In two weeks time Bill Baird’s two years in the making, double LP, Spring Break of the Soul, will appear on Pau Wau Records. The album contains 17 new songs. As usual, each is a genuine avant-pop nugget that evokes the untouchable sounds of Syd Barrett, Van Dyke Parks, Harry Nilsson, Ray Davies, Captain Beefheart, and Robyn Hitchcock. Accompanying the album is a 32-page book with … Continue reading MM Shorts 319: Bill Baird
Videos to enjoy from local folk heroes Stornoway, singer-songwriter John Smith with a track from upcoming album Great Lakes, and blues-punk par excellence from the Burning Condors with their track Honey Trap. a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Stornoway || John Smith || Burning Condors
Our in-box has grown to ridiculous proportions, it fair creaks and bulges with good music and we are desperately trying to keep up with the flow. Time then for eight of the best to come our, and now your, way. First up, we have East India Youth who caught our ears on 6 Music yesterday with Heaven, How Long their brilliant new single of krautrock … Continue reading Tuesday Means Eight Of The Best
Last week Langhorne Slim & The Law released their most recent album, The Way We Move in the UK via Ramseur Records. The album was recorded in a mere four days, working in the remote Catskill Mountains, north of New York City. The results are a raw, organic record that benefits from a straight-up, straight-forward songwriting approach. Nothing is obfuscated or confused, instead everything is laid … Continue reading Langhorne Slim’s UK Release For The Way We Move
Our videos of the day come from Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs accompanying their excellent new single Things We Be, from insane noiseniks Wet Nuns, from Mac DeMarco with the official video for Ode To Viceroy from his excellent album 2 and from Charity Children, a rousing folk anthem – their tribute to the bullied and downtrodden with the video for Elizabeth, and the first single … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs || Wet Nuns || Mac DeMarco || Charity Children
Marissa Nadler inhabits a musical world of many landscapes, wandering between dream-folk, noir Country, southern gothic, plaintive ballads and all touch points in-between. Variously haunting, ethereal, heartbroken, bitter, sombre, painful, uplifting and poignant, she has a voice that transcends all genres and makes discovering her back catalogue a true delight. And throughout she has stamped her own mark on a range of different covers, even … Continue reading More Covers From Marissa Nadler
Rather enjoying these two tracks from The Woolen Men’s self-titled album due out on the Woodsist label on March 5th. Paying homage to the scrappy DIY punk aesthetic of the 90s, they point the way to what sounds like it could be a very promising debut indeed. Continue reading MM Shorts 318: The Woolen Men
Suicide Squeeze are releasing a split 7″ featuring garage rockers The Coathangers and uncompromising punks Nu Sensae. The former offer up the jagged, spiky sonics of Derek’s Song, while the latter’s offering, Throw, is altogether more harrowing – a vicious and visceral pounding assault on the senses. Limited to just 750 copies, you can pre-order one here. a a Continue reading Coathangers & Nu Sensae Split 7″
Garage psych connoisseurs White Fence will release a new album, Cyclops Reap on the 9th April via Castleface Records. This is the first single, Pink Gorilla. Continue reading MM Shorts 317: White Fence
New York based folk/rock duo The Whispering Tree will release The Escape EP on April 16, the follow up to their excellent debut full length album of 2010, Go Call The Captain. Moody and introspective, they are offering a free download of No Love, which overflows with the imagery and storytelling that are the hallmark of the band’s sound. Continue reading MM Shorts 316: The Whispering Tree
