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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

MM Shorts 945: Breakfast Muff

From Glasgow’s fertile DIY punk scene come Breakfast Muff, a wonderfully uncompromising trio who are set to release their new album Eurgh! on 7 July via Amour Foo Records. Featuring songs about sexuality, feminism and feelings, Eurgh! ranges from soft to screechy in a cacophony of anxiety, celebration and creativity. Listen to R U A Feminist, which laments the use of feminism to mask violence and is well worth a spin. Stream it … Continue reading MM Shorts 945: Breakfast Muff

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The National – The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness Monks – I’m Watching You Chastity Belt – 5am This Is The Kit – Moonshine Freeze Elf Power – Watery Shreds Terror Watts – Time Bomb Milk – Lord, Don’t Take Me To Prison Neils Children – I Am Not Anchor                   Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Introducing >>> William The Conqueror

Hailing from the coast of Cornwall, William The Conqueror are an indie-Americana trio that channel classic blues and singer-songwriter influences through a grunge/indie filter drawing influences from bands and artists as diverse as The Doors, Ryan Adams and The Lemonheads. Debut album Proud Disturber Of The Peace is out via Loose on the 4th August and charges through ten raw tracks, asserting itself with opener In My … Continue reading Introducing >>> William The Conqueror

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EAT FAST – Immortal Kombat EP

Newcastle’s EAT FAST will release their second EP, Immortal Kombat, on 19 May via Brighton indie Cannibal Hymns. The title track from the record is out today and we’re liking it a lot. A rasping gut-punch of battering riffs and typically dagger-like lyricism. The track weighs up the pros and cons of lead singer Adam Pearson finding happiness in solitude – before being “chinned in a pub by an observer’s … Continue reading EAT FAST – Immortal Kombat EP

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New Album From Quiet Hollers

Quiet Hollers have announced a new album Amen Breaks, a record that draws parallels with the cultural crossovers and the anxieties of the 1970s, a decade marred by division, political corruption, and terrorism. Long standing MM faves (they delivered our second favourite tune of 2015), the band have expanded their shape-shifting palate to include vintage drum machines and samples. On Amen Breaks, Quiet Hollers raise questions … Continue reading New Album From Quiet Hollers

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Adeem the Artist – The Owl

Back in 2012 eclectic singer-songwriter Kyle Adem made the very upper echelons of our end-of-year best of lists with Brother Follow. Now he records as Adeem the Artist and his latest release is The Owl, a four track concept album about a doomed couple who find meaning in the Dead Kennedy’s, I Am The Owl as their chosen mythos. Sitting somewhere between Conor Oberst and the Mountain … Continue reading Adeem the Artist – The Owl

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Big Thief – Shark Smile

Here is the gorgeous Shark Smile, the  second song from the new Big Thief album, Capacity – out June 9th on Saddle Creek. It is an airy, meandering number with a hint of Sharon Van Etten about it that tells the story of two lovers involved in a car accident, one of whom lives while the other dies, related from the perspective of the survivor. It … Continue reading Big Thief – Shark Smile

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Strange Cages

With their frenetic, snotty, psych-surf rock ‘n’ roll sound in the vein of Ty Segall or The Cramps, Brighton’s Strange Cages have made big strides in their short existence. We featured them back in 2015, and now the trio are now set to release a new 6-track EP The Cracks on Vallence Records this June. First track to surface is Leader Of A Cult combining elements of krautrock and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Strange Cages

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Alternative, Folk, Gothic, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Shorts 944: Quicksilver Daydream

Quicksilver Daydream is the gothic folk alias of singer-songwriter Adam Lytle. Already known for his work with Wild Leaves, his new project presents a pure distillation of his DIY ethic and his message of standing up for who you are and what you believe in. The result is Echoing Halls, ten songs of longing draped in the murky arrangements of Mellotron strings, fuzz guitars and … Continue reading MM Shorts 944: Quicksilver Daydream

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Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Offa Rex – The Queen of Hearts Lydia Loveless – Desire The Deslondes – Muddy Water Black Lips – Occidental Front Hunx & His Punx – Baby Of The Band Left Lane Cruiser – The Point Is Over Flowing The Geraldine Fibbers – Thank You For Giving Me Life                 Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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