The Sex Rays deal in sweaty, adrenalin fuelled garage rock. New single She Thing is a tight, sci-fi radio rock ‘n’ roll anthem channeling the band’s lusty garage rock roots, and then driving said roots through the roof. The B-side is the brilliantly named He’s Trying To Work It Out With His Girlfriend, And Then The LSD Kicks In showcases the band’s fondness of devolving into a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Sex Rays
Amen Dunes will release a new EP on January 20th. Cowboy Worship features expanded editions of four tracks from Love, a new version of Lezzy Head from 2011’s Through Donkey Jaw, and a stunning cover of This Mortal Coil’s rendition of Song to the Siren played as a duet with virtuoso guitarist Ben Greenberg (aka Hubble & alumni member of The Men). Sound good? Od … Continue reading Amen Dunes New EP & Song To The Siren Cover
Here is another track from banjo wielding duo The Lowest Pair’s sophomore LP, The Sacred Heart Sessions. Howl is a slow, beguiling ramble through the late night conversations of wolves and is simply gorgeous. . Continue reading The Lowest Pair – Howl
The Crookes are maintaining their fine tradition of Christmas carousing by rush releasing a brand new yuledite anthem, You’re Just Like Christmas, on Fierce Panda. Fittingly, as this comes not but a week after the release of their Howl single, You’re Just Like Christmas starts with a howl and a yowl and a great big blockbusting riff before skidding across the indieglam ice with a … Continue reading Festive Post No 3: The Crookes
Stomping good time alt-folkies Ringlefinch have just released their first Christmas single, Ringle All The Way, a sort of “hot alt-folk meets Eastern-European jazz” take on a traditional Christmas tune. It is a tale of hopes, symbols, and one girl’s dream of a traditional Christmas in a modern world… and there’s even a squirrel playing the trumpet in the video. . . Continue reading Festive Post No 2: Ringlefinch
Here are our selections of new tunes from this week that you really ought to have heard by now. 1. Sleater-Kinney – Surface Envy 2. The Soft Moon – Black 3. Elephant Micah – Slow Time Vultures 4. Strand of Oaks – Alex Chilton (Replacements cover) 5. The Dodos – Goodbyes And Endings . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is the new warped video from The Ukiah Drag for Drip From The Fang coming from their recent, critically acclaimed and thoroughly unsettling debut LP In The Reaper’s Quarters. . Continue reading New Video: Ukiah Drag – Drip From The Fang
For a little while now our in-box has started to fill up with festive tunes, Christmas covers and other seasonally themed songs, and given that we are in December and WordPress have turned on the snowflakes again it seems appropriate to start posting some of the better ones. So let us begin with all-girl doom-pop rockers The Courtesans and their cover of Frankie Goes To … Continue reading Festive Post No 1: The Courtesans Cover Frankie…
Tragically it has been announced that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed away aged just 37. His record label Warp said, “We are shocked and saddened to share the news that Nick Talbot aka Gravenhurst has passed away aged 37. An immensely talented singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and journalist, he will be hugely missed. Nick’s family and friends request privacy at this difficult time.” Chris T … Continue reading RIP Nick Talbot AKA Gravenhurst
Fuzz Club Records have announced the next issue of their Split Single Series, a regular release of 10” vinyl limited edition, featuring exclusive tracks from some of MM’s favourite artists. This latest one is no different, following on from Alan Vega of Suicide and The Vacant Lots, the next issue will feature The Black Angels and Sonic Jesus. The former offer up the nearly nine minute epic … Continue reading The Black Angels & Sonic Jesus – Split Single
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