The mighty Kings Of Lowertown are about to release their first single of 2015. New Orleans Woman is a bourbon soaked, blues shoutin’, Preservation Hall inspired song that checks in at a blazing 2 minutes and 36 second combination of dirt-blues and crazy jazz. The track is the follow-up to Kings Of Lowertown’s brilliant, slide-guitar drenched Swamp King collaboration with bassist Mike Watt (The Minutemen, The … Continue reading New From Kings Of Lowertown
Telling tales of love, death and terrible beings from beneath the sea, Quiet Quiet Band are the rotting fruits in nu-folk’s verdant pastures. Extrovert practitioners of hillbilly hoedowns, sociopathic shanties and warped waltzes, QQB’s macabre alternative ditties are further animated by a vociferous lyrical delivery, drawing comparisons with such rootsy luminaries as Violent Femmes, Nick Cave and Johnny Cash. They have unveiled their eye-catching video … Continue reading Introducing >>> Quiet Quiet Band
Our regular weekend feature highlighting some of the tunes you really ought to have heard already this week is back. First one of 2015 kicks off with no less than nine new tunes and some real corkers too. 1. Iron & Wine – Everyone’s Summer of ’95 2. Stornoway – The Road You Didn’t Take 3. Sonny & The Sunsets – Happy Carrot Health Store … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
H. Grimace’s erratic mix of styles makes them difficult to pin down – nervy discordant guitars are coupled with sweetly melodic passages and hooky, sometimes soft – sometimes harsh post-punk vocals to create songs that are mindful, well-crafted and somewhat unsettling. The London based four piece have a new six track cassette EP called I Am Material, out on the 26th of this month on 100 limited edition pale … Continue reading Introducing >>> H. Grimace
Sun Hotel have shared their new single, the marvellously titled, After Peggy Tells Her Parents They Never Had Any Trouble in Their Relationship, which is also their first for four years. It is a rollicking, raucous indie rock song with fuzz pop influences and triumphantly shaky melodies. It comes from forthcoming long player Rational Expectations (due on the 3rd February). Give it a spin… . Continue reading Sun Hotel Share First Single In Four Years
Here is the acoustic led Mr Face, a new song from psych-garage rocker extraordinaire Ty Segall, and the title track from a new four track EP of the same name. It is available via Famous Class Records on Bandcamp. . Continue reading New From Ty Segall
NY-based garage-psych rockers Sun Voyager are celebrating the release of their split EP with King Pizza labelmates Greasy Hearts, Grease Voyage, by offering fuzzy lo-fi single God Is Dead up as a free download. Grab it below. . Continue reading Sun Voyager Offer Free Download Of Single God Is Dead
Have a listen to Denver trio Shady Elders’ new single The Night Air, combining elements of dark-wave, dream pop, doo-wop and shoegaze, all on top of vocalist Fox Rodemich’s inimitable, singular voice. Buy the EP from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 647: Shady Elders
To whet your appetite for their forthcoming self-titled album Viet Cong have shared their second single Silhouettes – 4 minutes and 12 seconds of ferocious indie rock. Have a listen and also if you’ve not heard it yet, check out previous single Continental Shelf. The album is out on January 19th via Jagjaguwar. . . . Continue reading Viet Cong – Silhouettes
Last month, arch experimentalists Vision Fortune announced a new album, misleadlingly titled Country Music (out 9th February on ATP Recordings), and released the excellent, haunting first single, Dry Mouth. Now they have shared a creepy video which is a perfect compliment to the eerie, droning track. Watch it here. . . Continue reading New Video: Vision Fortunes – Dry Mouth
