Monk Parker & The Low-Lows, Blood Tub Orchestra

Mangham 'Monk' Parker and his great live Texan band (that includes members of Okkervil River and Polyphonic Spree) serves up an alt-americana so sedating in its pace, that you might actually live a few years longer when you finally come back around from the time-slip it puts you in.

Very much one for fans of Phosphorescent, Castanets and Willie Nelson, Monk's debut album 'How the Spark Loves the Tinder' is is out on Bronze Rat Records (the UK home of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and the label that brought you Seasick Steve).