Category: Indie

Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music

Another From Wooden Wand’s Farmer’s Corner

Farmer’s Corner, the new album from Wooden Wand promises to be a rawer, more personal affair than the brilliant Blood Oaths Of The New Blues and we have already shared the wonderful Dambuilding with you here. Now we have Alpha Dawn for your listening pleasure, another sublime cut of relaxed, informal, wandering folk that evokes all those classic intimate campfire and back-porch scenarios, as acoustic strings meander sweetly beneath … Continue reading Another From Wooden Wand’s Farmer’s Corner

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

MM Shorts 547: Liza Anne

“Maybe I’ll go make love with another man, forget about you for the evening and say I’m just playing pretend, I’ll be someone’s fantasy then maybe you’ll want more of me.” Thin Ice is from 19 year old Liza Anne’s recently released debut album The Colder Months. It fully justifies the haunting, melancholy, and beautiful descriptors that it has been attracting. . Continue reading MM Shorts 547: Liza Anne

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Roof Beams

The latest effort from Roof Beams, Tectonics EP, though true to the band’s storytelling lyrics and ramshackle Americana roots, comes from a new place. Frontman Nathan Robinson wrote these songs during quiet evenings after work, while his daughter was asleep and his wife was at night school. This led to a more thoughtful, reiterative process resulting in thick layers of harmonies using quieter, lower registers. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Roof Beams

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Alternative, Ambient, Electronic, Indie, Industrial, Music, Rock

Todo Muere Vol. 4

Sacred Bones will present the fourth volume of their annual Record Store Day vinyl compilation, Todo Muere. It will be limited to 1,500 copies only. This year’s edition features eight tracks from a wide variety of their artists, each one new or previously unreleased on any physical format. The first track is the brilliant Lonely Richard by Amen Dunes, a hazy cut from the band’s forthcoming LP, Love that … Continue reading Todo Muere Vol. 4

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Acoustic, Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Punk

Friday Round Up

So many tunes to share – time for another Round Up just in time for the weekend. All pre-screened for your guaranteed listening pleasure. So away we go… Easing us in gently is some ethereal folk from Owls of the Swamp and the gentle Shapeshifter is a perfect introduction to forthcoming album Atlas. . At the other end of the noise spectrum we have aggressive … Continue reading Friday Round Up

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Introducing >>> CRUISING

Hailing from Dublin and Belfast, CRUISING are a kraut-post-punk-inspired party band, including members of Girls Names, September Girls, Logikparty and Sea Pinks. Debut release You Made Me Do That, is as lo-fi and DIY as it comes, the recording and song itself was the result of the first time the band had ever played in a room together and has been described as “a grimy, … Continue reading Introducing >>> CRUISING

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Vacant Lots – Mad Mary Jones

Departure, the debut album from American duo The Vacant Lots will be out on the 30th June via the unfailingly excellent Sonic Cathedral label. We first came across them via their excellent contribution to the Psych for Sore Eyes EP compilation. The first taste from the albumis the wonderfully titled Mad Mary Jones, a full on head rush of pinked-up psychedelia that we can’t stop spinning. … Continue reading Vacant Lots – Mad Mary Jones

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