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
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
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
Hillstomp are a due that tear up the folk blues handbook and let the torn pages scatter across the stage in a whirlwind of stomping rhythms, breakneck picking and strumming. They’ve got a new album called Monster Receiver, which is set to be released through Fluff and Gravy Records on October 19th. The LP features guest … Continue reading
“Iggy, oh Iggy, I wanna be your sweet sixteen, even though I’m almost 29” sings Mary-Elaine Jenkins on this excellent crunchy blues and struttin’ country rock track, taken from her debut album Hold Still, due out on September 28th via Good Child Music. She’s got one of those lived-in smokey voices, perfectly suited to the blues … Continue reading
Two new tracks from the curiously named Dr. Buzzworm out of Los Angeles. These popped up online and caught my ear with their melodic hooks and nice, ragged country rock feel in the vein of The Replacements with touches of early 80s indie thrown into the mix. Continue reading
A nice, live-in-studio recording from Billy Bronsted & Feed The Dog that popped up in my feed this afternoon. No theatrics necessary, just a very good song built on a loping melancholic melody with some fine playing from all involved. Bronsted is a singer/songwriter from Wisconsin who released his first album, This Bed Of Mine, … Continue reading
Sydney trio The High Ceilings have released a new single, the precursor to a full length album they’ve been working on, with the majority recorded in a community hall on the South Coast of NSW. ‘Poppy Won’ has a wonderful blend of the slacker delivery of Dylan, the weary, ragged strum and melancholic vibe of Neil … Continue reading
Liam Gerner has settled back into Melbourne after ten years based overseas and amid near-constant touring he’s recorded a new album with his band (The Sunset Pushers) that includes Shane Reilly from Lost Ragas. The self-titled LP (due out in Feb 2016) was recorded in three days in both Melbourne by Roger Bergodaz and in the USA at … Continue reading
Here’s a fantastic looking project out of Melbourne that is set for release on November 22nd. Warm Evenings, Pale Mornings is masterminded by Fraser Montgomery at The Aviary Recording Studio and Creative Hub. He’s brought together a bunch of fine musicians and songwriters to record the album straight to 2″ tape, with each artist covering another … Continue reading
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
Kentucky’s Jeremy Pinnell has a new album called OH/KY coming out on July 24th via Sofaburn Records and if it sounds half as sweetly sad and honky tonk flavoured as this track then it’s going to be a good one. Press Release Jeremy Pinnell, Northern Kentucky’s son from across the river, is a soft-spoken man, … Continue reading
Jason Isbell has huge expectations on his shoulders ahead of the release of the follow-up to his critically acclaimed Southeastern album. On the evidence of this first song to emerge from Something More Than Free he’s continued his great songwriting and lyrical deftness. Continue reading
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