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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

MM Shorts 768: Flower Fellow

Hailing from a quiet town on the outskirts of London, Flower Fellow, aka seventeen year old Colette Olive’s influences were icons such as Janis Joplin, Jeff Buckley and Stevie Nicks. She also found inspiration in literature, particularly Sylvia Plath and Virginia Wolf. Her blend of minimalist folkish-pop is marked by lovely vocals and minimalist instrumentation. Check out Madman and the beautiful The Rope That Ties Us … Continue reading MM Shorts 768: Flower Fellow

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Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

A day late, but surely none the worse for all that, our collection of some of the best tracks from last week. Low – Lies The Mantles – Doorframe Laura Stevenson – Torch Song Lanterns On The Lake – Faultiness Heaters – Gum Drop Nai Harvest – Ain’t That Enough (Teenage Fanclub cover) Alien Hand Syndrome – Something In The Way (Nirvana cover) Moses Sumney … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

Introducing >>> Emily Watts

Inspired by the changing landscapes of the East Kent coastline and time spent writing songs isolated in a beach hut with just a notebook and no electricity, Canterbury based singer songwriter Emily Watts will release her debut five track EP From the Blue on the 18th September. Drawing influences from Cat Power, Joni Mitchell and Beth Orton, she uses piano and vocals to create haunting, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Emily Watts

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Alternative, Music, Punk, Rock

Protomartyr – Dope Cloud

We love Protomartyr! Their new record The Agent Intellect is due on 9th October via Hardly Art and they’ve shared the brilliant Dope Cloud, a new song from the full-length. The almost-anthem deals in a currency of lost ownership and the futility of creature comforts, as Joe Casey’s lyrics paint mental images of a “saltmine racist gang” and the “spoils of a pizza king“. Download it here, … Continue reading Protomartyr – Dope Cloud

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Alternative, Garage, Music, Punk, Rock

New From Spray Paint

Although they have been around a little while, Spray Paint are pretty new to us and their pulsating brand of hypnotic, full-on punk rock has been one of our favourite discoveries. Having already released one album this year, now they are readying another one, Dopers, for release in October. It was recorded last August in the middle of 87 shows in 66 cities and in 12 different … Continue reading New From Spray Paint

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Weyes Blood – Cardamom Times EP

Different to the sprawling studio affair of her 2014 epic The Innocents, Weyes Blood’s newest foray, Cardamom Times, alters tropes of classicist folk arrangements with echo chambers, flutes, organ, and manipulated tapes to locate ‘timeless romance’ in the face of digital envelopment and urban decay. Listen to the lovely title track below which has plenty of echoes of classic British folk, even touch of Jethro Tull … Continue reading Weyes Blood – Cardamom Times EP

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