The latest music video from Hardly Art recording artist S (aka Jenn Ghetto) is for the song Like Gangbusters!, a standout track from Ghetto’s 2014 album Cool Choices. The tongue-in-cheek video, depicts Ghetto resilient in the face of scenester snark and parodic faux-tabloid headlines. . Continue reading New Video: S – Like Gangbusters
Formed late last year, Plum is a psychedelic rock n’ roll outfit that bridges the aesthetic of 60s and early 70s music with a modern influence. Velvet vocals, hallucinatory harmonies, and prismatic guitars create soundtracks for daydreams. Stream/download their latest single Calluna Vulgaris and welcome yourself to the trip. Turn on, tune in, and drop out. . Continue reading MM Shorts 744: Plum
The Woolen Men play punk influenced DIY music in the tradition of Dead Moon and the Wipers. In September they will release their new album Temporary Monument via Woodsist. For now you can stream the first single from it, the sweetly understated jangle of After The Flood. . Continue reading New From The Woolen Men
Once more drowning in a sea of new tunes, and so here is another quick and dirty round-up of the first seven to impress… Parts Primitive is the debut album from London-based band Primitive Parts. The band consists of Sauna Youth, Monotony and Male Bonding alumni who first practiced in 2012 after working together in a record shop in Crouch End with the goal to make something … Continue reading Monday Morning Round Up
Des Ark just finished up their third full length, Everything Dies, it is scheduled to be released October 6th on Graveface Records. The first taste comes with Ties, a brilliant amalgamation of vulnerability and spitting cobra vitriol. “I wish I didn’t give a fuck about the ties that bind…” . Continue reading MM Shorts 743: Des Ark
Members of North of America, Holy Fuck, and Long Weekends have formed Cryptorips, and their debut offering is two songs available as a pay what you want deal here. Want convincing? Have a listen to Glenwood G.G, which wields frenetic guitars, ganky basslines, and urgent trade-off vocals. . Continue reading MM Shorts 742: Cryptorips
We get sent lots of videos and having been idly trawling through the backlog of them today, here are a few that caught our eye (and ears). Dive in then to musical films from Piney Gir, Love Buzzard, Rat Columns, Andy Human & The Reptoids, The Harvey Steel Show, and Nai Harvest. . . . . . . Continue reading A Few Videos…
Following on from our post earlier today, here are the remaining songs from our selection of 15 new tunes from last week, worth some serious ear-time this weekend. 9. Jacuzzi Boys – Happy Damage 10. Wavves – Way Too Much 11. Adult Mom – Laying On My Floor 12. Little Wings – Live To Tell (Madonna cover) 13. Promised Land Sound – She Takes Me … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part Two)
Despite it being the summer months, the quality and quantity of new releases coming our way shows no signs of slowing – quite the opposite in fact. Here then is part one of our round up of fifteen picks from the past seven days. 1. Mac DeMarco – I’ve Been Waiting For Her 2. Lowest Pair – Shortning Bread 3. Rayland Baxter – Mr. Rodriguez … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part One)
Moonbeam is the second single from Jackson Boone’s forthcoming album Natural Changes, which is due out in September. Immerse yourself in a woozy haze of shimmering psych-folk that is equal parts alluring and disorientating. Masterful stuff. Stream / download it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 741: Jackson Boone
The Mad Mackerel 