Melbourne band Eaten By Dogs released their self-titled debut album via Black Hats Rackets a few weeks ago and yesterday they posted the clip for its second single ‘Fallen Not Broken’. I like what I hear in this track and also the first single ‘If it Ain’t Killing You, it’s Sure Killing Me’ which you can … Continue reading
![VIDEO: Darren Cross ~ Wild and Free [Premiere]](https://posttowire.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1609743_475643009204757_7143398872796271318_n.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "VIDEO: Darren Cross ~ Wild and Free [Premiere]")
Ahead of Darren Cross’ EP release show tomorrow night at Django Bar in Marrickville, Sydney we are excited to have the new clip for the EP’s second single ‘Wild and Free’. It’s our personal favourite from the No Damage EP, released earlier this week, drifting along on a melancholic streak with some great lines about … Continue reading
Los Angeles-based Mia Dyson recently released the excellent LP Idyllwild featuring the first single and candidate for song of the year ‘When We’re Older‘. Now she’s released a video for the title track and announced she’ll be heading back to Australia for a run of dates this October. Wednesday, October 1: Live at Lizottes (solo), … Continue reading
Kasey Chambers has released the first single from new album Bittersweet that comes out at the end of August. Below you can watch the black and white clip for ‘Wheelbarrow’, the upbeat and grittier than normal track for Chambers. Continue reading
My new discovery of the day is Mary Roth aka HT Heartache who has just released her new album Sundowner. This is what I terms country soul, laden with melancholic waltzes, hazy shimmering guitars and reverb-laden shuffling drums as the backdrop for Roth’s late night sultry voice. Check out the clip for the single ‘Cowboy Poetry’ … Continue reading
After his appearances at the Sydney Festival and elsewhere earlier this year, John Murry is heading back to Australia to record his next album in the Dandenong Ranges in Victoria with Australian producer Mark Stanley and Irish producer Karl Odlum (Kila, Glen Hansard & The Frames, Lisa O’Neill). While he is here he will also … Continue reading
Liam Gerner has just released a new single from his 2013 album Land Of No Roads. ‘Hank and Tammy’, the true story of two struggling retirees who transported methamphetamine in their mobile home for Mexican cartels before being arrested in Texas and sentenced to twenty years behind bars for their troubles. Gerner is hitting the road to promote the single from … Continue reading
Darren Cross released one of our favourite singles in ‘Slings and Arrows’ recently and now a new six-track EP called No Damage is due out next month. To celebrate Cross is playing launch shows, proudly presented by Post To Wire, in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. No Damage will be released on Wednesday August 6th in … Continue reading
Here’s the simple yet very effective video clip for ‘The Promise’, my favourite track on Sturgill Simpson’s Metamodern Sounds in Country Music which made our top 20 list of albums released in the first half on 2014. Continue reading
Mia Dyson has a brand new album called Idyllwild out now. Here’s the clip for the first single ‘When We’re Older’ and it’s an excellent song built on a beautiful sentiment, rough and raw guitars with one of those heart-tugging vocal performances. Emotive and catchy as hell. http://rd.io/x/QUN9AiIb81Y/ Continue reading
Here’s the recently released clip for ‘I Know It’s Wrong (But That’s Alright)’ from Hurray For The Riff Raff’s excellent 2014 album Small Town Heroes. Continue reading
The last few years has seen Little Bastard gain a reputation as one hell of a live band, the septet causing raucous, drunken partying with their punk-spirited folk and bluegrass. Now they’ve finally stepped off the road to try and bottle some of that stage magic on their debut album. The good news is … Continue reading
Sydney-based US singer/songwriter Jenny Queen recently released her new LP Small Town Misfits which we summarised in our review as “A very good album that proves how catchy melodies and astute, substantive songwriting can successfully coexist.” Queen was kind enough to answer our Six Strings Q&A and give us an insight into her musical world. … Continue reading
Taken from his Black Coffee album which won a Golden Guitar award at Tamworth this year, here’s Lachlan Bryan’s brand new clip for the track ‘You, Me and The Blues’, complete with swords, Elvis and a Tarantino-esque babe. Bryan is playing a bunch of shows with Dan Waters and The Weeping Willows under the banner Follow … Continue reading
Folk music comes in many styles and levels of intensity from brisk strumming and foot stomping to plaintiff torch song but it’s alway at its best when stripped back to its essence – words and accompanying raw instrumentation. On her debut album Lyttleton’s Aldous Harding (Hannah Harding) has a direct line to the heart and … Continue reading
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