Clara Berry And Wooldog’s Magician’s Wife was a delightful discovery of ours at the end of 2013, a captivating excursion into baroque tinged indie-pop and folk that was both subtle and haunting. Their newest tune more than keeps up the standard – you can check out Riches & The Girls below. You can get also pick up a free download of it here, and pick … Continue reading More From Clara Berry And Wooldog
Since their debut album release just under a year ago, Brooklyn’s fuzz-rockers Lightouts have been busy writing and recording new material. The first fruits of their labours comes with Disappear, inspired by a love for early Wire and Japandroids, and complete with duelling, harmonised guitar solo. It is part of a double A sided single, backed with My My. Stream it below. . Continue reading New From Lightouts
Phosphorescent have a pretty fine pedigree when it comes to cover versions – Willie Nelson (obviously), Merle Haggard, Neil Young, Lucinda Williams, and Vampire Weekend (amongst others) have all been given the Matthew Houck treatment and the first song live we ever saw them play was a stunning version of Radiohead’s House of Cards. Now we have another to add to the list, as Phosphorescent deliver … Continue reading Phosphorescent Cover Dylan
Leeds noiseniks Dinosaur Pile-Up have announced the release of Peninsula on limited transparent purple 7″ vinyl backed with a new track, Hanging By A Thread. In anticipation of their biggest ever headline show, the single will be exclusively available at Scala, London on Tuesday February 18th on a strictly first come, first serve basis. . . Continue reading New From Dinosaur Pile-Up
Contrary to expectations Jimmy Tait is an Australian band, and not a tortured singer-songwriter, who have just released their second album, Golden. It is going to be well worth checking out if this taster from it is anything to go by. All My Friends is a excellent example of their pleasingly unconventional, somewhat desolate, goth-tinged post-rock that can be grabbed on a pay-what-you-want basis from … Continue reading MM Shorts 510: Jimmy Tait
It’s Friday. Time for videos featuring a gently heartfelt confrontation of a friend’s heroin addiction from Deer Tick, gorgeous baroque folk from rising star Jordan Lee aka Mutual Benefit, the reverb drenched sound of the excellent new single from September Girls, and to finish a mournful tear-jerker with spine-chilling lyrics from Carousels & Limousines. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Deer Tick || Mutual Benefit || September Girls || Carousels & Limousines
Make The Best Choices is a completely free compilation from the Good Choices Music Collective that is available from Bandcamp here. It follows on from last year’s excellent Make Better Choices compilation, and features our good friend D.B. Rouse alongside a whole host of top notch folk and Americana artists. Check out a couple of choice cuts below and then do what you probably should … Continue reading Make The Best Choices (Free Compilation)
Videos from the Americana, folk and singer-songwriter stables this morning – kick back and enjoy the lovely sounds and sweet melancholia of Tom Brosseau, Agnes Obel and Kevin Devine, and Turchi’s footage from one of the trippiest, most reviled/beloved cult films of all time, The Terror of Tiny Town – an ideal fit for their fuzzy, gritty, black and white lensed take on Americana. . . . … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Tom Brosseau || Agnes Obel || TURCHI || Kevin Devine
Here is the second track to surface from Tacocat’s forthcoming full length release NVM. We’ve already given you the breezy summer-punk of Bridge To Hawaii, and Crimson Wave picks up where that left off – being (apparently) an ode to dealing with periods (gives the title a whole different meaning). Thankfully it is done in a celebratory manner which means riding a surf-pop wave of … Continue reading Tacocat – Crimson Wave
Despite the slightly suspect name, Tweens sit just the right side of precocious with their bratty, lo-fi garage rock jams that swirl the Ramones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Bay Area punks The Donnas, The Trashwomen and the Bobbyteens into one righteous slab of thrash-tinged trash-pop. Check out Be Mean below, they will release their self-titled debut in early April. . Continue reading MM Shorts 509: Tweens
The Mad Mackerel 