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Americana, Country, Folk, Music

Vandaveer To Release Murder Ballads Album

We’re long time admirers of Kentucky’s Vandaveer and so you can imagine our delight to learn that new album Oh, Willie, Please… will be a collection of their reinterpretations of age-old traditional folk songs and murder ballads. Sounds like pretty much the perfect combination. For now, download Pretty Polly as your dark-hearted taster, and accompany her to her pitiful end as Willy, rather than marrying her as … Continue reading Vandaveer To Release Murder Ballads Album

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music

MM’s 5:1 Interview No 7: Harry George Johns

The last few months have not been good for Harry George Johns. On his Bandcamp page a few sparse words sum it up: “Winter 2011. I had an actual breakdown. Homeless, jobless, girlfriendless; I stayed on my friends’ sofa and borrowed food and some microphones and made Post-Breakdown Blues” And so he did. Opening with Drink Myself To Sleep and closing with the stunning Hospital Blues, the scene … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 7: Harry George Johns

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Another From The Rice Cultivation Society

Following the release of their latest LP, Sky Burial, Rice Cultivation Society has recorded the single Little Circuses On The Moon. Opening quietly with slowly picked strings, the sombre song gradually builds with intricate layers. It is an example of Rice Cultivation Society at their most intimate, beautifully capturing frailty, fear, shyness, and longing. Download it here. Continue reading Another From The Rice Cultivation Society

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Americana, Country, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> Andrew Leahey & The Homestead

Andrew Leahey & The Homestead’s Summer Sleeves is the sound of the modern South: its cities, its open spaces, and everywhere in between. The Nashville-based Leahey recorded the songs with the Homestead, a group of childhood friends and Virginia-based musicians who added organ, harmonized guitar riffs, pedal steel, and three-part harmonies to the mix. Last year Leahey spent most of the year on the road, driving … Continue reading Introducing >>> Andrew Leahey & The Homestead

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Alternative, Electronic, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Black Pus To Release All My Relations

Brian Chippendale aka Black Pus is a new name to us, but one we like. The same goes for the music – slightly deranged, often furious – it is a cacophony of drums, loops and repeating phrases and rhythms, but with a pop heart. There is a new album, All My Relations, due next month on the wilfully maverick label Thrill Jockey (pre-order here) as … Continue reading Black Pus To Release All My Relations

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock

MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix

You know the score. MM is a blog that (musically) tends to favour the seedier side of life – murder ballads, heartbreak, despair, stories of the downtrodden, the down-on-their-luck, and the downhearted – you know the kind of things we mean. Ours is a world of lonely beer and whiskey chasers nursed in the back booths of dead-end bars, of crack-whores turning tricks in trailers … Continue reading MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix

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Alternative, Ambient, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music

New from WALL

WALL grabbed our ears last year with a couple of rather special releases – muted, downtempo, eerie soundscapes behind soft, but utterly compelling vocals. It was hazy, dreamlike stuff that managed through its sparseness and fractured electronics to be refreshingly different from the crowds of artists co-habiting the ethereal, folky landscape. Big Picnic Records has signed WALL to their roster, and will release a new … Continue reading New from WALL

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

Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Lowlakes || Sherpa || Boytoy

Any excuse to showcase another tune from Willy Mason’s brilliant new album, this is the video for Pickup Truck. We also have Lowlakes gorgeously haunting video for Song for Motion and the psychedelic power-pop shenanigans of Sherpa’s video for their excellent new single, I’m Happy Just To Lie. Finally, watch the dual-guitar (no bass!) and drums setup of Boytoy, they’re blasting out catchy, fuzzy punky songs … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Lowlakes || Sherpa || Boytoy

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