Monument Valley (aka Londoner Ned Younger) has unveiled his new video for Tattooed Fists. Inspired by his affection for cult Canadian TV show Night Walk (a late-night 80s oddity which tracked instrumental jazz to a night-time walk round downtown Toronto), this new video traces a lone nocturnal journey from the deserted underground up to the hustle of neon-lit city streets. . Continue reading Video: Monument Valley – Tattooed Fists
Hiss Golden Messenger have signed to Merge Records and released this new track, the blues inflected, call and response, six minute stunner Brother Do You Know The Road? It is yet another example of M.C. Taylor and collaborator Scott Hirsch’s incredible ability to create some of the most affecting and original Americana out there. Immerse yourself in slide guitar, organ, shuffling percussion and resigned, world-weary vocals below. … Continue reading Hiss Golden Messenger – Brother Do You Know The Road?
While we’ve started each weekend to pick out five (good) tracks that have been setting the internet ablaze during the week, there are still lots of tunes that are not getting the attention their quality deserves. Here for a Sunday morning is a few that we’ve picked out…the spectral, desert folk of Jess Williamson, from the ashes of Abe Vigoda comes the new-wavey Roses, we have warped, … Continue reading Weekend Round Up
New Zealand’s Popstrangers deal in a tripped-out, urgent brand of rock that nods its head to the classic Antipodean guitar bands, as well as having echoes of the halcyon days of the 1980s, when the UK’s indie scene was at its height. The nervy, propulsive Distress is the third single to be taken from their latest album Fortuna and gallops along with nary a backward glance. … Continue reading Popstrangers – Distress
1. Sharon Van Etten – Your Love Is Killing Me 2. Parquet Courts – Instant Disassembly 3. Peter Matthew Bauer – Philadelphia Raga 4. Big Search – Role Reversal 5. Lydia Loveless – Mile High . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Ugly Head is a brilliantly titled track from the forthcoming debut album Midwestern Family Values by NONES. Think a chaotic churn of damaged and warped anti-reality and you’re not even getting close…like having a cocktail stick rammed in your eye if you will. Lovely stuff. It is out this month on HoZac Records . Continue reading MM Shorts 565: NONES
Our favourite fiery Manchester four-piece PINS have unveiled a new double video for the brooding new versions of Shoot You and Eleventh Hour. Notably, the video opens with acclaimed actress Maxine Peake reading an original poem written by PINS vocalist Faith Holgate. Watch it here. Stream the originals below. . . . Continue reading Video: PINS – Shoot You / Eleventh Hour
We were big fans of Naomi Punk’s excellent 2012 debut of dense, cathartic chaos The Feeling and Television Man, the first taste from their forthcoming sophomore effort of the same name, more than keeps up the good work. Listen below. . Continue reading New From Naomi Punk
The swampy, garage blues and glam-rock riffs of duo the Ghost Wolves joyfully traverses the habitat of such notable luminaries as The Cramps, The Stooges, Jeff The Brotherhood and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Watch their new video, taken from a recent Lost In Austin session, for the raw, dirty Gonna Live. It comes from their forthcoming long-player Man, Woman, Beast, out on 14th July. . . . Continue reading Video: The Ghost Wolves – Gonna Live
Long After Tonite’s Candles Are Blown is the most prefect track of resigned, downbeat indie-melancholy that you will hear for many a moon. It comes from Comet Gain’s forthcoming album Paperback Ghosts. Have a listen to a evocative night for “lost souls, barroom ghouls, and faded hippies“. The album is out on the 7th July via Fortuna POP!. . Continue reading Comet Gain – Long After Tonite’s Candles Are Blown
The Mad Mackerel 