Over a year ago we included Brooklyn’s Beach Arabs in a big round up post. At the time they were hoping to get a follow up to their self-released debut, Under The Whale out that side of Christmas, but it turns out it is only recently that Wild Movement has seen the light of day. Mixing indie rock with surf pop and a dash of … Continue reading Beach Arabs – Wild Movement
The dreamy soundscapes of My Darling Fury are both haunting and beautiful, reminiscent of acts such as Andrew Bird meets Fleet Foxes meets a bit of Rufus Wainwright. The vocal melodic phrases are long and wide-ranging, placing a strong emphasis on evocative lyrics with a broad emotional span. The use of bowed double bass with effects adds atmosphere and a sometimes psychedelic quality. Two guitarists juxtapose … Continue reading Introducing >>> My Darling Fury
Just in time for the witching hour on Halloween, we have the video for Josh Ritter’s Evil Eye – a suitable end to the night… Continue reading Josh Ritter’s Halloween-themed Evil Eye Video
Here is our traditional free Halloween Mix for 2013 – twenty five great tunes and the fourth year we’ve provided a soundtrack for one of the best nights of the year. Download a perfect mix of ghouls, ghosts, spooks, and all manner of assorted monsters…from all genres and the past 40 years. No trick, all treat! Download Gene Vincent – Race With The Devil mp3 … Continue reading Free Halloween Mix 2013
Here is a second track from Son of Dave’s forthcoming Blues At The Grand LP, released on the 25th November. We Goin Out, is a disco-blues number with his distinctive style stamped all over it. Check out our previous post here to get all his November tour dates. Continue reading Another From Son of Dave
Sydney garage/psych band The Jones Rival mix clever riffs, solid bass hooks, howling vocals and a good old drive to create a sound which traverses the decades and lands at something fresh and contemporary. The band have just finished recording their debut self-titled five track EP, which is out on the 1st of November. Listen to the opening two tracks, Cults and Busted. Continue reading Introducing >>> The Jones Rival
The perfect warm-up to Halloween comes from our favourite eerie Fens folksters Straw Bear, and the track The Land Witch taken from their excellent album Black Bank. A boy stares out from a car window as it meanders through a rain-soaked wood. “Don’t let the boys go in there with the Land Witch,” his grandmother mutters, and from the backseat the wide-eyed child scours the darkness to … Continue reading Straw Bear – The Land Witch
Calgary James is from the Boston-based band High Diner. He has a new single out for free download titled Days Like These. It is a thoroughly enjoyable, meandering acoustic guitar ditty with a nicely judged psych-pop undercurrent – should appeal to fans of Mac DeMarco. Continue reading MM Shorts 466: Calgary James
Louisville-based psychedelic/experimental duo Wax Fang’s third standalone single of 2013 will be Hearts Are Made For Beating, out on the 5th November. It is like a classic college rock song that has been left out in the sun too long and has gradually warped and stretched, metamorphosing into something that is slightly off-kilter, a little bit alien even. Whatever it is, it is out of sync … Continue reading New Single From Wax Fang
We thoroughly enjoyed The Hale & Hearty LP by Heyward Howkins, a record full of melancholy and playfulness and distinguished by some unusual arrangements and instrumentation. Now he is back with Be Frank Furness, which is equal parts turmoil and glittering melodies and idles somewhere comfortably between the sound of Andrew Bird and Dent May. Within the opening moments of the new album, the cheerful guitar instantly … Continue reading New Album From Heyward Howkins
The Mad Mackerel 