Our third week of ten new tunes for you to test drive and decide…hit or miss? Honey Moon – Waiting (RIYL: Hazy pop, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate) . Seratones – Necromancer (RIYL: Garage soul, Detroit Cobras, Alabama Shakes) . Trudy – Behave (RIYL: Trash pop, Jonathan Richman, The Beach Boys) . Primitive Parts – Troubles (RIYL: Indie rock, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Swell Maps) . … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 3)
Marvellous garage rock and poppers The Black Lips are back with a limited edition split single with another fave MM band The Coathangers. The Black Lips track is called Freedom Fries and is as typically exuberant and pithy as you could wish for…listen for yourself. The single is out via Suicide Squeeze on the 13th November – you can order it here. . Continue reading The Black Lips Are Back
Pony are a foursome out of Toronto, Ontario that make sugary, sweet garage pop. They describe it as the love child of Brian Wilson and Kurt Cobain – it is easy to hear why if you listen to their new EP Crushed, packed as it is with fuzzed up romance, and which is available now on a pay-what-you-want deal on Bandcamp. Check out Don’t Go below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 775: Pony
Menton is a six minute indie-psych epic from Danish-Australian duo Palace Winter, and is taken from their upcoming debut EP Medication, released October 2nd. Dive in… . Continue reading MM Shorts 774: Palace Winter
Expertly blending elements of noise pop, krautrock, dreamy indie rock, and shoegaze, Brooklyn based quartet Operator have shared their debut single, I, Banana. Pulling inspiration from artists such as Stereolab and Beak> the single is a consciousness burrowing mix of motorik rhythms and interlocking analog synth grooves. Check it out below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 773: Operator
Following yesterday’s collection of ten excellent new tracks from the past week, here are another ten for your listening pleasure including three more cracking cover versions. Kurt Vile – Life Like This Holly Miranda – Fourth Of July (Sufjan Stevens cover) White Fang – Bong Rip The Dead Weather – Cop And Go Wavves – My Head Hurts Radkey – Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode cover) … Continue reading Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 2)
Something for the weekend sir? Why yes, a selection of excellent new music videos please. Certainly sir. Will these suffice? . . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up
A bumper round up this week – new songs from The Decemberists, Steve Earle & The Dukes, Saintseneca, the mighty Killing Joke, cover songs from Iron & Wine and Okkervil River and plenty more besides. The Decemberists – Why Would I Now? Saintseneca – River Alela Diane & Ryan Francesconi – Shapeless Killing Joke – I Am The Virus The Lovely Eggs – Goofing’ Around (In Lancashire) … Continue reading Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 1)
Meat Wave have released a new video from their forthcoming new album, Delusion Moon (out Sept 18th on SideOneDummy). It’s for the jarring, discordant Cosmic Zoo, and it follows a decidedly punk day-in-the-life style format for the Chicagoan trio… Watch it here. . . Continue reading New Video: Meat Wave – Cosmic Zoo
Our second collection of ten new tunes for you to spin and decide… hit or miss? The Yawpers – Deacon Brodie (RIYL: Biker blues, MC5, Blue Cheer) . Tedo Stone – By Your Side (RIYL: Fuzzy guitar rock, T Rex, Dinosaur Jr) . Alberta Cross – Ghost Of Santa Fe (RIYL: Southern rock, My Morning Jacket, Crazy Horse) . Flora Cash – This Breeze (RIYL: Folk, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 2)
The Mad Mackerel 