We shared Void, the new single from Beaches, at the weekend in our regular round-up post and what a cracking tune it is – a sonic blast of motorik mayhem that we are loving. Now the Aussie quintet have shared an excellent new video for the song. Directed by Beaches’ own Ali McCann with help from filmmaker Joel Roche, it takes inspiration from Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 … Continue reading New Video: Beaches – Void
Mermaidens are a three-piece outfit from Wellington, New Zealand, who are defined by intricate and unique songwriting, and a hypnotic live synergy. Drawing inspiration from bands like Warpaint, Fugazi, Exploded View and Sleater-Kinney, Mermaidens’ sound offers a mesmerising dip into the realms of post-punk and psych where warm harmonies and dreamy, hypnotic lyrics, entwine with dark and moody riff-based melodies. Taken from the forthcoming album Perfect … Continue reading MM Shorts 961: Mermaidens
With Dream Dream Secret Colours continues to craft a sound that reaches far beyond the city limits of their hometown of Chicago, taking its musical cues from indie, pop, psychedelia, and garage rock, and offering listeners a myriad of melodies that make up the band’s signature sound. Check out Feed the Machine, which delivers a pounding vibe of bass with an attitude of 70s London and the … Continue reading New Album From Secret Colours
Falmouth based group Holiday Ghosts will release their debut LP on 22nd September. Originally started as the solo project of The Black Tambourines‘ Sam Stacpoole the project has since evolved into a group with Katja Rackin and Charlie Murphy joining as songwriters. In late 2016 the band released the Paranoia single as part of Art Is Hard Records’ Pin Pal Club series and so, alongside the debut LP announcement, … Continue reading MM Shorts 960: Holiday Ghosts
The marvellous Micah P. Hinson has shared new track Oh, Spaceman, taken from his new album Presents The Holy Strangers, out on Full Time Hobby on 8th September. He’ll also be playing a lot of dates in the UK and Ireland in the autumn. About the song, he says “It was the first song I wrote for my boy, Wiley Tex, after he was born, … Continue reading More From Micah P. Hinson & UK Tour
David Nance, Omaha veteran of warble and hiss, returns with Negative Boogie, his new concoction of chug, throb and greasy swagger. Amongst the tracks is this cracked, nerve shredding cover of Merle Haggard’s Silver Wings. Try it on for size… Continue reading MM Shorts 959: David Nance
Ian Felice – Kingdom Of Dreams Torres – Three Futures Together PANGEA – Money On It Oh Sees – Animated Violence Prism Tats – Brainwaves A. Savage – Winter In The South Protomartyr – A Private Understanding Beaches – Void Sloan Peterson – Rats Speedy Ortiz – Screen Gem DIIV – Cow (Sparklehorse cover) Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
An appropriate companion piece to our earlier BAIT post, Meatraffle blast out a rallying cry to the proletariat to throw off the chains of mediocre, mass produced music and get down to their sweet and chaotic sonic waves. Throwing out land shanties of burning bankers, friendly local drug dealers, enduring friendship and the Russian Revolution: psychedelic, socialist, utopian, death ragga, erroneous funk, trapdoor jazz, bastard … Continue reading More From Meatraffle
We’re big fans of the noisy, post-punk and mordant black humour of Southend-on-Sea duo BAIT. The excellently named Waspy is their latest release, a thunderous cacophony of industrial percussion and pummelling riffs. Marvellous stuff. Frighten your granny below… Continue reading BAIT – Waspy
Surfing Magazines, the new garage-rock group consisting of two thirds of The Wave Pictures and one half of Slow Club, have shared New Day – the second track to be taken from their self-titled debut album, due for release on Moshi Moshi on 1st September. They say “New Day is a super quick tune. I’m not totally sure what its about. There’s some Russian dolls in there, … Continue reading Surfing Magazines – New Day
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