To their eternal credit, Toronto’s Hooded Fang continue to blast their sound to smithereens before picking up the the most jagged pieces and moving forth. Due out on the 13th May via their own Daps Records, their latest musical offering, Venus On Edge, is full of Ritalin tempos, sheet metal guitars, manic riffs, hypnotic basslines and spastic rhythms. The band have shared album standout A Final Hello from it … Continue reading Hooded Fang – A Final Hello
Eagulls have announced details of the release of a new single, Skipping, from their forthcoming second album, Ullages. It is another bleakly pulsating slab of post-punk gristle and glory, although its dark heart is shot through with shards of piercing, melodic intent. Which all means we like it very much. And you should to… Skipping, recorded at Continue reading More From Eagulls
Jeff Riddle has spent years inside the Philadelphia music scene, growing up with underground punk rock and soaking in the variety of music around him. With new album Destroy, Riddle was joined by a floating cast of characters referred to as The Bella Vista Social Club to deliver an album full of delicate and sparse songs that explore the more intimate side of the music … Continue reading MM Shorts 827: The Bella Vista Social Club
New Orleans Square was one of our favourite tunes of last year and now Tough Age have shared a new video of expertly compiled retro footage of Disneyland that looks more unsettling/borderline creepy than anything else. It suits the surf-punk riffing perfectly. Watch it here. Continue reading New Video: Tough Age – New Orleans Square
Another bumper round-up of new releases for you this morning. From the return of The Kills to Sturgill Simpson to the always brilliant Black Mountain by way of BEAK>. Ten new tracks – enjoy! Sturgill Simpson – Brace For Impact (Live A Little) Black Mountain – Florian Saucer Attack BEAK> – Timeshare Mitski – Your Best American Girl The Kills – Doing It To Death Fear Of Men – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Angel O is the latest single from Neighbors’ upcoming long player Very Rare Expensive Jewelry. It is another expertly crafted slice of catchy-as-hell, indie-artrock that jerks and writhes like the fish on the end of a line, as crunchy, dueling guitars bounce back and forth between the left and right channels. It sits somewhere between Talking Heads and Killing Joke’s Wardance! Resistance is futile… Stream … Continue reading More From Neighbors
Brooklyn’s Journalism will release Faces in early March. The quartet’s debut blends boisterous indie rock, fuzzy krautrock, reverberating post-punk, and big hook-fueled pop songs to create anxious and contemplative art-pop. First single Watching & Waiting is the band at their most immediate, a straight forward look into the swirling world of the band’s melodic immersion. Listen here. Continue reading MM Shorts 826: Journalism
Following the release of their well received debut Horse Dance ate last year Sweden’s Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation return with a brand new edit of album track Sunny Afternoon. Taking a tribal Can meets Adam and the Ant’s’ like beat, fuzz bass, heavy synths and piano they create a gothy, psych pop groove that is hard to resist. Try it on for size. Continue reading Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Sunny Afternoon
With her much anticipated fourth album Crab Day due for release 15th April on Turnstile Records, and some live UK dates coming up, Cate Le Bon has today unveiled a video for new single Wonderful. Shot in Berlin, the video features Le Bon performing an idiosyncratic freeform dance-cum-exercise routine. Of the video, she simply says: “‘Wonderful’ is an awkward love song accompanied by an equally awkward video. … Continue reading New Video: Cate Le Bon – Wonderful
Hit Bargain are a Los Angeles punk outfit, and progenitors of a new genre — “queencore“, the intersection of queer, queening and hardcore. They have shared the second track from their forthcoming self-titled debut EP, out on the 25th March. Song For Fainting literally tells the tale of someone collapsing in the street, but from both the passerby’s and the fainter’s perspectives. It was inspired by a real-life … Continue reading Hit Bargain – Song For Fainting
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