MM regulars and psych-rockers par excellence, Secret Colours have a new single to share with you. City Slickers is a brilliant slab of lean, pulsating, hypnotic rock-riffing that begs to be heard…loud. The track comes from the first of two scheduled EPs, Positive Distractions Part I (out on February 4th). Positive Distractions Part II follows towards the end of April. Check out our previous post of … Continue reading Secret Colours – City Slickers Single
We’re rather taken with Let Your Fingers Rule, the forthcoming single from emerging Washington DC folk-rockers The Deadmen. It is taken from their debut EP (out via Eight Gang Switch on 17th March) and paints an American landscape of clattering thunder, gentle rains and shards of light. Have a listen. . Continue reading Introducing >>> The Deadmen
Well, well, well…it seems as though London noiseniks Yuck have discovered a hitherto unknown softer, dare we say it, even dreamier side. That is the evidence presented by new track Athena which heralds a brand new EP due later this spring. It is lush, layered, and rather lovely all in all. Have a listen. . Continue reading New Track From Yuck
Here is a rather lovely Yours Truly Session of Cate Le Bon performing No God from her excellent album Mug Museum. . Continue reading Cate Le Bon – Yours Truly Session
We have a cracking video with spinning alien heads and genies from Menace Beach for their excellent Fortune Teller track, and with an astral backdrop of the Mojave desert from Jagwar Ma. We have Karl Smith’s woozy Americana given an excellent animation for Slow Short Story, and the Perch Creek Family Jugband get out their tractors and cross dressing gear for Party On The Farm. . … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Jagwar Ma || Menace Beach || Karl Smith || The Perch Creek Family Jugband
San Diego four-piece Champ play punchy garage rock that owes more to punk and grunge than it does psych or power pop – Wavves or FIDLAR are good touchpoints. However, there is a distinct desire to experiment a little more than is common, pushing boundaries a little further than usual, and machete their way determinedly into the shadowier side of sunny California. The results are … Continue reading Introducing >>> Champ
Down under grunge-poppers, the oddly named Sassin Fras, have just released their brand new single Madeline, which manages to mix dirty, raw riffs and stomping percussion with soaring pop sensibilities. Stream it below, together with the lead track from their debut EP Paperback Cowboy. You can download them from Triple J here. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 512: Sassin Fras
New Gods, the forthcoming album from Withered Hand is right up there with a handful of others (Water Liars, the Felice Brothers etc.) that we are really looking forward to in 2015. Having already shared Black Tambourine, here is another cracking tune from the album, Horseshoe. New Gods will be out in late February/early March. . Continue reading More From Withered Hand
A cracking set of new videos for you to enjoy today from four long-standing MM favourites: Dr. Dog, Toy, PINS, and Black Lips. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dr. Dog || Toy || PINS || Black Lips
Hooks are a London-based four piece that have gleefully made a home for themselves on the hallowed turf of classic art-punk bands such as Gang of Four, but have smartly brought their sound up to date with heavy doses of fuzz, energy and bone shaking percussion. Their debut single is Get It Out backed with Jamboree (incidentally one of Mrs M’s favourite words). It sees a … Continue reading Hooks Debut Single – Get It Out
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