Bloodlet is the first single from Munroe’s debut EP, set for release in February on Hidden Pony. It is a chilling folk-noir ballad steeped in Southern Gothic creepiness…listen to the most hypnotic, disconcerting, and compelling two minutes you’ll spend all day. Right up MM’s street. Stream/download it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 635: Munroe – Bloodlet
MM’s very own Chris T Popper packed his rucksack and his slightly worse for wear sleeping bag to head off to Amsterdam last weekend to catch his new favourite band The Sleaford Mods… When I saw that The Sleaford Mods were playing a gig in Amsterdam it was a done deal. I booked the flight and landed at Schiphol airport with time to spare. Luckily … Continue reading Live Review: The Sleaford Mods (Melkwig, Amsterdam)
Ruby Fray is the moniker of Austin-via-Olympia songwriter Emily Beanblossom, who released her sophomore album Grackle this fall on K Records. Dubbed “psychedelic witch wave,” her sound is dark & dissonant, with haunting vocals that have been likened to Nancy Sinatra, Lana Del Rey, Hope Sandoval and PJ Harvey. Watch the chilling video for Barbara… . . Continue reading New Video: Ruby Fray – Barbara
Lola is the latest track to be shared from Alex Calder’s upcoming debut album Strange Dreams (out via Captured Tracks on the 20th January). Artfully pitched somewhere between indie jangle and drowsy, hazy psych-pop, Lola offers a dark enchantment all of its own, like reaching for the stars whilst wading through the silt at the bottom of a pond. Watch/stream it here. . Continue reading Alex Calder – Lola
Joyce Manor and Toys That Kill will be embarking on a West Coast tour together and have an upcoming split EP to promote at the same time. Here are a couple of tracks from it, Joyce Manor deliver up their trademark power punk whilst Toys That Kill head down more of a bubblegum punk route that is as sweet as it is spiky. The EP is out … Continue reading Joyce Manor & Toys That Kill Split EP
Dear friends, here is our weekly selection of fine new tunes you really should have already heard by now… …but if not! 1. Steve Earle & The Dukes – You’re The Best Lover I Ever Had 2. Colleen Green – Pay Attention 3. A Place To Bury Strangers – Straight 4. Elvis Perkins – Hogus Pogus 5. Marissa Nadler – Pitseleh (Elliott Smith cover) 6. … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Slaves are rapidly cementing their place as one of our favourite discoveries of the year. Following the release of the excellent Hey, and confirmation they will be opening the NME Awards Tour 2015, the brilliantly bruising duo have followed up with new single The Hunter, a ninety second, visceral wall of noise. Awesome. Listen below. Pre-order the single here. . Continue reading Slaves – The Hunter
After an eleven year hiatus Eric Fifteen’s Party of One is back with a new album, Streetside Surprise, the follow up to their lone long-player Caught The Blast. The first track from it is the darkly subdued, and slightly menacing post-punk of Watch While The Heads Roll. Download it below – not too sure when the album will see the light of day…. . Continue reading Party Of One – Watch While The Heads Roll
The Wharves have unveiled the occult-dabbling video for Scarlet For Ya, taken from their debut album, At Bay, out now on Gringo Records. . Continue reading New Video: The Wharves – Scarlet For Ya
The world of LA garage rock trio Cherry Glazerr is filled with teenage crushes, grilled cheese sandwiches and social anxieties, but spiked with venom as well. Beneath the bubblegum melodies and throwaway lyrics, is a jagged, sinister undertow, filled with pummelling guitars and barebones drums. Latest single is the sleekly vicious Had Ten Dollaz backed with sweet and sour punk shredder Nurse Ratched. Listen to both below. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Cherry Glazerr
