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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 9: The Growlers

The Growlers have shared their cover of Mud’s 1974 festive no. 1,  Lonely This Christmas, which was recorded durning their 2016 three night holiday run at The Wiltern in Los Angeles. It is deliberately performed in the style of Elvis Presley’s slower songs from his later career though, despite several incorrectly-labelled videos on YouTube, the band found out the King never recorded the song.   Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 9: The Growlers

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Metal, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Sufjan Stevens – Tonya Harding Jim White – Silver Threads Strand of Oaks – Passing Out Ty Segall – Every 1’s A Winner  (Hot Chocolate cover) Kal Marks – Loosed Windhand – Old Evil Long Neck – Mine/Yours Lionlimb – Maria                   Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Monograms – Sleep Cycle

Monograms began as the solo project of Brooklyn’s Ian Jacobs and has since grown into a four-piece band. We featured their track OK Promises back in April, and now they’ve shared new single Sleep Cycle, which finds them exploring new ground and experimenting with a heavier, darker sound. We’re liking it. You will too. Have a listen.   Continue reading Monograms – Sleep Cycle

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MM Shorts 988: Beach Riot

Brighton / London fuzzy four-piece Beach Riot share a mutual love for making a lot of pop fuelled noise – distorted haze compiled with big hooks and a distinctive raw energy that takes it’s influences from the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Cable, Sleater-Kinney and Pavement, their sound is brash and untamed. New single She’s A Hurricane has a lot going for it. Have a … Continue reading MM Shorts 988: Beach Riot

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It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 4: Marching Church

Danish outfit Marching Church have a Christmas carol unlike what you’d normally expect, but just the sort we like on MM. Frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt had this to say regarding the dark theme of the single: “Christmas On Earth” is a carol about parental kidnapping. Offering no background story to clarify the motives, we journey through the racing mind of a father in the midst of the disquieting … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 4: Marching Church

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