Efren’s new album is somewhat of a departure from previous releases, mining a rich seam of raw, bruising southern rock inspired by the bitterness a marriage break-up can bring. The second track to be released from Write A New Song is If My Heart Don’t Fail Me and is another excellent example of barrelling bar-room boogie and another hymn to the redemptive powers of hard … Continue reading MM Shorts 178: More From Efren
Little Poems, the new 7″ from Canada’s expansive indie-rock collective Rah Rah, is out via Hidden Pony Records. The band has previously given the digital version away as a free download and now they have also put out the b-side track from the single titled I Could Tell You I’m Sorry. Little Poems has been released in preparation for their upcoming full-length album The Poet’s Dead, … Continue reading Rah Rah Release Little Poems Single
Two of the latest free NoiseTrade offerings come from Family Of The Year and Shovels & Rope. Family Of The Year play an upbeat, infectious blend of pop and folk, which has let to support slots with Mumford & Sons and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes amongst others. They are offering up a five track sampler EP of their wares ahead of forthcoming summer … Continue reading Free Samplers from Family Of The Year And Shovels & Rope
What with being out at No Direction Home and away with the day job, a whole host of songs have come and gone without us posting them, so we’re remedying that oversight now with this round up of the best from our in-box and around the web. We have the anthemic Mrs Magician who released their debut album Strange Heaven a couple of months ago. … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
We were big fans of Buffalo Killers album 3 released last year and the follow up, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. will be released on 7th August and promises to be just as an intoxicating mix of ferocious blues psychedelia and good old fashioned rock and roll as its predecessor. But there are some nostalgic echoes of Laurel Canyon and 60s hippiedom too, which provide some … Continue reading New Album From Buffalo Killers
No Direction Home Festival || Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire || 8-10 June 2012 The omens were not good for the inaugural No Direction Home music festival, setting out in heavy rain that only got heavier as the traffic got slower the further north I went. However, despite the slate grey skies and constant brake lights of the M1, a journey of over 5 hours was rewarded … Continue reading No Direction Home Festival: A Review
