RiP Greg Lake, who wrote one of the best Christmas songs ever. I wish you a hopeful Christmas I wish you a brave new year All anguish, pain and sadness Leave your heart and let your road be clear They said there’ll be snow at Christmas They said there’ll be peace on earth Hallelujah, Noel be it heaven or hell The Christmas we get we … Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… But RiP Greg Lake
Stanley Brinks – aka André Herman Düne – returns with the new double album Vieilles Canieques / Nouvelles Caniques, the follow up to 2016’s Record Store Day Release Turtle Dove. Once again he is joined by the Norwegian folk collective The Kaniks, this time stripped back to a two piece of fiddle and banjo, hence The Old Time Kaniks. This double album of modern day folk … Continue reading Stanley Brinks and The Old Time Kaniks – Monique
She & Him have shared the music video for their Everly Brothers-influenced rendition of Winter Wonderland, which also features vocals by Jenny Lewis. Watch the pug filled music video below… Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are She & Him
Antenna Man make music about dysfunctional love, weirdness, meaninglessness, hopefulness, and just about any other twisted little thing you could imagine. The Indianapolis quartet’s catchy, quirky songs feel like a defunct greatest hits skipping around through rock n roll, grunge, golden oldies, southern rock, bar blues, country and Americana. Imagine if you can the music George Jones might have dreamt about after spending an evening in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Antenna Man
Christmas In The Asylum by Big Top Heartbreak is a part fiction/part biographical tale. It explores, in a kitsch and darkly twisted way, the downs and the ups of a decadent and ultimately sordid existence… It comes from the album Deadbeat Ballads which can be bought from Bandcamp. Watch it here. Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are Big Top Heartbreak
Time for our latest selection of tasty musical films. Sit back and check out no less than ten new videos from TOY, Gazebos, Desert Planes, Howe Gelb, Chambers, OhBoy!, Einar Stray Orchestra, Underground Youth, The Orwells and Spectres. Continue reading Video Round Up
Our latest festive offering is from Elouise with their menacing ‘Blackgrass’ rendition of the holiday classic Silent Night. Listen below and click for a free download for the month of December! Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are Elouise
Longstanding MM faves, Hurray For The Riff Raff have announced details of their new album The Navigator. It will be released on March 10th via ATO Records and tells an interwoven, cinematic story of a wandering soul; a street kid named Navita traversing a perpetually burning city in search of herself. It also finds Alynda Segarra and her band at their own musical intersection, delving deep into … Continue reading Hurray For The Riff Raff Announce New Album
Hailing from sunny Edmonton, Canadian trio The Velveteins are a rock n’ roll band dealing in raucous, heavyweight guitar pop that takes its cues from surf-pop and garage rock as well as such luminaries as the Kinks, and the Libertines. New single is Don’t Yah Feel Better? and comes with a sweet guitar melody inspired by classic Indian influences. Well worth a listen. Stream it below. … Continue reading MM Shorts 902: The Velveteins
Our third festive offering comes from hardcore rocking stalwarts Melvins and their version of Carol Of The Bells, which is part of Amazon’s Indie for the Holidays playlist, released at the end of last month on Amazon Music. The band simply say, “the song has scared us since we were children, that’s why we wanted to do it.” Good enough for us! Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are The Melvins
The Mad Mackerel 