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New Monnone Alone video: Stay Foggy

Video: Monnone Alone – “Stay Foggy” Directed by Lehmann B. Smith. From Stay Foggy, out now on Lost and Lonesome. Mark Monnone recorded Stay Foggy all by himself on his cassette 8-track during lockdown in 2020. And now the groovy title track has video featuring our bearded hero riding around Melbourne on a cloud. I like the fact that Monnone looks like a Pacific Ocean Blue-era Dennis Wilson these…

AllMusic Staff Pick: Last Leaves  Other Towns Than Ours

Rollicking, heartfelt, and surprisingly noisy indie pop debut from ex-members of the Lucksmiths that relies on a tough two guitar attack and a batch of top notch melancholy pop tunes.

New Monnone Alone: Feel It Disappearing

Video: Monnone Alone – “Feel It Disappearing” Directed by Simon Fazio. From Stay Foggy, out July 16 on Lost And Lonesome. Single out now. I’m sure the Lucksmiths cast a long shadow over the former members of the beloved group. Luckies bassist Mark Monnone has ventured out on his own, as Monnone Alone, as well as with briefly hooking up with a couple former bandmates in 2017’s Last Leaves…

New Lucksmiths video: Camera-Shy

Video: Lucksmiths – “Camera-Shy”

From Naturaliste (2003), out now on vinyl by Lost And Lonesome.

Boy I miss this band. The Lucksmiths were so good. Naturaliste was originally released in 2003 on Candle Records in Australia (and on Drive-In Records out of good old Grand Rapids, Michigan, in the States).

Now after a successful…

New Monnone Alone video: Cut Knuckle

Video: Monnone Alone – “Cut Knuckle”

Directed by Lehmann B. Smith. From Summer of the Mosquito, out in 2019 on Lost and Lonesome.

Mark Monnone has been releasing stuff as Monnone Alone since his former band the Lucksmiths broke up. Last year he collaborated with a couple former Luckies as Last Leaves, but now it looks like he’s…