At first, the new single, Kahuna, by We The Dead sounds like a very good addition to the canon of distorted, garage inspired rock. Although it kicks off in a traditional manner – as a reverb riddled, fuzzed up gem of driving guitars, it is the nicely judged melodic interludes that effectively change the pace and feel of the track and sets it even further apart … Continue reading Introducing >>> We The Dead
Lewis Watson, Frank Hamilton and Shannon Saunders | O2 Academy, Oxford | 20 June 2013 [Review: Big Sair] The show must go on … Hot, Thursday and Oxford … Lewis Watson’s fans had started queuing well before doors opened, and were clearly hyped before climbing the stairs to the unrelentingly hot and sticky room, which is the O2 Academy. Accompanied by my very own 15-year old, … Continue reading Live Review: Lewis Watson
Our choice of videos today come from the garage punk of Broncho with Psychiatrist and a suitably intense film for John Murry’s brilliant track Southern Sky directed by legendary cult filmmaker John Michael McCarthy. Then we have the video for the re-recorded version of Peter Bruntnell’s gorgeous track Played Out featuring Rumer, and taken from his forthcoming Retrospective album via Loose Music. Finally, we have Canadian folksters The … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Broncho || John Murry || Peter Bruntnell || Great Lake Swimmers
We featured the visceral blues-punk of London four-piece Burning Condors in a Video of the Day post back in February. Their latest single is, if anything, even better – the salacious, sleazier ‘n hell, bump ‘n’ grind of Dirty Girl Blues backed by the twisted Beach Boys inspired What Your Mama Said. Watch the video and listen to the a-side below. It is out on the 15th … Continue reading MM Shorts 397: More From Burning Condors
Warning Signs is the new five track EP from Utah’s five-piece The Mighty Sequoyah. Mixing folk, surf pop, 60s soul-style harmonies and a little bit of doo-wop, it is a sweetly reverential nod to more innocent times, of cruising boardwalks, drive-in movies, roadside diners and soda fountains and they carry it off brilliantly. Listen to the evocative I Won’t Be There and buy the whole EP here. … Continue reading New EP From The Mighty Sequoyah
Sons Of Hippies was conceived high in the mountains of Tennessee amid fellow music lovers at a festival on a 700-acre farm. Their name originated when Brazilian native Jonas Canales and Florida-bred Katherine Kelly probed familial bonds to discover they were, indeed, children of hippy parents. The duo’s mix of dreamy, melodic psychedelia and shoegaze struck a chord with audiences and their second album, Griffons At … Continue reading New Album & Free EP From Sons Of Hippies
For each release in the LAMC split 7” series, Famous Class asks one of their favorite bands to provide them with a previously unreleased track for the A-side and also asks them to pick their favourite up and coming artist to provide a track for the B-side. The ninth release in the series features Lower Dens on the A-side with Non Grata, and Horse Lords … Continue reading MM Shorts 396: Horse Lords
We discovered this on one of the recent free Uncut cover disks and it has gone on to become an absolute fave of the youngest mackerel Sprat. It will also be making its debut tonight on Barry-Sean’s weekly dominoes playlist for his regular match with Americana loving, wonderfully bewhiskered Big Dave Floyd (8-7 to Barry-Sean at the moment if you’re interested). American Ride is simply … Continue reading Willie Nile’s American Ride
Wooden Wand’s Blood Oaths Of The New Blues is firmly cemented in place as one of our albums of the year – a reflective, mysterious collection of smoky Americana that is as thought provoking, illuminating and imaginative as anything you are likely to hear. Fire Records are streaming another track from it, (yet) another of our favourites, Supermoon (The Sounding Line) tells the tale of … Continue reading Wooden Wand – Supermoon (The Sounding Line)
Lilacs & Champagne, the project of Grails’ Emil Amos and Alex Hall, is built on warped samples and scorched guitar solos, creating a playful, psychedelic take on damaged funk and pop. Made up of sounds sourced from Scandinavian porn and hyper-obscure b-movies from the late ’60s, new album Danish & Blue was created to be a direct tribute to the musical outsiders of the past. … Continue reading MM Shorts 395: Lilacs & Champagne
The Mad Mackerel 