We’re a bit late to the party this weekend with our round-up of the best of the new releases of the past seven days. No matter – consider it a nice late finish to Sunday or a nice new start to the new week. Courtney Barnett – Three Packs A Day Woods – Sun City Creeps Soft Fangs – Birthday Matthew And The Atlas – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This/Last Week
Featuring violin, drums, and fronted by identical twin sister songstresses on vocals, indie pop four piece The Tall Poppies’ new track Cat Got Your Tongue? is an upbeat blast of guitar pop inspired by a Jane Austen novel and a night out in London. Stream it below (we love the cover). Continue reading MM Shorts 808: The Tall Poppies
Kye Alfred Hillig is somewhat of a chameleon singer-songwriter, experimenting and adjusting his sound with every release and keeping his listeners on their toes. We were big fans of his last release, 2014’s The Buddhist, and on his fifth studio album he has been joined by multiple local musicians and has attempted to yet again put a sonic twist to his sometimes dark yet compelling narrative style. As … Continue reading New Album From Kye Alfred Hillig
Long standing MM faves Shearwater will return with a new album, Jet Plane and Oxbow later this month (out on the 22nd), and by all accounts it is their biggest and their loudest yet. Stream Only Child below. Remind yourself of Quiet Americans the excellent first taste from the album here. Catch them live: Feb. 17 – London – Islington Assembly Hall Feb. 18 – … Continue reading New Album From Shearwater
And so we reach the end of our marathon 100 songs posted every hour for the past four and one sixth days. We finish with the lovely pastoral folk sounds of trio Sonder Saloon who, after a month in a secluded cabin in the Utah mountains, were able to conjure up the sounds found in their debut EP. Their influences include Fleet Foxes, Wilco, Beach … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 100 – Sonder Saloon
Young Elk will release their debut single in the spring called Minor Keys. The lead track from it is Debts, a sombre rock tune with country leanings giving nods to David Bazan and Magnolia Electric Co. Distant, melodic, and at times, crushingly bleak you can stream/download it below. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 99 – Young Elk
Oklahoma City alternative noise rock band Sex Snobs new full length album is Pop Songs and Other Ways to Die. Listen to the distorted, dissonant gem that is Farewell To The Sun below, and get the album on a name-your-price deal from Bandcamp here. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 98 – Sex Snobs
The new album by Andrew Adkins, Glass Castles is a collection of thirteen new songs steeped in a varied mixture of Americana, blues, country with some shades of folk-rock. Unique melodies with compelling and provocative lyrics guide the listener in a soft yet edgy manner through stories of ghost towns, coal mines, self-doubt/self-worth, smokey bars and the precariously reckless side of love. Listen to the … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 97 – Andrew Adkins
Hey Bulldog are a three piece psychedelic blues rock band from Manchester and recently released their excellent single Under My Spell. Stream it here, a high octane, no holds barred psych-rocker that will strip the paint from the walls. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 96 – Hey Bulldog
Like a back country crossroad, the songs of singer-songwriter D.L. Marble are a rich tapestry that is American story telling at its best. Raised by a single mom while his dad spent decades in a Texas prison and looking for an escape from his situation at home and school, he picked up his first acoustic guitar and discovered his true calling. With influences like Robert Earl … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 95 – D.L. Marble
The Mad Mackerel 