Red Cosmos is the work of one wonderfully named Kim Tortoise and when we received her CD, There And Back, in the post with a most engaging handwritten note it created the initial impression of a gentle soul full of whimsy with a floaty dress and an acoustic guitar. Hmm. Not quite. Released a month or so ago, this is an album that is overflowing … Continue reading Introducing >>> Red Cosmos
Here are a few streams of some of the latest singles and tracks to be creating a buzz round these parts. Worth the hype or not…you decide! This is Anthem from King Tuff’s self titled album – full-on glam rock revival anyone? Order the record and/or grab yourself a free download of Bad Thing from SubPop here. a This is Husbands by Savages, part of … Continue reading Wednesday Means Seven Of The Best: Do Believe The Hype?
a Download Crocodiles – Endless Flowers mp3 (from Endless Flowers) Visit Indie Ambassador. Continue reading Video of the Day: Crocodiles
The Handsome Family || Bullingdon Arms, Oxford || May 25th 2012 You never quite know what you’re going to get at a Handsome Family gig. The venue was an old familiar haunt, quite cataclysmically changed from yesteryear – and not in an altogether good way. (Though thankfully, the Back Room of the Bully now has air con, which on a sweltering Friday evening in May … Continue reading The Handsome Family: Live Review
Fire Records are reissuing the complete works of Rainer Ptacek, the much beloved slide guitarist from Tucson, Arizona, who originated Giant Sand’s sound from the band’s inception, as well as creating many remarkable recordings as a solo artist and with his own band, Das Combo, before succumbing to brain cancer on November 12 1997. The reissues start with The Inner Flame, a compilation of accomplished … Continue reading The Inner Flame: A Tribute To Rainer Ptacek
a Download Fawn – Pixels mp3 (from Coastlines) Continue reading Video of the Day: Fawn
The latest free offering via Noisetrade is Bison’s superb album of rootsy, backyard folk, Quill. Released last year, it is expansive with haunting melodies and complex arrangements – think The Avett Brothers, Fleet Foxes, The Civil Wars and the Decemberists for reference points. They call it mountain chamber music apparently. Grab the whole album for free via Noisetrade just by clicking here. Download Bison – Switzerland … Continue reading MM Shorts 164: Free Album from Bison
We’ve posted a couple of times recently about The Shrouded Strangers following our discovery of Featherbed, one of our favourite tracks of the year so far. They formed in 1999 in Harrisonburg, Virginia and promptly dropped their debut LP, Yes, We Are the Shrouded Strangers, a convoluted concept album about nature vs. technology. Then they got sidetracked. Resurrecting the band in 2008, they released a EP … Continue reading Shrouded Strangers Release Lost Forever
