Always a happy event in the MM household when a new Black Mountain record appears on the horizon. Their new single is Licensed To Drive, from their forthcoming album, Destroyer, due May 24th via Jagjaguwar. In the words of the band’s Stephen McBean “A riff in A flat and some Neu / Nugent / Newman Motorik hustle. Was the vacation better than the journey or … Continue reading Black Mountain – Licensed To Drive
The marvellous IDLES have shared a new song anthem – Mercedes Marxist – taken from the sessions for their latest LP Joy as an Act of Resistance. It will be released physically on 2nd August as a 7″, which will include another new song on its b-side, entitled I Dream Gullioutine. Pre-orders are available HERE. It is a brilliantly menacing slab of quivering, barely constrained … Continue reading IDLES – Mercedes Marxist
While (I Blame) Society, the first track from Titus Andronicus’ upcoming new album An Obelisk (order here) was a thunderous reminder of their hardcore credentials, the album-closing Tumult Around the World serves as an uplifting anthem of unity and compassion for an increasingly divided world. It is a buoyant blast of Patrick Stickles and co. at the height of their cathartic powers. Watch the excellent video for it … Continue reading Another From Titus Andronicus
Canadian foursome Dumb deliver catchy post-punk songs in two-minute blasts of wiry riffs and full of indignant social critiques. They have shared their new single Beef Hits from their upcoming album Club Nites – out on the 7th June via Mint Records (order here). Coming in at just over two minutes, there is a snarl and boisterousness that is happily reminiscent of the likes of Bodgea … Continue reading Dumb – Beef Hits
Dinosaur Pile-Up have released their brand new single Back Foot. The song is the second to be taken from their forthcoming fourth album Celebrity Mansions, released on June 7th via Parlophone Records. Back Foot takes the slacker rock template and applies a coating of gonzo heavy metal, resulting in the most fun combination of guitar, bass and drums you’ve heard in an age. Watch the … Continue reading Dinosaur Pile-Up Share Back Foot
Green & Blue will be released by up and coming Irish band The Murder Capital as a limited 12″ single on June 14th via Human Season Records. We’ve already shared their brilliant Feeling Fades single, and this is another wonderfully foreboding record – all sinewy, coiled tenseness that barely lets up its stranglehold over six minutes of taut guitar rumble and brooding vocals. It’s great stuff! … Continue reading The Murder Capital – Green & Blue
The excellently titled Fentanyl Freddy is the third single off singer-songwriter A.A. Bondy’s upcoming album Enderness, his first LP in eight long years. The much anticipated album will be out on the 10th May via Fat Possum Records. Watch the video for it here. Continue reading A.A. Bondy – Fentanyl Freddy
BEAK> are back with some brand new music in the form of Life Goes On – the first track to be lifted from a forthcoming EP. The track is inspired directly from a recent trip to Mexico City for a festival when the band awoke to the sound of a distorted young girls’ voice bellowing across the city. Further investigation revealed the source as a recording used by scrap-collecting … Continue reading BEAK> – Life Goes On
Experimental art-rock group Deliluh have shared a new single taken from their forthcoming new mini LP (out on 3rd May) called Oath of Intent. Twisting drone, stoner rock and post-punk into a fierce sonic identity, Rabbit is a visceral and gritty warning about the corruption that is present everywhere. Stream it below. Pre-order the album from Bandcamp here. See them live in May 6 – … Continue reading Deliluh Share Rabbit
Although we’ve had Mother’s Day here in the UK, it is not so in the States (May 12th if you were wondering) and Lucy Dacus is marking the occasion with a new song titled My Mother & I. Following her Valentine’s Day cover of La Vie En Rose, this is the first original composition of her ongoing 2019 holiday song series, which will also include singles … Continue reading Lucy Dacus – My Mother & I
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