Back in 2007 Pretty Lightning formed. The German duo tick off a long list of influences – from 60s psych and delta blues through to krautrock and drone – and the end-product is a heady dose of raw, twisted psychedelic-blues recalling an utterly visceral, mind-blowing mix of Oh Sees, Wooden Shjips and early Black Keys. They already have two highly-praised LPs behind them and are … Continue reading MM Shorts 978: Pretty Lightning
Calexico – End Of The World With You No Age – Soft Collar Fad Jim White – Far Beyond The Spoken Word Father John Misty – Pure Country Hater – Blushing Django Django – Tic Tac Toe A. Savage – Ladies From Houston Surfing Magazines – One Of These Days Anna St. Louis – Fire The Deep Dark Woods – Deep Flooding Waters Miss World – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
A cutting observational slice of fervent grunged-up punk, Complex is a first taste of what’s to come from Slowcoaches on their yet-to-be-finished second album, which will be released at some point in 2018 via Leisure & District. The single will be available this side of the new year on screenprinted 7” vinyl, backed by a venomous cover of Fang’s The Money Will Roll Right In. Listen … Continue reading Slowcoaches – Complex
Brooklyn psych band Weird Owl release their new album, Bubblegum Brainwaves, tomorrow, the band’s sixth release in a decade, it explores themes of cognitive dissonance, darkness, and uncertainty and is highly informed by the current political climate. The band have shared Invisibility Cloak, which pairs catchy melodies with dark undertones to create a mysterious, otherworldly vibe. Stream it below. Continue reading Weird Owl – Invisibility Cloak
Four new videos from four of our favourite songwriters… Continue reading New Videos: Sufjan Stevens, Jen Cloher, Kevin Devine, Julien Baker
Mean Motor Scooter are a fuzzed up Fort Worth quartet of frazzled, psych-garage goodness firmly rooted in the Texas traditions of The Butthole Surfers, The Dicks, and Roky Erickson with a tab of Scratch Acid. Check out Sea Serpent from their debut album Hindu Flying Machine, which can be pre-ordered on coke-bottle translucent green 12″ vinyl here. Continue reading MM Shorts 977: Mean Motor Scooter
Stockholm-based Delsbo Beach Club are set to release their instantly charming debut single All The Way Home on Swedish label Rama Lama Records on the 11th October. With nods to the likes of Mac DeMarco, check out their fuzzy indie pop melodies, with hints of classic garage and surf rock below. Continue reading MM Shorts 976: Delsbo Beach Club
Blasting twin barrels of Americana noir and southern-gothic songwriting, India Ramey fires on all cylinders with her new long player, Snake Handler. Pentecostal churches, broken households, crooked family trees, forgotten pockets of the Deep South, and domestic violence all fill the album’s ten songs, whose autobiographical lyrics pull from Ramey’s experience as a young girl in rural Georgia. Her family home was a violent one, the … Continue reading India Ramey – Snake Handler
Just Like Me is the third offering from New York’s no wave/post punk trio The Fluids’ debut album No Kidding! that’s coming out on October 27th via Axis Mundi Records (vinyl pre-order). We have to say we missed the first two tracks but have been back to check them out following a couple of plays of this stormer. Having already drawn apt sonic comparisons to everyone … Continue reading MM Shorts 975: Fluids
Mountain Goats – Shirtless In Hamburg OCS – The Fool U.S. Girls – Mad As Hell Patsy – Tommy, Bobby, Johnny Gun Outfit – Landscape Painter Nots – Anxious Trend Evan Stephens Hall – Burnout (Green Day cover) Adults – MSN Silver Torches – Bartender SaveSave Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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