Taking their cues from the likes of Devo, Talking Heads and Wire, New York trio B Boys find inspiration in the chaos that surrounds them: the aggressive attitude and sonic lawlessness of the city they live, work, and breathe in every day. Their raw, yet meticulous style is characterized by rhythmic complexity, commanding riffs, and introspective lyrics that are as playful and self-aware as they are cutting. … Continue reading B Boys – Instant Pace
Hot on the heels of our post about The Murder Capital earlier, Leeds indie outfit Party Hardly have shared a rousing new anthem of their own – Rats In The Kitchen – the second track lifted from forthcoming EP Modern Strife Is Snobbish, which sees a release later this summer. Giving their jangly guitar rock some hefty punk overtones, the track follows on from The Hopskotch … Continue reading Party Hardly – Rats In The Kitchen
The Murder Capital have been deservedly generating lots of interest and plaudits with the propulsive post-punk darkness of their first two singles, both from their forthcoming debut album When I Have Fears, which will be released on 16th August via Human Season Records. The Dublin band have now shared a third, the anthemic Don’t Cling To Life. Another cracker – watch the video below and pre-order the … Continue reading New From The Murder Capital
Melbourne’s post-punk masters Terry are back with a new single – Bizzo And Top Hat – which comes from a new EP Who’s terry?, out on the 19th July via Upset The Rhythm. Typically, catchy, typically sharp, typically sardonic, typically excellent. Stream it here. Continue reading Terry – Bizzo And Top Hat
Famed for their wall of sound, and notoriously difficult to label (they themselves describe their music as “psychedelic, socialist, utopian, death raga, erroneous funk, trapdoor jazz, bastard muzak“), the origins of Meatraffle are lost in obscurity although it has been said that they came about as the result of a drunken afternoon shared by Clams Baker and Zsa Zsa Sapien in a South London Wetherspoon … Continue reading Meatraffle – The Day The Earth Stood Still
David Berman of the wonderfully literate and melancholic indie rockers Silver Jews is back after an absence of ten long years, with a new band Purple Mountains, and a self-titled debut album of the same name. I have to confess I’d missed the news and a couple of tracks have been floating around for a few weeks now – the marvellously named All My Happiness Is … Continue reading David Berman & Purple Mountains
Long term MM faves Lightning Dust, the Vancouver based duo of Amber Webber and Josh Wells, formerly of Black Mountain have announced their fourth album, Spectre. It will be released on October 4th, via Western Vinyl and the band have also shared lead single Devoted To. Webber wrote the moving and haunting songs on Spectre during a challenging, introspective time of self-discovery that resulted in … Continue reading Lightning Dust Announce Spectre, Share Devoted To
After four years, Californian punks CEREMONY are back with a new album, In The Spirit World Now. The album explores some pretty amorphous lyrical territory about arrested development, botched relationships, and the never-ending hamster wheel of self-destruction so many creative people succumb to – it’s out on the 23rd August, but for now content yourself with a pretty fine lead single, Turn Away The Bad Thing. … Continue reading CEREMONY – Turn Away The Bad Thing
We posted about LA band Black Adidas way back at the start of 2018, and we’re becoming rather fond of raucous new single Be Cool. The band deliver some pretty rugged punk rock that nods slyly to its origins without beating their listeners over the head with replica or reproduction. Sure, you might hear some Rancid in there and even (rather nostalgically for us) some Sham … Continue reading Black Adidas – Be Cool
In honour of Independence Day, Lucy Dacus has released a new single titled Forever Half Mast. It follows her Valentine’s Day-inspired La Vie En Rose cover and her ode to Mother’s Day and Taurus Season, an original song titled My Mother & I. Her ongoing 2019 singles series will also include tracks tied to Springsteen’s Birthday, Halloween, Christmas, and New Year’s, with a physical EP … Continue reading Lucy Dacus – Forever Half Mast
The Mad Mackerel 