We’re previously featured LA-based experimental indie-pop quartet FIM when we posted a couple of tracks from their excellent seven track EP Alien Beach Party. So here is another, and while the tracks we previously posted were noisy, manic, and infectious recalling the early freakouts of Butthole Surfers, Ween and Frank Zappa, Love Die signals a shift to the more chill, indie pop side of FIM. The track has a … Continue reading FIM – Love Die
Courtney Barnett has unveiled a new video for Anonymous Club ahead of her UK tour kicking off in May. . . May Dates 1 – Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool 3 – Live at Leeds, Leeds 6 – Cluny 2, Newcastle 7 – The Horn, St Albans 8 – The Great Escape, Brighton 12 – Portland Arms, Cambridge 13 – Waterfront Studio, Norwich 14 – The … Continue reading Video: Courtney Barnett – Anonymous Club
On the 5th May, A new five track EP by Shunkan (aka New Zealand based Marina Sakimoto) titled Honey, Milk and Blood, will be released on cassette, limited to 50 and housed in fold out card artwork via Art Is Hard (pre-order here). It is scuzzy, lo-fi pop that has elements of everything from Tune-yards to Karen O by way of the Coathangers. Listen/Download EP … Continue reading MM Shorts 551: Shunkan
Limited Fanfare’s Spring/Summer Sampler is available on a pay-what-you-want basis from Bandcamp. It features ten tracks from such MM faves as Lil Daggers, Gringo Starr, Criminal Hygiene and Denney & The Jets. Check a couple of our favourites below or just head here to get the whole thing. . . . Continue reading Limited Fanfare Records 2014 Spring/Summer Sampler
To date rock’n’rolling NY three-piece STRNGRS have released two EPs of originals, a couple covers, and a video of a stripped down live performance from CMJ. They describe themselves as “kinda garage-pop with a blues soul element…” A mess around on their Soundcloud page reveals they’ve been selling themselves a bit short…there are clearly influences ranging from the Stooges and MC5 through to the Black Keys … Continue reading Introducing >>> STRNGRS
We are kicking off Easter with a massive Round-Up of lots of new music and bands that have been sat in our in-box patiently waiting to be heard. Some of these have been released already, some are about to be, but either way we have fifteen artists that are all well worth checking out. . Let us begin with Josh Matthews whose work has been compared … Continue reading It’s An Easter Round Up
To celebrate their undying bromance, as well as their co-headline tour that began last night in Boston, Deer Tick and The Hold Steady have decided to cover each others songs… Deer Tick are covering The Hold Steady’s Constructive Summer (off 2008’s Stay Positive), and The Hold Steady are taking on Deer Tick’s Easy (off 2009’s Born On Flag Day). Have a listen. . . Continue reading Deer Tick & The Hold Steady Cover Each Other
The hotly tipped London four piece Wolf Alice have announced details of their new EP, Creature Songs, which will be released on the 26th May through Dirty Hit Records. While we’ve enjoyed previous releases, this EP looks, and sounds, like a big step forward, especially lead track, Moaning Lisa Smile, which opens the EP and showcases the band at their most powerful. It is a snarling single … Continue reading New From Wolf Alice
We first posted about Halcyonaire at the end of last year and now the Oakland-based experimental Americana quintet have released a new three-track cassette in a limited run of 100, which can be ordered via their Bandcamp page here. Check out lead track Urban Arson. . Continue reading MM Shorts 550: Halcyonaire
Colors, the forthcoming six song EP from Bloomington, Indiana’s Triptides expands on the psychedelic lo-fi foundation the band has established for itself over the last couple of years. The second single from the EP is a dreamy, meandering slice of psych-rock with hints of surf titled Moonbeams and you can stream it below. Order the EP from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading Triptides – Moonbeams
The Mad Mackerel 