Let’s hope the next 365 days are a vast improvement on 2016. Fingers crossed Trump gets impeached, we somehow find a way back into the EU, Sunderland don’t get relegated, Yorkshire reach the T20 finals again, there are new albums from Wooden Wand, Deer Tick and Phosphorescent, and Neil Young and Bob Dylan manage to stay alive. That would do nicely for starters. Let us kick … Continue reading HAPPY NEW YEAR
Kings Of Lowertown are from Pembroke, Ontario. Their new single Quebec Roulette is a gritty blues track written in the vein of Captain Beefheart and Tom Waits. The song was inspired by the rough and tumble of Chapeau, Quebec – just across the mighty Ottawa River from Pembroke. Stream it below. Continue reading Kings Of Lowertown – Quebec Roulette
Long standing MM faves Kings Of Lowertown are offering up another pay-what-you-want deal on Bandcamp. This time it is for the electrifying dirt track blues of Beautiful Nothing. It is straight from the top drawer. Spin it below. Continue reading Kings Of Lowertown – Beautiful Nothing
We really don’t post as many videos as we should… so as usual here is our rather feeble attempt to clear the backlog of some of the excellent musical films we’ve seen recently. . . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up Time
To complement our Johnny Stewart post earlier, long standing MM faves and raucous dirt blues rockers Kings of Lowertown are back with a new three track release, Nowhere Road, due for release on Halloween! Stream the title track below, or grab it on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading Kings Of Lowertown – Nowhere Road
You know what you’re going to get with the Kings of Lowertown, and new track I Fells Back Under Yer Spell doesn’t disappoint. It is a tough, blues shoutin’ record with a deep groove and can be got on a pay-what-you-want deal from their Bandcamp page. Check it out. . Continue reading Kings of Lowertown – I Fells Back Under Yer Spell
Here is another track from Kings Of Lowertown, this time they have slowed the pace to a more sedate rolling blues with vocals that Tom Waits would be proud of… Listen to 6 Shots Of Orphan Barrel To My Black Heart below, and download for a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp. . Continue reading More From Kings Of Lowertown
The mighty Kings Of Lowertown are about to release their first single of 2015. New Orleans Woman is a bourbon soaked, blues shoutin’, Preservation Hall inspired song that checks in at a blazing 2 minutes and 36 second combination of dirt-blues and crazy jazz. The track is the follow-up to Kings Of Lowertown’s brilliant, slide-guitar drenched Swamp King collaboration with bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, The … Continue reading New From Kings Of Lowertown
The excellent Kings Of Lowertown have made a new track available for a name-your-price download via Bandcamp. Swamp King is slower, a gritty and gravelly blues number that pulses with restrained longing. . Continue reading MM Shorts 616: Kings Of Lowertown
Here is another slab of gritty blues stomp from Ontario’s Kings Of Lowertown. Blues Haul is the flipside to their brilliant Mississippi Flood track (posted here), which will be pressed on vinyl later in 2014 as a double A side release. Stream it here. . Continue reading Kings Of Lowertown – Blues Haul
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