Been a busy week away from the blog so we’ve not been able to post as much as we would like. Here then is our usual round-up of tunes released in the past week. The Coathangers – Make It Right Cat’s Eyes – Chameleon Queen Mary Chapin Carpenter – Something Tamed Something Wild Elephant Stone – Where I’m Going Gun Outfit – King Of Hearts Eagulls … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve already posted a couple of tracks of the slow, roiling, psychedelic folk that The Murals specialise in, and which fills their debut album Violet City Lantern with a breathtaking ease. Now we have a third – listen to I Live Here below, and order the album, which is out in a couple of weeks time, via Bandcamp here. Continue reading Another From Murals
Crippled Shining Blues is the excellently named new single to be taken from London-based psych-folk outfit The Hanging Stars’ new album Over the Silvery Lake (due out on 11 March via The Great Pop Supplement and Crimson Crow). The track is wonderfully rhythmical, replete with a wandering bassline and complimentary riffs from both guitar and pedal steel. The sweetness of the verse is complimented by … Continue reading New Single From The Hanging Stars
New Zealand duo The Renderers play languid, seeping music with its guitar swells and swirls, menacing vocal delivery and a loose structure that threatens dissemblance at every turn. New album In The Sodium Light is out on the 26th February and we have the excellent pastoral psych of Seaworthy from it to share with you. Continue reading MM Shorts 814: The Renderers
We love Parquet Courts. Here are a couple of new tracks from much anticipated, upcoming long player Human Performance, which they performed on Fordham University’s WFUV radio station recently. They are both awesome, and Dust is already a particular favourite of the year so far. Watch them both below. Continue reading New From Parquet Courts
Well here we go again with another collection of ten top notch new tunes picked from the past seven days, purely for your edification and enjoyment. Father John Misty – Maybe, Sweet One, You Won’t Have Nightmares Tonight Rats On Rafts – Some Velvet Morning (Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood cover) The Raveonettes – The World Is Empty (Without You) Frankie Cosmos – Sinister Summer … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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
Dogs is the latest track to be revealed from emerging LA-based band Bird Dog’s forthcoming debut EP Misty Shrub. Give it a spin below, it is another fine example of their warm, synth-tinged Americana that feels like it has just time-travelled from the canyons of early 70’s country-rock. Continue reading Another From Bird Dog
Art Is Hard, one of our favourite labels have announced their 2016 singles club – the pin pal club. Each month for the rest of 2016 they will be releasing a new and exclusive single from the likes of Two White Cranes, Dirtygirl, Small Wonder and many more. Each single will be released as a 1″ enamel pin badge complete with backing card and download code. You … Continue reading Art Is Hard Singles Club – Two White Cranes
Mount Moriah have shared Baby Blue, a gorgeous alt-country slow-burner, and it comes accompanied by a beautiful new video that aims to depict the quiet dignity in everyday life through a series of extended shots: including a man sharing a t-shirt with his newborn child, a woman sat on a doorstep eating pizza in the small hours of the morning, a man playing on his Gameboy … Continue reading New Video: Mount Moriah – Baby Blue
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