Blues don’t come any deeper, any harder, any sleazier, or any better than this. King Mud is the new project of Van Campbell of Black Diamond Heavies and Freddy J IV of Left Lane Cruiser. Their album Victory Motel Sessions is a record of album of hard blues, blue-eyed soul, heavy rock and feedback and it is out in early February. This is Back It Up … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 44 – King Mud
Space Shark hail from Portland, Oregon and have just released their new EP Ghosts. Wow Is Me comes from it and is an irresistibly bouncy slice of indie-pop that fizzes out of the blocks and doesn’t make the mistake of sacrificing melody for energy. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 41 – Space Shark
Toronto based musician Shallow Waves, is releasing his debut album Situations on January 15th. Weaving in and out of various genres, involving alternative rock, surf, garage rock and influenced by shoegaze of the early 90s, it is a creatively thought out, melodically noisy and relentlessly loud. Try Tired on for size… 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 39 – Shallow Waves
Sonic Jesus paddle in the heavier end of the psych-rock pool and never more so than with most recent single Never In My Mind. As they say it starts off like a call to arms full of violence and energy, and continues its rampage pace like an adrenaline shot to the heart. The marching snare drum is overlaid with fuzz-heavy guitars and dark distorted vocals … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 33 – Sonic Jesus
Bristol-based four-piece Weatherstate will release Dumbstruck, their new five-track EP, via Failure By Design Records on 22nd Jan. The first single to be taken from the release is ILL – a punk-fuelled tune, driven by the punchiest of riffs. Give it a spin. 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: 38 – Weatherstate
Brooklyn based duo Washer are set to release their highly anticipated full length debut, Here Comes Washer via Exploding In Sound Records on January 22nd. Their sound gravitates around spaced out and stripped down punk – gnarled pop songs that have a tendency to lunge and shift, picking up supercharged primal intensity one moment before slinking back into their understated demeanor the next. This is … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 36 – Washer
With hints of Real Estate, Beach House and early ’00s Brit-pop, the debut EP from London brothers Over Sands is well worth checking out. Check out Two Cranes from it below. 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: 35 – Over Sands
Following the release of their debut album, We Are NOTS, back in November, the Memphis band shared Shelf Life, which served as the B side to a bonus 7” single Virgin Mary. Both are non album tracks and both are as primitive, thrilling and visceral as you could wish for. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 34 – NOTS
Words are inadequate when the world loses someone like David Bowie. A visionary, icon, innovator and musical genius. Even this past summer he soundtracked our holiday drives around the orange groves of Valencia, the whole car singing along to Space Oddity and the Jean Genie… Here then, in no particular order, are twenty of our favourite David Bowie songs. … Continue reading RiP: David Bowie
Filled with tape echo, spring reverb, fuzz guitar and organ the new Summertime Psychosis EP from Long Beach trio Hollow Fortyfives has roots firmly embedded in 60s garage, surf and psychedelic rock. Listen to the charming rumble and jangle of the title track. 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: 29 – Hollow Fortyfives
The Mad Mackerel 