East Coast psych-pop trio Museyroom have shared their single Ballad, the first taste of their long awaited full length debut, Pearly Whites. Due out (after a wait of close on six years), on March 25th via Grind Select. Ballad is a sweetly judged slow-burner, building to a yearning climax and awash with melancholy. Dive in… 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 60 – Museyroom
As Caviare Days would put it, take some North American surf, South American tropicalia, psychedelic fuzzy guitars, floating vocals and a tough-to-beat kinda groove, mix it all in and what you get is pretty much exactly what this band is all about. It is definitely what is being heard on new single More Than One out now on label259. Listen here. 100 Posts in 100 … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 59 – Caviare Days
Norway might seem an unlikely home for traces of the golden psychedelic reveries of the 60s and the lyrical and scenic prog-rock of the 70s, but these are alive and kicking in Electric Eye’s music. Moreover, their new album Different Sun also adds a dose of motoric, German sounds, plus Indian drone music and over 40 minutes take the listener on seven journeys, all drenched … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 58 – Electric Eye
London-based indie band Three Girl Rhumba’s charming debut single Minnie Driver is awash with layers of sun soaked guitar and a vocal melody with hints of Fleet Foxes. Have a listen. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 57 – Three Girl Rhumba
Taking her cues from such artists as Neko Case, Jenny Lewis, Spoon, and Wilco, Prickle is 17 year old Emily Wilson from Melbourne, Victoria. Tell Me Why, is her first single, and is a study of contrasting personalities and the thoughts that follow. Honest vocals engage a story telling voice speaking to the listener in conversational style. Initially sketched out with a laid back acoustic feel, … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 56 – Prickle
Having grown up in the Scottish Highlands and performed in various folk bands, the beautiful Summer Isles and the folk tradition are deeply rooted in Mairearad Green’s composition. Fitting then that her new album, called Summer Isles, is a lovely collection of acoustic, folk and cinematic vignettes that each tell a story of the islands’ history. Summer Isles is out on February 26th 2016 via Buie … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 55 – Mairearad Green
Great Lakes formed back in 1996 in Athens, Georgia and has been based in Brooklyn, NY since 2002. The band has released four albums. A fifth record called Wild Vision will come out this month on the band’s own label, Loose Trucks. While their early records traded in a whimsical, light-hearted psychedelia, the band have gradually gravitated toward more personal songs, with a darker tone. … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 54 – Great Lakes
Power-pop five piece Universal Thee return with their sophomore album, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, the follow up to the critically lauded debut Back To Earth. The album is due for release on 19th February via Eventual Heirs Records. Harnessing the influences of bands such as Teenage Fanclub, Pixies and current favourites Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, the band have released … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 53 – Universal Thee
Finland’s Swaying Wires will release their sophomore album I Left A House Burning next week. With influences from Neko Case to Jason Molina, listen to Nowhere from the album with its a beautiful, meandering guitar lines and soulful, sometimes heartbreaking vocal. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 52 – Swaying Wires
Heron Oblivion are a San Francisco combo consisting of some of the leading figures in the psych / folk scene, including Meg Baird of Espers, Ethan Miller and Noel Von Harmonson from Comets on Fire as well as Charles Saufley of Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound. Together they combine heavy psychedelic rock with English folk sounding like a mesh of Chrome, MC5, Low and Pentangle. Their self-titled album will … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 51 – Heron Oblivion
The Mad Mackerel 