The duo of Jack Cooper(Mazes) & James Hoare (Veronica Falls) are Ultimate Painting. Having already posted excellent two tracks from their self-titled debut album, we now have the title track from said record to share with you. It is perfectly described as “a woozy & deliberate tune whose simple melody is complimented by two intertwining guitar lines that ride off into the sunset.” Chase it down here. . Continue reading More From Ultimate Painting
St. Tropez are a new garage-punk band from Amsterdam. They’ve just finished recording some songs in a former gay sauna by the canals of Amsterdam. This is I Don’t Wanna Fall In Love. . Continue reading MM Shorts 636: St. Tropez
Love Buzzard have merged their excellent garage/psych stomper Give it Some Range with Dalston illustrator Russell Taysom to produce what could be this year’s best animated spectacular… Watch it below. Then stream Passion and then pre-order their debut EP here. . . Continue reading New Video: Love Buzzard – Give It Some Range
We love Angel Olsen’s Burn Your Fire For No Witness release from early in the year, and now one of our favourite tracks from it, Unfucktheworld has been covered by lo-fi, ‘nightmare pop’ duo Bent Denim. Well worth a listen. . Continue reading Bent Denim Cover Angel Olsen
Here is the official video for the Decemberists’ new track Make You Better. They say, “filmed on location in a 1977 Berlin backlot, the video has your humble Decemberists performing on the time-honored Old Blue Rock Palace Show.” . Continue reading New Video: The Decemberists – Make You Better
Bloodlet is the first single from Munroe’s debut EP, set for release in February on Hidden Pony. It is a chilling folk-noir ballad steeped in Southern Gothic creepiness…listen to the most hypnotic, disconcerting, and compelling two minutes you’ll spend all day. Right up MM’s street. Stream/download it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 635: Munroe – Bloodlet
MM’s very own Chris T Popper packed his rucksack and his slightly worse for wear sleeping bag to head off to Amsterdam last weekend to catch his new favourite band The Sleaford Mods… When I saw that The Sleaford Mods were playing a gig in Amsterdam it was a done deal. I booked the flight and landed at Schiphol airport with time to spare. Luckily … Continue reading Live Review: The Sleaford Mods (Melkwig, Amsterdam)
Ruby Fray is the moniker of Austin-via-Olympia songwriter Emily Beanblossom, who released her sophomore album Grackle this fall on K Records. Dubbed “psychedelic witch wave,” her sound is dark & dissonant, with haunting vocals that have been likened to Nancy Sinatra, Lana Del Rey, Hope Sandoval and PJ Harvey. Watch the chilling video for Barbara… . . Continue reading New Video: Ruby Fray – Barbara
Lola is the latest track to be shared from Alex Calder’s upcoming debut album Strange Dreams (out via Captured Tracks on the 20th January). Artfully pitched somewhere between indie jangle and drowsy, hazy psych-pop, Lola offers a dark enchantment all of its own, like reaching for the stars whilst wading through the silt at the bottom of a pond. Watch/stream it here. . Continue reading Alex Calder – Lola
Soulful, folk troubadour Nathaniel Rateliff will release a new six-track EP in January titled Closer. Have a listen to the title track that is a perfectly judged exercise in sparsely beautiful, yet genuinely emotive, songwriting that uses the seasons as a metaphor for the ups and downs of a relationship. . Continue reading New EP From Nathaniel Rateliff
The Mad Mackerel 