Hollie Fullbrook has released a video clip for the second single and title track of her new Tiny Ruins album Olympic Girls, due out on February 1st, 2019 via Milk! Records and Remote Control. It’s trademark Tiny Ruins in its mix of bucolic melodies, artful wordplay and fluid and inventive instrumentation. The clip is a … Continue reading
UK nine-piece The Gracious Losers recently released their debut LP The Last Of The Gracious Losers and it features ‘I Can Never Read The Signs’, the closing track on the rich and set of Americana music that draws from gospel, country and soul music. From Glasgow to Woodstock the line is drawn and followed with … Continue reading
Kyle Jenkins of Suicide Swans continues his golden streak of songwriting and prolific releases with this second single from his debut solo LP Meltdown. The track hits a bass-led groove and never lets up. Clever sonic details like a ride cymbal doubling down on the reference to smashing on the keys of typewriters and the … Continue reading
UK singer/songwriter Emma Miller has released the first single from her debut EP due out in the new year. ‘Merry Go Round’ is a rich swoon of a song that showcases her wonderful voice. It has hints of someone like Courtney Marie Andrews in its tone but it’s placed in more of an English folk … Continue reading
Jim Clements is set to release his new album A Failure next Friday (Oct 26th) and here’s a first taste of it with the track ‘Not A Lot Of Blood’, a beautiful, poignant song that is light of touch but heavy in emotional weight. To these ears he sounds like a blend of Cohen, Cave … Continue reading
Melbourne musician Ayleen O’Hanlon has a brand new single out now via the good folk at Blind Date Records. ‘Good As Gold’ is a change-up for Ayleen, more country rock than her previous folk leanings. It works brilliantly too. It’s tough and tender at the same time with an ebb and flow, a glorious … Continue reading
Riley Catherall hails from Canberra but is now a resident of Melbourne. He’s got an EP on the way, featuring Bill and Kasey Chambers and Kasey joins him on this beautiful track, ‘Robin’ – an ode to a red-breasted bird. He cites James Taylor, Neil Young and Jason Isbell as influences and you can certainly hear … Continue reading
I came across this beautiful slice of soulful Americana, the single from Freddy & Francine, a duo out of Nashville (previously based in L.A). The song comes from their recently released EP Moonless Night, produced by Dan Knobler (Lake Street Dive). Check out the amusing clip for ‘Half A Mind’ below and you can listen to the full … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, James Houlahan released his new LP The Wheel Still In Spin. You can check it via the usual streaming services or hit the link to Bandcamp below to stream and if you dig it, buy a digital copy. Here’s the closing track from the album, ‘California’, a lonesome and wistful song … Continue reading
Beard Bates has a new album on the way called The World Is Blown (November 9, 2018) and here’s the latest video clip from it for the track ‘Joyous Season’. The song features the late The Icarus Line providing the dark Americana psych rock atmosphere while Bates delivers a haunting vocal that manages to channel 90s alt-rock and … Continue reading
Today’s new music find comes from Winnipeg-born, Brooklyn-based musician Devon Church of Exitmusic. He has a solo album called We Are Inextricable coming out on October 25th and right now you can listen to two of the tracks, ‘Chamomile’ and the title track, via Bandcamp and also over on Spotify and Apple Music. Both are … Continue reading
Micah P. Hinson has a new album on the way, due out on October 26th. When I Shoot At You With Arrows, I Will Shoot To Destroy You includes this fine song, ‘The Sleep Of The Damned’, a ramshackle slice of loose limbed rock ‘n’ roll with a backwoods vibe and reference points in the region of Smog … Continue reading
Michigan Rattlers released their album Evergreen last week (Sept 28th) and two songs in particular have caught our attention. ‘Didn’t You Know’, with it’s Ryan Adams melancholic sway and nostalgic ache. It tumbles along gently, on a warm yet troubled wind. ‘Evergreen’ has a similar feel, comparing long highways and lonely travels with the … Continue reading
A few weeks back we posted the excellent track ‘Iggy’ from Mary-Elaine Jenkins‘ debut album Hold Still. The record was released last Friday and we’ve given it a few spins and been really impressed with it, right across the board. Here’s the title track, a moody sway with a lonesome violin and that weary ache … Continue reading
Something a bit different this morning. This isn’t straight country or dark and earthy folk music. It’s a blast of power pop run through a fervently strummed acoustic guitar topped off with manic vocals courtesy of Mike Pace (Oxford Collapse) and his new project with the Child Actors. It comes from their new album Smooth … Continue reading
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