Heyrocco are a South Carolina-bred trio known for dark, nostalgic pop tunes. Reminiscent of bands such as The Cure, Nada Surf, and Mudhoney spiked with an experimental blend of Broken Social Scene meets On A Friday, check out debut single Virgin below. . Continue reading Introducing >>> Heyrocco
Watch the video for Purple’s riotous single Wallflower – a joyously uplifting song that flips the usual script and sees a girl ardently – some might say aggressively – pursuing an admirer through the upended bottles, overflowing ashtrays and tangled limbs of a party: “I’m a girl – you’re supposed to be chasing me!” . Continue reading Video: Purple – Wallflower
Toronto’s Mexican Slang will release their official debut EP Inside The Velvet Castle on July 15th via Buzz Records. A thrilling blast of psych rock and garage punk, that recalls the best of Fugazi to vintage Cramps, it is all twisted together within infectious melodies that are equal parts rough and deceivingly sweet. Lead by Annabelle Lee, the EP is a reflection of her time committed to a psychiatric … Continue reading Mexican Slang – Blisters
Last year’s single I Collapse by Eula found much favour here at MM, grabbing a place in our favourite tracks of the year, and on first listen, latest 7″ release Orderly is destined to do the same. It is a brilliantly discordant cacophony of angular, clashing rhythms, viscerally wailed vocals and industrial, skull numbing percussion. Have a listen. Out on Bloodmoss Records on the 15th July … Continue reading New Single From Eula
We have hitherto managed to remain fairly impervious to the charms of Bear In Heaven, but Time Between, the first taste from forthcoming new album Time Is Over One Day Old is set to change all that. It kicks off innocently enough, then after ten seconds veers into a soundtrack from a forgotten 70s horror flick, then morphs by way of classic Secret Machines into something that … Continue reading MM Shorts 576: Bear In Heaven
Here is another slab of gritty blues stomp from Ontario’s Kings Of Lowertown. Blues Haul is the flipside to their brilliant Mississippi Flood track (posted here), which will be pressed on vinyl later in 2014 as a double A side release. Stream it here. . Continue reading Kings Of Lowertown – Blues Haul
We were hugely pleased, and not a little surprised, to recently receive a vinyl copy through the mail of Danish troubadour Emil Friis’ forthcoming album, Sand In Your Eyes. The title track has been round a while and featured in the top-spot of Chris T Popper’s Top Ten of 2012, but the rest of the ten-track album is new to us. However, the first few spins … Continue reading Emil Friis: Sand In Your Eyes Album
Andrew Bird will embark on a North American tour this Summer with his band Hands of Glory. The tour (dates at the foot of this post) will celebrate the release of Bird’s collection of The Handsome Family covers, Things are Really Great Here, Sort Of… which came out at the beginning of this month. Bird, who has long been a fan and first covered their track … Continue reading Andrew Bird Releases Album Of Handsome Family Covers
Chapel Hill is the first track to be taken from Chasing Owls’ new EP Fado. They teamed up with good friend and marble sculptor Alasdair Thomson for this enchanting and evocative video. . Continue reading Video: Chasing Owls – Chapel Hill
Bay Area post-punks Street Eaters have shared the driving and urgent title track from their new album, Blood::Muscles::Bones, and the record’s opening track, the sinewy, jagged Reverse. Check them out below. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 575: Street Eaters
The Mad Mackerel 