Hiss Golden Messenger

Mandolin Orange and Hiss Golden Messenger support new North Carolina fundraiser compilaton

July 31, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

If you were going to rank US states for their contribution to music over the years, North Carolina would be right up there and for fifty years, Carrboro’s live venue Cat’s Cradle has been at the […]

Hiss Golden Messenger “Terms Of Surrender” (Merge Records, 2019)

September 24, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

M. C. Taylor’s shape shifting collective, Hiss Golden Messenger, is very like a ship whose course is set by its captain’s moods and emotions. Pre release talk of Terms Of Surrender being, “Taylor’s journey through a […]

Hiss Golden Messenger announces UK dates

August 27, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

The eclectic Durham, North Carolina outfit Hiss Golden Messenger aka MC Taylor have announced details of a six-date UK tour in December. The announcement comes hot on the heels of the new song ‘Happy Birthday, Baby’ […]

Hiss Golden Messenger release new track from forthcoming album – Listen

August 15, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

North Carolina americana band Hiss Golden Messenger have released a new song called ‘Happy Birthday, Baby’ a month before the release of their forthcoming seventh studio album ‘Terms of Surrender’. Frontman M.C. Taylor told RS: “It’s […]

Americana acts cover David Berman songs in tribute – Watch

August 12, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

With thanks to BrooklynVegan for highlighting this – tributes are still coming in for David Berman who died last week (we now know sadly from suicide) and some artists have covered songs from Silver Jews over […]