Kings Of Lowertown are from Pembroke, Ontario. Their new single Quebec Roulette is a gritty blues track written in the vein of Captain Beefheart and Tom Waits. The song was inspired by the rough and tumble of Chapeau, Quebec – just across the mighty Ottawa River from Pembroke. Stream it below. Continue reading Kings Of Lowertown – Quebec Roulette
Following the upcoming release of new EP Delivered, Scott And Charlene’s Wedding return with new single Don’t Bother Me, out 8th July on Fire Records. Don’t Bother Me is another in the band’s collection of irresistible pumped up slacker pop anthems, one which recalls The Lemonheads at their best. Dysfunctional and disenchanted, our care-free but knowing protagonist ain’t growing up and doesn’t give a damn … Continue reading Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Don’t Bother Me
It is that time again. Ten more of the week’s best new releases rounded up for your listening pleasure. This week we have new songs from the likes of Hiss Golden Messenger, Beach Slang, Gringo Star and Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, as well as tasty covers from The Avett Brothers and Sharon Van Etten. Have fun. Hiss Golden Messenger – Biloxi The Avett Brothers – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We shared a couple of tracks from sludgy West Coast punk rockers Happy Diving last month, and now we have a third for you. Don’t Be Afraid Of Love might be the best of the lot though. Taken from upcoming long player Electric Soul Unity, it opens with a classic ’70s rock riff a la Thin Lizzy and hurtles through three and a half minutes of scorching rock’n’roll. … Continue reading More From Happy Diving
Honeyblood the Glasgow two-piece, have shared their incendiary new single and video Ready For Magic. Detuned doom riffage and disco-punk rhythms make space for a tornado of a chorus ode to “the explosive nature of infatuation“. It is a perfect match for the video which is set in post-apocalyptic Scottish countryside, and follows a tribe of young feral girls who’ve been abandoned and left to fend for themselves in … Continue reading New From Honeyblood
To understand Grant Earl Lavalley, with his deep country moan and hints of Appalachian yodel, you must read his tweets…”Just like my van, my new shack also has no windows.” For his byline, he writes, “…as a child I used to enjoy finding fleas and ticks in dog hair.” His ‘shack’ is a cabin on the dirt backroads of Joshua Tree, in the Mojave desert, … Continue reading Grant Earl Lavalley – Let The Light Shine In
Ultimate Painting – the two singular voices of Jack Cooper and James Hoare, who met when on tour together with their other bands Mazes and Veronica Falls – will release their third album Dusk on Trouble In Mind Records on the 30th September. The first single is Bills, a track which dives head-first into a perfectly formed, crystalline pool of jangle. Stream it below. Continue reading Ultimate Painting – Bills
It is a delight to discover that one of our favourite bands, the wonderful cult duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks, aka The Handsome Family will soon return with their tenth studio album Unseen. It is out via one of our favourite labels Loose, on the 16th September. The album continues The Handsome Family’s embrace of things beyond easy view: the slow dive of the sun, enormous bugs … Continue reading New Album From The Handsome Family
We’ve oft admired Free Swim’s particularly, and peculiarly, British humour that comes to the fore in their quirky, observational indie pop. Subjects from Ian McShane, Cardiff City, flapjacks and Pigling Bland have all found favour with the duo and they will release their debut album Lifetime of Treats on the 25th July. With touch points as diverse as Zappa and Beefheart through glam rock and on to … Continue reading Free Swim – Self-appointed Genius
Back in November 2014 we described French-Anglo duo Bosco Rogers as “laid back, catchy-as-hell, sun-tinged psych-pop of the very best kind“. We’re pleased to say they more than live up to that early promise with their new single Beach Beach Beach, taken from new album Post Exotic. The album is a kaleidoscopic collection of flower punk and joyous psychedelia. It is surf-pop made by urban-dwelling land … Continue reading Bosco Rogers – Beach Beach Beach
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