It seems to us that The Blood Arm are one of those bands who simply never quite get the kudos and appreciation that they deserve. The most cursory listen to their back catalogue reveals some real gems of glam inspired indie, art-rock cool and new wave swagger. Heck they even followed Bowie’s and Iggy’s footsteps and decamped to Berlin for a while. Hopefully that may … Continue reading New Album From The Blood Arm
Following a series of excellent singles, EPs and digital releases, long time MM faves Gaoler’s Daughter will finally release their long awaited fan-funded debut album How To Make Time on the 26th August. As you might expect it combines voyeuristic vocals, reverb-washed guitars and driving rhythms, resulting in an album that subtly acknowledges the band’s influences from Can to Sonic Youth. The first taste comes … Continue reading Gaoler’s Daughter To Release Debut Album – How To Make Time
Videos to start the week from the acoustic Americana of the places in peril initiative of T. Hardy Morris to the weird party freaks of Fist City’s Boring Kids, and the visual gymnastics of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros film for Better Days. Lastly we have the speed and fury of Radkey perfectly captured in this performance of Cat & Mouse. . . . … Continue reading Videos of the Day: T. Hardy Morris || Fist City || Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros || Radkey
London’s Annie Eve has brought out her debut self-titled EP on Young & Lost Club. Delicately and respectfully blending the mystical magic of Bon Iver with a raw sensibility, Annie Eve pours sugar and bitter spice into her angelic compositions with disturbing ease and sincerity. Throw in her unusual grasp of language and awkward perspective, which bleed into her lyrics and fuels an enchanting and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Annie Eve
Singer-songwriter Argy Rakis has a rasping, deep vocal that sits comfortably atop the percussive chug of his track Let It Go. Then, about three and a bit minutes in, the guitars cut loose, and the Dirty Band of Mexicans duel their way to an impressive coda as Rakis intones “but I’m living like an animal“. Let It Go is the first single to be taken from his … Continue reading Introducing >>> Argy Rakis
Over Nights are a new band hailing from Brooklyn, NY. They have just released a single Broken Cabins from their upcoming debut; The Broken EP, which we’ll wager is as sweetly melodic slice of banjo led, backporch Americana as you’ll hear this weekend. Put us to the test – have a listen. Get it on a pay-what-you-want deal at their Bandcamp page here. Continue reading MM Shorts 392: Over Nights
Viewed the press release about new ‘hotly tipped trio’ Sisters and their debut single Clearhead with some scepticism. “Dreamgrunge” – pah! We were wrong. Totally wrong. This one more than lives up to the hype. A wonderfully fuzzy, breezy up-tempo summer jam that proves (when it is done well) that there is still a place for classic indie-pop made up of jangly guitars, sweet harmonies and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sisters
Kickstart your weekend with a sleazy, adrenalin fuelled shot of The Floors, who are releasing a new single of bluesy, sonic mayhem, Built From Bones, on limited 7” vinyl. The b-side is taken from last year’s debut album Dead Beat – the wonderful delta blues bump ‘n’ grind of Pick Up Your Bones. Naturally, with two songs mentioning bones, the tour to support this little gem is called…The Bones Tour. … Continue reading MM Shorts 391: The Floors
We have been long standing admirers of the sibling duo Brad and Jessica Lauretti who have released a couple of albums and toured pretty relentlessly as This Frontier Needs Heroes. They have a new album due in late August, Hooky benefits from the clever use of additional band members to bring an added dimension to their already sweetly rich harmonies. The taster track is the intriguingly … Continue reading New Album From This Frontier Needs Heroes
Videos this morning from Low for Plastic Cup (one of our favourite songs of the year so far), and from ‘slowcore’ to the sonic mayhem of Destruction Unit and their video for Sonic Pearl. We also have intelligent, sophisticated indie-pop from Big Scary and their video for Luck Now. Finally in Guanajuato, Mexico, nine girls bail out of two 4x4s and immediately start their freaky dancing … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Low || Destruction Unit || Big Scary || Hooded Fang
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