Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Here is this week’s round up of new tunes. We have nine tracks for you from the kaleidoscopic pop of Ezra Furman to the fuzzy shambling pop of Fireworks by way of the infectious hooks of Dogbreth and the Mercury Rev inspired psych of Avers. Enjoy. Cass McCombs – Run Sister Run Ezra Furman – Teddy I’m Ready Tacocat – I Live For The Sun (Sunrays … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

VATS – Melting Culture

Green Glass Room, the debut LP from Seattle trio VATS was officially released yesterday on End of Time Records. We discovered it by happy accident after our Soundcloud meanderings led us to this track Melting Culture following our posting of the new Three Dimensional Tanx track yesterday. It is a brilliantly propulsive slab of bristling post-punk with a pneumatic riff that recalls Killing Joke in their pomp. Stream / download … Continue reading VATS – Melting Culture

MM Shorts 856: Three Dimensional Tanx

Ahead of the release of their new album Attack, psych stalwarts Three Dimensional Tanx return with an immediately infectious single Son of Go. At just 1 minute 52 seconds long, not a second is wasted in this energetic statement of intent. A driving beat, intricate organ line, huge guitars and a commanding vocal combine to create a brilliantly memorable and accessible psych-punk track. Get your groove on… … Continue reading MM Shorts 856: Three Dimensional Tanx

MM Shorts 855: GANGS

Rock ‘n roll four-piece, GANGS, were born out of the dregs at the bottom of a double Jack and Coke, the band came together in the shadowy underbelly of Glasgow during its cold winter months. Now they are unleashing their pounding sound upon us with the release of their single, Thieves, due for release on 22nd July via Smooth Action Records. Have a listen…   Continue reading MM Shorts 855: GANGS

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Happy Diving

Electric Soul Unity is Happy Diving’s fourth record in less than three years, and showcases the band taking their noisy lo-fi indie rock to ever greater heights. Taking their cues from luminaries such as Japandroids or Dinosaur Jr, their characteristic thick fuzz is coupled with tender melodies, a yin-yang of scorching in-your-face rippers and contagious hook-laden singalongs. Check out the aggressive driving force of lead single Holy Ground below. The … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Happy Diving

The Cult Of Dom Keller – Shambhala Is On Fire

I have only just got my hearing back after seeing The Cult Of Dom Keller shred the room at The Great Escape – just in time in fact for their new single Shambhala Is On Fire! It is a scorching slab of experimental goth-tinged psych that fans of Swans and The Icarus Line will find plenty to entertain themselves with here, but (whisper it quietly) so too will all those … Continue reading The Cult Of Dom Keller – Shambhala Is On Fire

New Video: Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me

Having announced her third studio album My Woman – out on September 2nd via Jagjaguwar – Angel Olsen has shared the video for excellent new single Shut Up Kiss Me. Directed by Olsen herself, the video encapsulates everything that’s captivating about her and her music – fiery, yet beguilingly playful, whilst the song itself has a nervy, grungy quality to it with an edge of desperation. … Continue reading New Video: Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me

New From Vomitface

The charmingly named New Jersey trio Vomitface have announced details of their debut album, Hooray For Me, which sees a release on the 26th August. The album is chock full full of sharp, deceptively catchy songs, each delivered with a self deprecating smirk – you can check out the booming drums and buzzsaw guitars of the first single Senior Pictures below.   Continue reading New From Vomitface

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Well, on this gloomiest of weeks a little ray of sunshine perhaps with some new music gathered up from the best of the last seven days (oh the irony). So while Johnson and Gove revel in the toxic slime of their own making and the Labour Party implodes, hit play on nine new songs from the likes of Devendra Banhart, ShitKid, Wymond Miles, The Wind-Up Birds and covers … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week