Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

You know the score – a sweep up of some of the week’s best new releases, new tunes and new artists. This week we have no less than eleven tracks for you including The Avett Brothers, Left Lane Cruiser, The Devil Makes Three, Deerhoof and plenty more. Dive in… The Avett Brothers – Satan Pulls The Strings Band Of Horses – Barrel House Holly Miranda … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 20)

Here is the twentieth instalment of our Nickel In The Jukebox series, collecting ten new (and sometimes not quite so new) tunes from our inbox and sharing them for you to decide – hot or miss? Cheena – Car  [RIYL: NY Punk, Gun Club, Lou Reed ]   King Courgette – Courgette Boys  [RIYL: Hoedown folk, Earl Scruggs, Holy Modal Rounders]   Twin River – … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 20)

MM Shorts 851: The Valery Trails

Originally from Australia, but now split across continents, The Valery Trails’ debut album, Ghosts and Gravity was released in 2012, followed up by Buffalo Speedway in 2014. The band’s third release, Chameleon Bones, is due out August 5. Channeling hazy guitar rock with some shoegaze leanings and a ‘90s revitalisation, the first single is the undeniably catchy OK. Stream/download it here.   Continue reading MM Shorts 851: The Valery Trails

New Single From TERRY

Offering up a particularly infectious, yet satisfyingly warped take on classic 70s glam and post-punk, Melbourne, Australia’s TERRY have shared their new single Third War, which is taken from their upcoming debut long player TERRY HQ. Following up the previously shared, and thoroughly excellent, Don’t Say Sorry, it is a song that juxtaposes a serious theme – violence on a grand scale – with high-spirited psych-tinged guitars, and it … Continue reading New Single From TERRY

Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

A bumper week for new tunes, many with an Americana flavour,  including songs from The Head & The Heart, Lydia Loveless, Frankie Lee, The Low Anthem and Band Of Horses. We have a tasty REM cover from The Districts as well, and the return of Beck and of Montreal amongst twelve new tracks for you to delve into. Enjoy! Band Of Horses – Whatever, Wherever The Head & The … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

New From Avers

Following on from their much acclaimed debut Empty Light, Richmond based band Avers are releasing their upcoming record Omega/Whatever via EggHunt Records on the 29th June. They are a band that freely swap roles: songwriting, bass, guitar, and vocal duties are all interchangeable, and who confidently use this freedom to make top notch 60s inspired psych and garage rock music. Have a listen to Everything … Continue reading New From Avers

Introducing >>> Hater

Hater are a brand new quartet based out of Malmö in the south of Sweden who are introducing themselves to us with their debut single Radius due out on the 8th July via Stockholm’s PNKSLM Recordings. They have a sound equally influenced by current day indie pop stalwarts like Alvvays, The Radio Dept. and Melody’s Echo Chamber as by classic acts like Violent Femmes and The Pretenders. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Hater

MM Shorts 849: Pink Milk

Sweden’s reverb-laden indie-rock duo, Pink Milk have a rather tasty (no pun intended) new single out. Influenced by 80s and 90s music like Jesus & Mary Chain, Cranes and Cocteau Twins and movies like Twin Peaks, True Romance and Sofia Coppola’s work, their shoegaze infused sound is inspired by stories of love and death Listen to the chaotic and addictive Detroit here.   Continue reading MM Shorts 849: Pink Milk