Tori Forsyth (Hunter Valley, NSW) has released the clip for her new single Black Bird today. The indie-folk singer has a 5 track EP of the same name out now. Advertisements Continue reading
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Album Artwork / Album Reviews / alt.country / Americana / New Music / Video
ALBUM REVIEW: Mary Chapin Carpenter – The Things That We Are Made Of
Like a slow mist rolling down a valley or long evenings on the back porch, Carpenter’s 14th album is a slow-moving and introspective country affair. Confessional stories of heartache and emotional turbulence are presented and dissected on the Dave Cobb produced album yet across nearly an hour of restrained mood the effect is one of … Continue reading
alt.country / News / Video
NEWS: Sam Newton Takes Alt-Country To The Theatre
Sydney troubadour Sam Newton has been a busy man of late with regular local gigs and a tour. Now he’s taking alt-country to the theatre with a musical role in a new local production called A Man Walks Into A Bar. It kicks off on April 21st at a new theatre space called “The Blood Moon … Continue reading
NEW MUSIC: Fallon Cush – Useless Friend
Sydney band Fallon Cush have a brand new album Bee In Your Bonnet coming out on May 20th and here’s the first and very fine single from it – Useless Friend. On their third album they’ve continued the refinement and evolution of the Fallon Cush sound by introducing a more alt-country, wide-open-road feel to the … Continue reading
Album Reviews / alt.country / Rock / Video
EP REVIEW: Mia Dyson – Tearing Up The Lawn
Mia Dyson hit a fine songwriting streak on her last full length Idyllwild and she continues that here, especially the EP’s first single Tearing Up The Lawn. It’s a carefree, big and bold wash of rock guitar and an ineffable chorus hook. Elsewhere she finds great emotion and beauty in the more restrained corners of … Continue reading
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ALBUM REVIEW: Davey Craddock – City West
It’s been a long time coming but West Australian Davey Craddock has finally released his debut album and it’s as equally as impressive as the string of singles he’s released over the last few years. Sitting in the realm of soulful Americana music, City West is a beautifully recorded collection of songs that evoke emotional … Continue reading
NEW MUSIC: Eagle & The Wolf – Mama, Son & The Holy Ghost
Eagle & The Wolf is the new collaborative project between blues musician Kris Morris and singer/songwriter Sarah Humphreys. We’ve heard the new album and reckon it’s the best thing either of the pair have put their creative talents to. Blues, country, folk and a streak of gospel run through the album and indeed this first … Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel – Southern Light
Sal Kimber has taken the expansive, soulful route through country and pop music on her new album. With a strong backing band sparkling and shimmering with keyboards and some fine guitar playing it is certainly a warm, breezy and welcoming record that steers clear of the Nashville clichés and instead rides the more commercial currents … Continue reading
alt.country / Americana / New Music / Video
NEWS: Pauline Andrès Announces New Single And Album
Berlin-based Pauline Andrès came up on our radar with her last LP All The Ghosts (2014) and now she’s backed that up with a new album The Heart Breaks, out on April 15th. Andrès trades in a sultry and dark gothic Americana that thrives on smokey atmosphere and subject matter that gets under the skin … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Henry Wagons – Santa Fe
Henry Wagons just released his solo album After What I Did Last Night… last week and he’s backed that up with a clip for one of the album’s strongest tracks in ‘Santa Fe’. The song is an interesting one for Wagons. It takes a leaf out of The War On Drugs’ songbook with its atmospheric, … Continue reading
alt.country / Country / News / Reissue / Video
REISSUE NEWS: Blaze Foley – Duct Tape Messiah
This Record Store Day eliterecords releases Duct Tape Messiah by exceptional Texan Folk artist Blaze Foley for the first time ever on vinyl. The soundtrack to the 2011 documentary film about the turbulent life of Townes Van Zandts companion and close friend literally spans Blaze’s whole musical life. It includes rare archival tracks never released … Continue reading
NEW MUSIC: Darren Cross ~ Just Got Along (La La Le)
Darren Cross has released a new clip for his new song ‘Just Got Along (La La Le)’ which was filmed earlier this year in Paris. Here’s Cross talking about the clip and it’s connection to the recent terror attacks in that city: We filmed this for my song Just Got Along (la la le) in … Continue reading
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NEWS: Fanny Lumsden announces new album, single and tour
Sydney’s irrepressible alt. country songstress Fanny Lumsden is on the cusp of releasing her debut album Small Town Big Shot (September 2015) and to kick things off she’s released the video clip for its first single ‘Soapbox’. Filmed in the country NSW town of Tallimba where Lumsden first went to school the song takes aim at … Continue reading
VIDEO: Kris Morris ~ Bury My Bones
Kris Morris released his album Ruins last year but like all good things it just keeps giving. This time in the form of a new clip for the single ‘Bury My Bones’ with the dark reverend Morris testifying the blues. Continue reading
Album Reviews / Country / Folk / Video
ALBUM REVIEW: The Good Lovelies ~ Burn The Plan
Starting with a lo-fi drum pattern Good Lovelies quickly arrive with their sweet intertwined harmonies to elevate the opening track into a quirky, sparkling pop-laced folk song. They’ve tried to mix things up on their new album, sonically and in their songwriting and at times it works very well. Too often though the curse of … Continue reading
