Tall Grass, is the first single from the almost completed album by Minneapolis foursome The Chambermaids, will be released on Old Blackberry Way/Guilt Ridden Pop. A beguiling mix of dream pop and noise rock, the result is a dreamy and expansive take on reverb-soaked minimalism. Have a listen. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 91 – The Chambermaids
Philadelphia-based post-punk band The Silence Kit have shared a new single. Undercurrents of classic bands like The Psychedelic Furs, Sonic Youth, The Cure, The Chameleons and Echo and the Funnymen, can be heard in Supermarket, the latest from their semi-monthly singles series. With a swirling, textured depth, and anchored by a solid backbeat, a driving riff, and a catchy vocal melody, it has much to commend it. Listen below, or grab from Bandcamp. … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 90 – The Silence Kit
Part of a burgeoning Irish scene that continues to spawn young and seemingly brilliant, vital bands, psych-rockers Altered Hours may well take their place on a wider scale with latest release Silver Leather. It is taken from upcoming debut album In Heat Not Sorry which is out on the 29th January. Melodic, abrasive, dual girl-boy vocals, a Sonic Youth and White Heat-era Velvets approach to atmospherics, guitar … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 88 – Altered Hours
Like a box of your favourite dog-eared records somehow got loaded into a cracked jukebox in some dusty Outback bar. indie rockers, The Albino Eyes’ defiantly catchy eighteen track self portrait Buchowski Kiss, is the follow up to their 2013 debut album. Listen to Southern Cross, their introspective take on life in Australia. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 86 – The Albino Eyes
Louisville, KY trio Murals write record and live in a house on a hill in the not so swank part of town – the type of place that acid trips and all day jam sessions go hand in hand. The results are an ever present body of slow churning psychedelic folk that wouldn’t be so surprising in your hippie dad’s record collection or buried deep … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 85 – Murals
Strange Faces is a four piece rock band from Chicago, IL, delivering lo-fi punk rock with 60s pop hooks. Listen to Brand New Way taken from their debut album Stonerism, which came out last month. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 84 – Strange Faces
Canadian psych-rockers Pet Sun’s brilliant new EP Shade Driver is a doom laden, stoner garage starter kit fully equipped with some riffs, some poppy goodness, and a bit of doom. It’s a grab bag of sweets – some more sour than others. From the apocalyptic headbanger Dark Planet written for a stoned Darth Vader to Zenifer, their bite sized good vibes pop track which clashes a … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 83 – Pet Sun
Auckland trio Street Chant have shared the third single from their forthcoming album Hauora – due out on Flying Nun/Arch Hill early this year. Listen to the driving, tense guitars and pulsing rhythm of Never below, another excellent example of their sinewy, guitar rock. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 82 – Street Chant
Since 2013, Baby Bry Bry has been making a strong impression in the Washington DC’s punk and indie scenes with his brand of raw garage punk meets crooning soul. Cricket Cemetery has released The Way Things Was, a collection of Baby Bry Bry’s many rare singles and home recordings. The record provides a glimpse into the often contradictory world of this distinctive entertainer. With many disparate influences ranging from … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 81 – Baby Bry Bry
Southern indie-rock band from Raleigh, NC. Jack the Radio crafts the type of music to blast from your porch on early summer nights to help inspire the sweltering season to come. Recent long-player Badlands is a two-act, musical journey through a sci-fi western, which starts with the listener waking up in an unknown, strange world. The first six songs of the album travel through an … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 79 – Jack The Radio
The Mad Mackerel 