Broncho – What
We are thoroughly enjoying this fuzzy, guitar driven stomper from Broncho. What is taken from their forthcoming long-player Just Enough Hip To Be Woman. Start the weekend right! . Continue reading Broncho – What
Category: Alternative
May McDonough & Company – bullyboywithaglasseye
Neo-psychedelic-sex-punk band May McDonough & Company from Orange, CA, recently released their new full length album Bullyboywithaglasseye. They describe themselves as “kinda like Thee Oh Sees – meets- The Growlers – meets- Jefferson Airplane“. Sounds mighty fine to us. Take a listen to Wrap Around Porch… they might even have sold themselves a little short! Buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading May McDonough & Company – bullyboywithaglasseye
New Video: Castanets – Tell Them Memphis
Here is the video for Tell Them Memphis, a track of glacial slowness and fractured beauty from the Castanets forthcoming release Decimation Blues. The album is out via Asthmatic Kitty next week. . . Continue reading New Video: Castanets – Tell Them Memphis
MM Shorts 598: Keith John Adams
Listen to the new Keith John Adams double A-side single Music In My Feet/No Room, which follows in the grand tradition of spiky, offbeat British guitar pop with a nod to the likes of Television Personalities, Robyn Hitchcock and Jonathan Richman. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 598: Keith John Adams
Balmorhea – Heir 1
In conjunction with the reissue of their 2007 self-titled debut (out on the 14th October on Western Vinyl), Balmorhea the six-piece instrumental group from Austin, TX., are releasing two new songs on a limited edition 7″ titled HEIR. With the songs created for the 7”, the band brings everything full circle, returning to the simple structures and melancholic tone that colored their first recordings. Listen below to … Continue reading Balmorhea – Heir 1
MM Shorts 597: The Highway Hymnal
The Highway Hymnal are a brooding psych rock four-piece from Boston. Their experimental sound has been influenced by artists coming from a variety of genres such as the 60s pop of The Beatles, the 70s garage rock of The Stooges, and the late 80s/early 90s shoegaze of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Spacemen 3. Listen to the intense noise-rock of Television below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 597: The Highway Hymnal
New Video: Dreamers – Wolves
Dreamers, play a brand of grunge that is nostalgic for a space somewhere between art-school eccentric and the late 1970s punk scene. They have released a new music video for their single Wolves. . . Continue reading New Video: Dreamers – Wolves
Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
1. Avi Buffalo – Memories Of You 2. Sam Amidon – Walkin’ Boss 3. Bass Drum Of Death – Left For Dead 4. Weyes Blood – Hang On 5. Spray Paint – Cussin 6. Los Angeles Police Department – She Came Through (Again) . . . . . . [Click through for a free download] . Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Four Thousand Posts On MM
According to the WordPress stats, this is our 4,000th post since we were removed from the internet by the Stalinesque Google Blogspot in April 2010, and forced to start MM all over again. To celebrate we thought we would treat ourselves and post ten songs from prior to MM’s existence that helped shape our own musical landscape. A self-indulgent Desert Island discs if you will…from listening for … Continue reading Four Thousand Posts On MM
o’death To Release Out Of Hands We Go
The marvellous o’death are back with a new album of fiery, gothic-tinged folk and bluegrass that is as authentic as the Appalachians from which they could be hewn. Having been away for a couple of years, Out Of Hands We Go brings a wonderfully refreshing contrast to the plethora of faux traditionalists that have sprung up like weeds in their absence. This is intense, spine-tingling stuff, adventurous … Continue reading o’death To Release Out Of Hands We Go
