We were pretty taken with our discovery of Algernon Doll’s debut long player, Camomile, last year. It was a record of uniquely off-kilter folk, and an often painfully raw and dark exploration of his struggles with extreme anxiety and bipolar disorder. Now he is back with a follow-up in the shape of Citalo-pop, which is out now via Common Records. Taster track Anti-them indicates that this … Continue reading New Album From Algernon Doll
On 23rd July, Hardly Art will release the new full-length by California’s Hunx & His Punx. Street Punk, as the title implies, is a dramatic departure from the band’s previous outing, 2011’s Too Young to Be in Love, and includes a deep-cut Beastie Boys cover, Egg Raid on Mojo, and brief, blistering anthems like (the possibly self-explanatory) Everyone’s a Pussy (Fuck You Dude). In fact, it … Continue reading Hunx & His Punx New Album: Street Punk
We loved the Public Service Broadcasting single Signal 30 and the album from which it came, Inform Educate Entertain. The latest single from it is this one, Theme From PSB. It takes in pioneering American news broadcaster Edward R. Murrow’s famous speech from 1958, celebrating an instrument that can ‘teach… illuminate and yes, even inspire’, breezing along to a climax which invokes the very best that … Continue reading New Single From Public Service Broadcasting
Melbourne post-punkers Teenage Mothers are a band that have crammed a lot into a short period. They were kicked off M83’s tour in Australia when their lead singer inhaled Nitrous Oxide on stage, back flipped into the crowd, and almost set the stage on fire. Teenage Mothers’ lead singer, JK, left school at 16 to be a pro skateboarder. Then he quit the Nike team … Continue reading Introducing >>> Teenage Mothers
Ahead of the release of their new Murmurations album, Oxford’s premier Americana aficionados The Epstein are releasing Calling Out Your Name as an exclusive single via Bandcamp. It also comes with a remix version by Oli Steadman of Stornoway, and all for a pay-what-you-want deal. There’s a video too – featuring some novel use of gaffer tape… . . Continue reading New Album From The Epstein
Jack Wilson is a singer-songwriter who is a new discovery for us. However, the two tracks he has released from his latest album, Spare Key (out June 18), are both gems – masterpieces of restrained emotion where spare, but powerful vocals weave between gentle strings and harmonies. A real treat of authentic folk storytelling. You can pre-order the album here. [Click through for free download] Continue reading MM Shorts 388: Jack Wilson
Oliver Muto is a London-based folk musician playing under the moniker Wooden Maria. The self produced and self released eight track EP Bonfires & Bells is a lovely collection of pastoral folk that twists and winds around deceptively pretty melodies and unfurls like woodsmoke in the evening sunshine. Have a listen to opening track Harbinger and the more cryptic Dusty Road. More information can be … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wooden Maria
A top-notch compilation of the five DiggUp Tapes Six Pack Sound Series Cassingles sponsored by PBR is now available as a name-your-price deal on Bandcamp. Each cassette was recorded with a limited run of 50 and given away at each Six Pack Sound Series show free of charge. It is an eclectic mix ranging from an epic 23 minute track from Zack Mexico to the … Continue reading Free Digg Up Tapes Six Pound Sound Series
Mystery Drug is the title of the new album from southern California’s psychedelic country rockers I See Hawks In L.A. This is their seventh long player and the latest phase of the Hawks journey – mixing serious country credentials with wild lyricism and surreal story telling. There’s slide guitar and fiddle, there’s twang, there’s honky tonk and there’s cowpunk grooves, but above all there’s a … Continue reading New Album From I See Hawks In L.A.
Danish six-piece Tales of Murder and Dust sound like a band that should be steeped in parched, cowboy town Americana and stories of jealousy, crime and retribution. While there is certainly an element of that in their earlier work with some Morricone inspired twang, even a bit of surf rock, underpinning their neo-psych tendencies, the band have evolved over time into something more hazy and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Tales Of Murder And Dust
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