Du Blonde has unveiled the latest track to be taken from her forthcoming album, Welcome Back To Milk, out on 19th May. Mind Is On My Mind (also featuring Samuel T Herring of Future Islands) is the second brilliant taste of Beth Jeans Houghton ripping it up and starting again. Call it what you will – evolution or revolution – as she strips everything back in one massive release … Continue reading Du Blonde – Mind Is On My Mind
MM faves, Manchester four-piece PINS have released their latest 7″ Too Little Too Late on Bella Union. They’ve shared its b-side, a cover of Misfits’ Hybrid Moments, complete with some typical PINS style choir girl harmonies and all in 90 seconds… Have a listen – its a cracker. . Continue reading PINS cover the Misfits
Heaters are a Grand Rapids-based trio peddling a highly addictive line of psych-meets-surf-rock. Latest single will be Mean Green backed with Levitate Thigh and it is released as a 7″ for Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records (pre-order here). Stream yourself some sonic mayhem below… . Continue reading Heaters – Mean Green
New York City’s Wilful Boys are old-school from the start, as mainman and singer Steven Fisher isn’t out front of the band, prancing and preening. The man is behind the drumkit, his heavy-as-a-sack-of-bricks pounding driving these relentless songs forward with a bruising, methodical force. Their debut 7″ release kicks off with the mid-tempo assault and beer-guzzling chunks of riff of Anybody There? On the reverse is Flat Out, … Continue reading The Wilful Boys – Anybody There? 7″
Eskimeaux is the recording project of songwriter and producer Gabrielle Smith. Smith started using the moniker in 2007, releasing experimental and noise albums through 2010, and developing the sound over the years into the realm of more structured songwriting as is evident in her new album, O.K. I Admit I’m Scared is the second single of poetic bedroom indie from the record and it is a … Continue reading MM Shorts 686: Eskimeaux
LA’s Gateway Drugs rather intriguingly comprise of three siblings (all children of the Knack’s Prescott Niles) and another non-family musician. Rather than giving us an updated My Sharona, instead the band delivers dark, heavy rock that borders on noisy and psychedelic with obvious reference points being the Jesus & Mary Chain, Sonic Youth and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Try the fuzzy melodies and swirling guitars of Fridays Are … Continue reading Introducing >>> Gateway Drugs
Canterbury based fuzzed-up rockers Broken Hands have unveiled the brand new video for their single Death Grip. It is a disorientating clip which combines the band’s fascination with aviation, with a dark and mysterious edge. Watch the first instalment of a three part narrative below. The single is released on the 6th April via So Recordings but for a limited time is available for free download the band’s … Continue reading New Video: Broken Hands – Death Grip
Michael Dean Damron, former frontman of I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, will release his new solo album When The Darkness Come on the 24th May. It is beautifully lonely, moving between quiet acoustic contemplation to a more progressive and punk feel, all driven by Damron’s distinctive growl. Our favourite (just) is the haunting Simmer in the Pot, an acoustic piece with wonderful lyrics that features a suitably creepy … Continue reading Michael Dean Damron – When the Darkness Come
The Stick Figures are Brazilian duo Rodrigo Freire and Fabricio von Finck. New seven track EP Dusk is due for release in April/May and is a fine mix of classic Pixies style indie rock, Bowie-era electronics and even a hint of 80s new wave pop. Have a listen to the darkly brooding Mr Je Ne Sais Quoi here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 685: Stick Figures
Föllakzoid’s pulsating psych-grooves are heavily informed by the heritage of the ancient music of South America’s Andes Mountains, techno and trance. This eye-opening, freaked out video that was shot during an occultist happening in The Municipal Theatre of Santiago is for their epic twelve minute track Electric, which comes from new album III, out this coming week via Sacred Bones. Order via Amazon.com here or in the UK order … Continue reading Video: Föllakzoid – Electric
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