You may know The Promise for being 80s Manchester band, When In Rome’s lone US hit single (though it didn’t dent the top 40 in the UK). On Sturgill Simpson’s excellent new album, Metamodern Sounds In Country Music, the Kentucky born singer takes the song apart and puts it back together in a distinctly non-New Wave type way, making you believe that this is the way it was … Continue reading New Video: Sturgill Simpson – The Promise
Brooklyn quintet and MM regulars, Tyburn Saints have become known for their haunting, maudlin rock, and will be releasing a new EP With The Night In Our Eyes on July 15. The title track is about as upbeat as the band get, and you can stream it below. . Continue reading New EP from Tyburn Saints
Most Ghouls Agree is the second track from Truthers’ upcoming 7″ single – to be released on July 8th. Truthers have become known for their 50s and 60s style of shoegaze pop music laden with staccato guitar riffs and breezy, sing-along falsetto hooks – typically strung together in ominous discord. The new single begins with a simple, airy, and open feel that quickly fills out … Continue reading MM Shorts 579: Truthers
Got A Girl have just revealed the whimsical video to Did We Live Too Fast – the duo play a married couple exploring comedically unconventional sexual kinks in an effort to spice up their relationship. Born of – but not limited to – their ardour for the gauche French pop of the 1960s, Got A Girl are at turns pillowy and demure, sharp and seductive, with a … Continue reading New Video: Got A Girl – Did We Live Too Fast
The Growlers took the phrase “Beach Goth” as an apt descriptor of their music. Sunburned and salty, that term perfectly describes their distinctive melding of reverb heavy surf guitar and Bakersfield-style honky tonk with ‘80s post-punk. This is especially true of Chinese Fountain, the band’s fifth full-length set to be released on September 23rd via Everloving Records. Eleven songs that finely hone their gypsy folk dirges and … Continue reading New Growlers Album
Here is another excellent track from Hyde & Beast. Keep Moving is the title track from their forthcoming second album, which can be pre-ordered from iTunes here. The glam rock influences remain to the fore, but the vocals sound like they come straight out of Laurel Canyon circa 1970 – it is a beguiling mix of styles! . Continue reading More From Hyde & Beast
Some tasty new videos for some tasty tunes. Check out Joyce Manor, Climbing Boys, Haley Bonar, Dim Peaks and Juan Wauters. Lay back and float downsteam. . . . . . . Continue reading New Videos: Joyce Manor || Climbing Boys || Haley Bonar || Dim Peaks || Juan Wauters
The marvellous Owsley Brothers are back with a free download of Flash In The Pan, taken from their forthcoming album TOB, which is the follow up to 2012’s excellent Cobalt. For lovers of heavy garage-blues infused with a healthy dose of experimental psych rock… Listen below and grab it via Bandcamp. . Continue reading The Owsley Brothers – Flash In The Pan
Brooklyn-based fuzzcore rockers, Mount Sharp, have shared their new single Icarus taken from their forthcoming six track EP, Weird Fears, which drops this August via YK Records. First impressions are of a classic indie track of melody and distortion, but one that takes the summery feel and infects it with an eerie tinge that tips it over into territory that is delightfully uneasy. Perhaps the most discombobulating song … Continue reading Mount Sharp – Icarus
The somewhat strangely monikered The Hawks (Of Holy Rosary) trade power pop anthems with punk swagger and attitude to create a fizzing, high energy concoction that is impossible to not be swept up in. Check out the exuberant Snakes And Hawks from upcoming long-player, What Team Am I On? Pre-order the album here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 578: The Hawks (Of Holy Rosary)
The Mad Mackerel 