The recent UK release of Langhorne Slim & The Law’s excellent album The Way We Move has belatedly, but firmly, put them on the MM radar and sent us scurrying off to discover his back catalogue. Honky tonk, blues, folk, country and raw acoustic beauty all make an appearance and demonstrate that we have a band that are not only masters of all trades, but one … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 10: Langhorne Slim
Red Dress is the new single by folk/pop group Monuments & Statues. The single precedes the band’s forthcoming debut full length record, currently untitled, that is due out in late 2013/early 2014. The band are based in Kingston, Ontario and combine traditional folk/classical instrumentation with quirky songwriting – Red Dress is anchored by banjo with animated cello and vocals alternately assuming lead status. Their overall sound … Continue reading Introducing >>> Monuments & Statues
Canadian indie-rockers The Mohawk Lodge have announced details of their fourth album, Damaged Goods, out on the 7th May. An intense mix of clattering rock, sonic reverb, and blues inspired grooves, all meshed together to create something urgent and demanding, but above all fiercely catchy. The first single is the stripped back, lo-fi of Howling At The Moon. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 336: The Mohawk Lodge
Having raved about the first taste of Aussie band Lower Plenty’s album Hard Rubbish back in January, here is another perfectly judged track of hazy countrified melancholia in the shape of Nullarbor. The album is out on Fire Records on the 1st April. Continue reading MM Shorts 335: More From Lower Plenty
White Woods is the project of Julia Kugel, better known for her work as the guitarist and vocalist for Atlanta’s riotous garage rockers The Coathangers. Under her solo moniker, Kugel delivered a heartfelt blend of golden-oldies and subdued Americana with her debut single on one of our favourite labels, Suicide Squeeze last year. Now she is back with another offering, exploring the same kind of sultry … Continue reading New Single From White Woods
Today’s videos are from our favourite southern fried country rockers The Futurebirds, Colleen Green as a cabbie in her new video for Taxi Driver, indie psych-rockers TOY’s video for latest single Heart Skips A Beat, and a 1990s VHS inspired video from The Men for I Saw Her Face, one of the moodier tracks from excellent new album New Moon. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Futurebirds || Colleen Green || TOY || The Men
Like Vic Chesnutt and Mark Linkous (of Sparklehorse), Jason Molina was a truly unique songwriting voice, a genuine poet who could capture in a few short lines what others would fail to say in a whole song. That he should lose his battle with alcoholism at the age of just 39 is a tragedy. Download Songs: Ohia – Two Blue Lights mp3 (from Didn’t It … Continue reading R.I.P. Jason Molina
A long time ago when we were on the hideous Google blogspot platform we posted about the unique and dislocated folk of Thirty Pounds Of Bone (aka singer-songwriter Johny Lamb). So the news that he has a new album titled I Cannot Sing You Here, But For Songs Of Where, due out on the 6th May via Armellodie Records was especially good to hear. Even more so when … Continue reading New Album From Thirty Pounds Of Bone
According to the press release, Post War Glamour Girls have built up a formidable reputation within Leeds music scene. Apparently they spit desolate, often surreal narratives over literate rock and roll foundations, pitched somewhere between The Birthday Party if they’d hailed from England’s industrial North and the Smiths if their dissatisfaction had boiled over. So, are the claims justified? The band will release Jazz Funerals … Continue reading Introducing >>> Post War Glamour Girls
Alt-folk sextet Woodenbox release their second album End Game on 27th May 2013 via Olive Grove. They are offering up Roll For Me as a free download from the album. Watch the video and grab it below. . See their previous video for Asphyxiation here. Continue reading MM Shorts 334: Woodenbox
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