Wooden Wand | Hoxton Underbelly, London | 26 April 2013 At last a chance to see MM’s most blogged about artist, the wonderful Wooden Wand, whose excellent latest releases Blood Oaths Of The New Blues and The Briarwood Virgins are just the most recent examples from his extensive catalogue of idiosyncratic Americana mixing stripped back folk, alt-country, psychedelia and sprawling indie rock. The venue was (as a … Continue reading Wooden Wand: Live Review
An embodiment of their surroundings and love of 60s girl groups, Beach Day sounds as you might expect. Think of a female fronted Beach Boys, throw in some The Shangri-La’s, The Ventures, The Sonics, Phil Spector, The Ronettes, add in contemporaries Cults, Jacuzzi Boys, Dum Dum Girls and the Black Lips and you have a soundtrack for your perfect Beach Day. Listen to two minutes … Continue reading MM Shorts 365: Beach Day
There have been a few choice selections up on Noisetrade recently that are well worth checking out. Limited Fanfare have made a fourteen track label sampler available that includes Ex Norwegian, Jem Cohen (of The Ettes/The Parting Gifts), PLAINS, featherweight, Sunday Driver, Lil Daggers, Denney and The Jets and more. Get it here. The Honeycutters have shared some tracks of sweet Americana from their most recent … Continue reading Some Recent Noisetrade Picks
Arborea has a new album Fortress of the Sun coming out on April 30th on the NYC label ESP-Disk. At the vanguard of the avant-folk scene, they effortlessly combine the delicate and fragile with the traditional, weaving together a beguiling mix of ambient sounds with gentle psychedelia, Appalachian folk and indie rock. Take a listen to a selection of tracks from the album below. Order it here. Continue reading New Album From Arborea
It’s been a while since we’ve succumbed to the anxieties of our overwhelming in-box, but succumb we have. So, here is a too short and not sweet enough collection of new tunes of varying shapes and sizes that deserve some attention from you. Consider it the digital equivalent of crate digging… Paperhaus released its alt-country styled self-titled EP in 2011, and will release its second … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
The kaleidoscopic psychedelia and space rock hymns of Secret Colours have been longstanding faves on MM since we first discovered them back in 2010. On May 28th the band will release sophomore album Peach and for now you can revel in the feedback and mind bending sonics of Blackhole and Blackbird (Only One). Continue reading MM Shorts 364: Secret Colours Announce Peach
Need to spice your day up a bit? If so, Volcom Entertainment has just released two new additions to its Vinyl Club that should do the job very nicely indeed. First up is two new jams from two of today’s most radical song tweakers, Tobacco and Black Bananas. Then there is a rowdy split featuring brand new songs from two of Los Angeles’ grittiest bands, The … Continue reading Getting Rowdy With Tobacco, Black Bananas, The Shrine and Zig Zags
Videos today for you to enjoy from Low, The Uncluded, Jenny O. and to finish, Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Low || The Uncluded || Jenny O. || Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders
The brilliant debut album The Mammoth Sessions by Georgia’s Horse was a big hit round these parts. Mrs M in particular loved the mysterious, haunting vocals of Texan songwriter Teresa Maidonado set over a backdrop of swirling, dusty Americana and old-time folk. It was gorgeous, mesmerising and unsettling in equal measure and as fine a debut record as you were likely to hear. Her new … Continue reading New Album From Georgia’s Horse
Said The Whale have released a free download of the rollicking title track to their forthcoming EP I Love You. Not only that, but they have somehow managed to put together a lyric video that defies the usual dull-as-ditchwater approach and is as fun to watch as the song is to listen to… . Download the track for free via Consequence of Sound here. Continue reading New From Said The Whale
