MIEN (featuring members of The Horrors, The Black Angels, Elephant Stone and The Earlies) have shared the latest single from their upcoming self-titled LP that is due out tomorrow. (I’m Tired Of) Western Shouting is pretty self explanatory for subject matter, but has an undercurrent of optimism. Heavy and hypnotic, it swells and rolls on a sea of ambient tinged psych and eastern rock grooves … Continue reading MIEN – (I’m Tired Of) Western Shouting
Bark Your Head Off, Dog features the familiar sounds that have always made the band allergic to genre: grunge, folk, punk, and power pop all appear, with inspiration from ELO to Elvis Costello to ‘70s girl group vocal arrangements. This time around, they’ve added strings, more intricate rhythms, lush harmonies (featuring Thin Lips’ Chrissy Tashjian), along with a momentary visit with a vocoder. The results … Continue reading Hop Along – Bark Your Head Off, Dog
Americana four piece River Whyless will release their new album Kindness, A Rebel in June. Excellent new single Born In The Right Country is a political folk song, like a descendent of some of the great ’60s and early ’70s protest songs. Frontman Ryan O’Keefe describes it thus, “Born In The Right Country speaks both through the eyes of our president and the narrator. In the … Continue reading River Whyless – Born In The Right Country
Hailing from Upstate New York, The Bones of J.R. Jones is known for his moody blend of garage-influenced soul, blues, roots, and Americana. Gritty new track I See You has echoes of early Black Keys and comes off his upcoming third studio album Ones To Keep Close (out on 11th May). It follows previous single, Burden, a quick footed stomp along that features Nicole Atkins. Listen … Continue reading New Album From The Bones Of J.R. Jones
Eels – Bone Dry Joan Shelley – The Bridge (Dolly Parton cover) feat Bonnie Price Billy Breakfast Muff – Patient Manchester Orchestra – No Hard Feelings (Avett Brothers cover) Hinds – Finally Floating Laura Veirs – Lightning Rod Medistation – Pool Of Blood Wye Oak – Lifer Eureka California – Mexican Coke Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Riding the wake of critical praise for their debut release The Liar, The Fernweh release their second single, Is This Man Bothering You? which features guest vocalist, Alessi Laurent-Marke (Alessi’s Ark) on the Skeleton Key label. It is out tomorrow. Using three looped drum kits, a wall of overdriven 12-string guitars, flute and Mellotrons in a heart-stopping rush of psych-folk-pop, the band’s distinctly English, coal-fired translation of the acid-soaked … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Fernweh
Steven Adams & The French Drops have shared their new krautrock inspired single Free Will, which is taken from their new album Virtue Signals, due out via Hudson Records on 4th May (pre-order it here). Railing against the iniquities of the world, Adams (the former songwriter/singer/guitarist with The Broken Family Band and Singing Adams) can’t help but be witty and empathetic even as he rages, and … Continue reading Steven Adams & The French Drops – Virtue Signals
Tancred (aka Maine-based musician Jess Abbott) has announced the follow-up to 2016’s well-received long player Out of The Garden. The new album is titled Nightstand (out on 1st June), and the first track to be shared from it is Reviews. The propulsive song showcases Abbott’s strong melodic sensibilities balanced with purposeful, well-placed instrumentation, but one that cunningly sugarcoats the introspection and vulnerability that help make her work so … Continue reading Tancred – Reviews
Marvellous, experimental folkies Tunng have returned with a new song, their first in four long years. Inspired by Edwin Abbott Abbott’s 1884 book of the same name about a two-dimensional world, Flatland is a track wrapped in their trademark sound of experimental electronics and acoustic instrumentation. They have also announced some live UK dates as well, so check those below and stream the song here. OCTOBER … Continue reading Tunng Return
Goat Girl will release their self titled debut album next week via Rough Trade. Traversing influences from the Kinks to the Slits, it crams 19 tracks into 40 minutes, and today we have Throw Me A Bone for you – just over two minutes of typically intense, febrile post-punk. Stream it below, and check UK tour dates too. See them live March 31st Manchester @ … Continue reading Goat Girl – Throw Me A Bone
The Mad Mackerel 