Once again some cracking tuneage for you today in Part 1 of our regular weekly round-up of some of the best new releases. We are ultra excited by the return of Justin Townes Earle and Champagne Corolla, which comes from forthcoming album Kids In The Street, T. Hardy Morris who has shared a new track NY and Sharon Van Etten who reimagines the Skeeter Davis track End … Continue reading Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 1)
Lucy Rose has announced details of a new single, her first through Communion Records. Floral Dresses strips her music right back to where it started, harbouring her fragile voice and acoustic guitar, and as an added bonus it also features the exquisite harmonies of The Staves. Listen below. Continue reading Lucy Rose – Floral Dresses
Diet Cig have shared a new single from their upcoming debut long player Swear I’m Good At This, which is out on the 7th April. The marvellously named Barf Day is another glistening, hooky slab of percussive indie punk that brims over with attitude. Listen below. Continue reading Diet Cig – Barf Day
Watching Wavves at SxSW a few years ago, whilst boiling alive in the crush under the relentless Texas sun is one of my all time gig highlights, so news that Nathan Williams is back with a new album and has now extricated himself from Wavves’ publicly strained relationship with Warner Bros Records, which boiled over around the release of their previous album V can only be … Continue reading Wavves Announce New Album
Hailing from Santa Ana, California, The Venisons play a woozy, desert parched style of Americana that combines the grittiness of old-school country with some indie rock vibes. They have a self-titled four track EP out (available for free from Bandcamp) which is well worth getting – listen to Heart from it below, which reminds us a lot of another MM favourite Coke Weed. Continue reading MM Shorts 925: The Venisons
Jamie at the ever wonderful Audio Antihero label has shared details of a new benefit compilation they’ve put together. He says, “Because pretty much everybody in the world of politics right now is a totally evil scumbag, we’ve put together a wee compilation for Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Immigration Law Center.” – one sentence that pretty much sums things up… It includes … Continue reading Audio Antihero’s Unpresidented Jams Compilation for SPLC & NILC
Wild & Reckless is the title of a new musical from Americana stalwarts Blitzen Trapper that debuts in their hometown of Portland next month (opens 24th March at The Armory). Frontman Eric Early told Entertainment Weekly, “It’s the story of a kid that comes to the city looking to play music, [but] instead he meets and falls for this girl; she turns out to be … Continue reading Blitzen Trapper Announce Musical & Share Love Live On
Here we are again, but with lighter nights, spring flowers beginning to bloom and eight songs from the past week rounded up for your listening pleasure. From a new benefit single for the Southern Poverty Law Center, we have wonderfully spectral folk from Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and some equally wonderful psych-folk from a re-issue of a long-lost 70s classic by Philip Lewin. There is a … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve already shared Oakland, California four piece RAYS’ raging single Drop Dead, and now we have another track for you from their upcoming self-titled debut release via Trouble In Mind. New single, Made of Shadows is just over 90 seconds of derisive, reckless, scrappy punk, speaking to the absurdities of everyday life, but with a wry smile. Watch the video below. The album is out on the … Continue reading New Video: RAYS – Made of Shadows
The ever-wonderful Mountain Goats return with a new album Goths, due on 19th May (order here). It is a particularly appropriate/nostalgic title for those of us (Mrs M & I) of a certain age who were in the thick of the original Goth movement, all black with purple hints, eyeliner and gloom all pervading and its capital in the heart of the north of … Continue reading New Mountain Goats Album
The Mad Mackerel 