Rob Williams marries gritty Americana with country style leanings and a healthy dose of humour. Best I Can Do is an anti rat-race, pro life-work balance kind of a song, carried along on a no holds barred, good-time, foot stomping rhythm. It comes from his new album Southern FM. Check it out / download it below. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 50 – Rob Williams
New Zealand’s Maple Syrup began a couple of years ago when Vera Ellen and Jerry Ramirez were experimenting with tape recordings on an old 4-track. Influenced by Ween and Bob Dylan they initially wrote lo-fi folk music with tuned up pitch and nonsensical lyrics. At this time they also consumed large amounts of the aforementioned maple syrup and hence it seemed like a fitting name to … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 49 – Maple Syrup
Vicky Speedboat, a two-piece punk rock outfit from Philadelphia, is the drunken creative brainchild of Sean Huber of Modern Baseball and Will Lindsay of W.C. Lindsay. Loud, harshly distorted but melodic guitars, fit seamlessly with bombastic and aggressive drumming – their songs are allegories of the road, tales of restlessness and staying on the run. This is Weathering Bell from their debut EP Two Years No Basement. … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 48 – Vicky Speedboat
The Desert Song is a window into Bird Dog’s folk-kissed, Americana-tinged rock’n’roll. A sound that evokes the lilting harmony-strewn likes of Band of Horses, Lord Huron, and The Band. It is taken from their forthcoming Misty Shrub EP, set for release on 22nd January through National Anthem. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 47 – Bird Dog
There Is No Mountain, are married duo who specialize in complex psych-pop with a healthy dose of folk rock that draws comparisons to Dirty Projectors, Buke & Gase and Fleet Foxes. Listen to new single Cat’s Away, which is full of playful vocals and fingerpicked guitars that build up reverberant layers and percussion following a sparse and reflective intro. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 46 – There Is No Mountain
Tinnedfruit are a three piece, independent fuzzy garage rock band from Falmouth. They draw influences from the likes of Ty Segall, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, but perhaps more strongly from T.Rex and John Lennon. Listen to the wonderfully retro sound of Oh, Jonesy here. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 45 – Tinnedfruit
Blues don’t come any deeper, any harder, any sleazier, or any better than this. King Mud is the new project of Van Campbell of Black Diamond Heavies and Freddy J IV of Left Lane Cruiser. Their album Victory Motel Sessions is a record of album of hard blues, blue-eyed soul, heavy rock and feedback and it is out in early February. This is Back It Up … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 44 – King Mud
On their recently released self-titled EP, The Hardy Band combine the melodic guile of folk romantics, the savage twang of west coast hepcats and the joyous stomp of an Americana tinged barnburner into one fantastic melting pot of bluegrass tinged folk and country. Check out lead track, the harmony laden Falling For You. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 43 – The Hardy Band
We’ve featured six-piece New Desert Blues a few times on MM and they will release their debut album To Be My Own at the end of the month. Influences range from The National to Ennio Morricone and Milk & Honey is a hypnotically driving guitar stomper that has been part of their live set for a good while now. Listen below. 100 Posts in … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 42 – New Desert Blues
Space Shark hail from Portland, Oregon and have just released their new EP Ghosts. Wow Is Me comes from it and is an irresistibly bouncy slice of indie-pop that fizzes out of the blocks and doesn’t make the mistake of sacrificing melody for energy. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 41 – Space Shark
The Mad Mackerel 