The midweek cocktail mission passed without incident or vomit. We have evolved into respectable pina colada swigging socialists in more ways than one. But just try saying ‘pina colada’ without ‘getting caught in the rain’. Well if I have to suffer, I don’t see why you shouldn’t too… Tomorrow, I’m heading to Lahn-don. Travelling alone by train offers so many possibilities, mainly because I have … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday: 29th January
The songs keep piling up in the in-box – too many to do justice to – but here are ten choice picks for you to decide… hit or miss? Claire Cronin – Sister And Devil [RIYL: Experimental folk, Karen Dalton, Jason Molina] Stranded Horse – Monde [RIYL: Orchestral folk, Loch Lemond, Horse Feathers] Heck – Good As Dead [RIYL: Noise-rock, Pulled Apart By Horses, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 11)
Here we are again, and another fine selection of new tunes from the past week for you to savour… Matthew E. White – Cool Out (Featuring Natalie Prass) Spookyland – God’s Eyes DIIV – Is The Is Are Adia Victoria – Dead Eyes Laura Gibson – The Cause Audacity – Dirty Boy Public Access T.V. – On Location Naps – Social Skills … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Recent signing to Full Time Hobby, Aidan Knight has been picking up some excellent reviews for his new album Each Other. Having drawn comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Bill Callahan, the record also has something of the The Antlers’ Hospice about it, as well as the intimate and sombre delivery of a Damien Jurado and a burst of late 90s Built To Spill. Yet Each Other … Continue reading New Album From Aidan Knight
On New Year’s Eve we received a short e-mail from an LA based artist called Youth Policy with sparse details of his debut album, Time Has Told Me, released just before Christmas. He described it as experimental folk-pop, going on to say it had elements of Nick Drake and contained fingerpicking guitar and layered harmonies with occasional piano and synthesizer. In all honesty, because of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Youth Policy
Cold Shoulder is the closing track from Sandtimer’s recently released five track EP Different Seas. Inspired by the sparse textures of early Appalachian folk, and having drawn comparisons to the likes of the Milk Carton Kids, the duo’s blend of acoustic rock and lyrical folk is well worth checking out. Continue reading MM Shorts 811: Sandtimer
Telephone Jones is the new single by North Wales’ SEAZOO. A three-and-a-half minute pop nugget of skuzzed guitars, restored chapel organ and Terry – the old Korg synth. It is taken from an EP which will be released late March. Listen below. Continue reading MM Shorts 810: SEAZOO
We’re loving this track, Job Done, with its heady mix of guitars meeting synths and spiraling threads of psychedelia. It comes from Belfast duo exmagician, and is taken from their upcoming debut album Scan The Blue, due March 25th on Bella Union. Listen to the hazy crush of infectious strummed guitars, distorted garage wig out and propulsive non-stop percussion below. Marvellous. Dive in. Continue reading Introducing >>> exmagician
Sea Pinks have shared their new single Yr Horoscope, which is taken from just released new album Soft Days via CF Records. Anchored by a excellent droning, surf-inflected intro, it is a wonderfully catchy slice of indie-guitar-pop that is impossible to resist. Listen below, buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 809: Sea Pinks
We’re a bit late to the party this weekend with our round-up of the best of the new releases of the past seven days. No matter – consider it a nice late finish to Sunday or a nice new start to the new week. Courtney Barnett – Three Packs A Day Woods – Sun City Creeps Soft Fangs – Birthday Matthew And The Atlas – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This/Last Week
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