine tradition of Christmas carousing by rush releasing a brand new yuledite anthem, You’re Just Like Christmas, on Fierce Panda. Fittingly, as this comes not but a week after the release of their Howl single, You’re Just Like Christmas starts with a howl and a yowl and a great big blockbusting riff before skidding across the indieglam ice with a … Continue reading Festive Post No 3: The Crookes
Stomping good time alt-folkies Ringlefinch have just released their first Christmas single, Ringle All The Way, a sort of “hot alt-folk meets Eastern-European jazz” take on a traditional Christmas tune. It is a tale of hopes, symbols, and one girl’s dream of a traditional Christmas in a modern world… and there’s even a squirrel playing the trumpet in the video. . . Continue reading Festive Post No 2: Ringlefinch
Here are our selections of new tunes from this week that you really ought to have heard by now. 1. Sleater-Kinney – Surface Envy 2. The Soft Moon – Black 3. Elephant Micah – Slow Time Vultures 4. Strand of Oaks – Alex Chilton (Replacements cover) 5. The Dodos – Goodbyes And Endings . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
For a little while now our in-box has started to fill up with festive tunes, Christmas covers and other seasonally themed songs, and given that we are in December and WordPress have turned on the snowflakes again it seems appropriate to start posting some of the better ones. So let us begin with all-girl doom-pop rockers The Courtesans and their cover of Frankie Goes To … Continue reading Festive Post No 1: The Courtesans Cover Frankie…
Tragically it has been announced that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed away aged just 37. His record label Warp said, “We are shocked and saddened to share the news that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed away aged 37. An immensely talented singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and journalist, he will be hugely missed. Nick’s family and friends request privacy at this difficult time.” Chris T … Continue reading RIP Nick Talbot AKA Gravenhurst
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