Des Ark just finished up their third full length, Everything Dies, it is scheduled to be released October 6th on Graveface Records. The first taste comes with Ties, a brilliant amalgamation of vulnerability and spitting cobra vitriol. “I wish I didn’t give a fuck about the ties that bind…” . Continue reading MM Shorts 743: Des Ark
Members of North of America, Holy Fuck, and Long Weekends have formed Cryptorips, and their debut offering is two songs available as a pay what you want deal here. Want convincing? Have a listen to Glenwood G.G, which wields frenetic guitars, ganky basslines, and urgent trade-off vocals. . Continue reading MM Shorts 742: Cryptorips
Boom-chicka drums and bouncing country bass are interrupted by Beatles/Byrds inspired psychedelia in the first single Darkest Hour, from Cactus Flower’s (aka Jessica Lewis) forthcoming debut album Magic Hour. Lewis has been performing and touring for 10 years as a member and collaborator with a wide range of notable groups, including Brent Randall and His Pinecones, Hymm, Dark For Dark, and Wet Denim; now, with Magic Hour, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Cactus Flower
We get sent lots of videos and having been idly trawling through the backlog of them today, here are a few that caught our eye (and ears). Dive in then to musical films from Piney Gir, Love Buzzard, Rat Columns, Andy Human & The Reptoids, The Harvey Steel Show, and Nai Harvest. . . . . . . Continue reading A Few Videos…
Following on from our post earlier today, here are the remaining songs from our selection of 15 new tunes from last week, worth some serious ear-time this weekend. 9. Jacuzzi Boys – Happy Damage 10. Wavves – Way Too Much 11. Adult Mom – Laying On My Floor 12. Little Wings – Live To Tell (Madonna cover) 13. Promised Land Sound – She Takes Me … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part Two)
Despite it being the summer months, the quality and quantity of new releases coming our way shows no signs of slowing – quite the opposite in fact. Here then is part one of our round up of fifteen picks from the past seven days. 1. Mac DeMarco – I’ve Been Waiting For Her 2. Lowest Pair – Shortning Bread 3. Rayland Baxter – Mr. Rodriguez … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part One)
Our introduction to Chris Staples came via Dark Side Of The Moon (not a cover of the Pink Floyd classic, but instead an interpretation of it). It was a standout track from his excellent album from last year, American Soft, which in turn has become a long established fave here at MM Towers. He has now followed this up with a brand new EP on Barsuk Records … Continue reading Chris Staples – Cheap Shades EP
Moonbeam is the second single from Jackson Boone’s forthcoming album Natural Changes, which is due out in September. Immerse yourself in a woozy haze of shimmering psych-folk that is equal parts alluring and disorientating. Masterful stuff. Stream / download it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 741: Jackson Boone
The Deslondes have shared their New Orleans – one filled with rowdy honky-tonks, two-stepping, backyard campfire sing-alongs and Big Easy vibes – in their new video, The Real Deal, which comes from the band’s excellent self-titled debut album. In the film, which brings to mind The Beatle’s A Hard Days Night and The Monkees classic TV show, various band members get kicked out of the … Continue reading New Video: The Deslondes – The Real Deal
This October the marvellous Protomartyr will release their third album, The Agent Intellect. Over the course of several months, guitarist Greg Ahee waded through more than a hundred song fragments turning them into a mix of charred pop, titanic churn and singular visceral melodies. They have shared the first single off the album, Why Does It Shake?, which they describe as “a back-handed ode to humanity’s … Continue reading Protomartyr Announce New Album
The Mad Mackerel 