As anyone who reads MM with any degree of regularity will no doubt know, we are recent and zealous new converts to the joys of Stone Jack Jones’ unsettling, haunting gothic-folk. We’ve already shared three tracks from his new record, Ancestor, and here is a fourth, Joy that also features Patty Griffin on vocals and movingly tells the story of his mother in law’s last … Continue reading Stone Jack Jones – Joy
We recently posted Turchi’s cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s Eye, the lead track from their 10″ vinyl release My Time Ain’t Now EP. They’ve followed it up in pretty rapid succession with a new 7”, cryptically titled When You’re Lost It’s All A Sign, out on the 25th February via Fat Elvis Records. You can watch the video for the A side below and stream the … Continue reading More From Turchi
Philadelphia foursome Bleeding Rainbow will release Interrupt, their fourth long player on 25th February. The release heralds somewhat of a return to basics – songs are stripped back and straight-forward and the runtime is a little more than half an hour in total. Even so, driving melodies, pounding percussion and unrelenting energy are to the fore and the record’s impact is an immediate snarl, heavier … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Bleeding Rainbow
The Smoke Fairies will release their new self-titled album on the 14th April via Full Time Hobby. As evidenced by first single, Eclipse Them All, it heralds something of a new direction for the duo – less harmonies and more two distinct voices, less intricate and more direct, less organic and more experimental. Thankfully, they have sacrificed none of the undercurrent of foreboding and disquiet … Continue reading Smoke Fairies – Eclipse Them All
One of our favourite discoveries of the past three or four years has been Tom Williams & The Boat, and they have featured many times in MM posts since their 2011 debut album Too Slow and excellent follow up Teenage Blood. They will soon be releasing a new album Easy Fantastic which they have spent much of the past year writing and recording and you can … Continue reading New Single & Album From Tom Williams & The Boat
No Kill are a band from Brooklyn who make music with loud, lo-fi energy, girl-guy harmonies, reverb soaked guitars & noisy guitar pop influences. Latest release, their five track New Dirt EP can be picked up for a pay-what-you-want deal on Bandcamp. Check out Big Muff Scream below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 518: No Kill
It’s Sunday, time to ease into the day with some sweet videos and easy-on-the-ears tunes… We have the gently surrealistic Americana of Royal Forest, a live track from MM regulars Blessed Feathers, a comic book inspired video from singer-songwriter David Bronson and we finish off with brother and sister folk duo The Native Sibling. . . . . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Royal Forest || Blessed Feathers || David Bronson || The Native Sibling
The Milkman’s Union have just released a new one-off single, Apple and rather tasty it is too (sorry!). It’s a revamped country-folk dirge, with flourishes of psychedelica, free jazz, and maybe just a dash of Black Sabbath doom and gloom. Get it on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp. . Continue reading MM Shorts 517: The Milkman’s Union
The renegade traditionalists of Mipso are doing their part to take three-part harmony and Appalachian influences into new territory. The three North Carolina songwriters wandered off the path blazed by Earl Scruggs and Doc Watson to find a new clearing for their bluegrass inspired southern string band sound. Their second album Dark Holler Pop was released late last year and we have only just discovered … Continue reading Mipso – Dark Holler Pop
Distinct three-part harmonies, sing-a-longs, dream-drifting jams, and powerful riffs all wrapped in the sounds of the golden days: folk, soul, rock ‘n roll, and the psychedelic revolution. The Woodgrains are all these and more. Grab yourself Devils Disheveled below. It comes from their self-titled album apparently released a couple of weeks back (though we can’t find any specific details…). . Check our previous Woodgrains post here. Continue reading Another From The Woodgrains
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