Hard to believe it has been five years since Manchester based trio PINS released Wild Nights. Again we’re a bit late to the party, but Hot Slick, their third long player will be out on 29th May via their own Haus of Pins label. Three tracks have already been shared from it (see below) and now we have Ghosting, which also features Nathan Saoudi from Fat … Continue reading PINS – Hot Slick
Cardiff’s post punk / grunge four piece Clwb Fuzz are a new discovery for us – we were trawling back through some old emails listening to stuff we’d not had a chance to check out and were very struck by the brooding intensity and menace of recently released single No Heaven, their first release on Libertino Records. Built on a darkly brooding bass line, purposive motorik … Continue reading Clwb Fuzz – No Heaven
Around every four years or so we seem to feature the duo Ancient Whales and so, following posts in 2012 and 2016, it seems only right and proper to share their excellent new track Giving with you. It is taken from their upcoming long player Vestiges of Tails Appear In All Of Us, which seems to have been a long delayed release, but no matter as … Continue reading Ancient Whales – Giving
Antarctica is the new album from Flat Worms and is released tomorrow. If these two brilliant tracks are anything to go by the band are making good on their promise to have hardened their post-punk/psych sound even further. Check out the coiled spring tension and raw rumble of The Aughts and the hypnotic pummel and killer riff of Market Forces. Great stuff. Buy the album … Continue reading Flat Worms – Antarctica
The madcap, psychedelic punk thrash of the Lovely Eggs is back on the turntable with a new, typically uncompromising long-player, I Am Moron. It mostly crams twelve insanely hectic, and utterly infectious tracks into just under 40 minutes of warped humour, biting satire and lo-fi anarchy – there is a brief pause for some dream-pop, a smattering of surfy guitars – but overall it is … Continue reading Lovely Eggs – I Am Moron
Somehow we completely missed that Protomartyr have a new album coming out. Detroit’s post punk anti-heroes will release Ultimate Success Today, their fifth long-player, on the 29th May (pre-order here). This is the excellent first single, Processed By The Boys, which is a fierce, panic-fuelled ride and showcases the band at their reverb-laden heaviest. Listen below. Continue reading Protomartyr – Processed By The Boys
LA’s ultra reliable psych-warriors The Warlocks have released a new album, The Chain which, over the course of ten densely layered guitar tracks spiced with keyboards and reinforced with powerful bass and percussion grooves, tells the story of two star-crossed lovers who commit a bank heist together. The band’s Bobby Hecksher describes it as “based around “a Bonnie & Clyde-ish twenty-something couple who rob a bank but get … Continue reading The Warlocks – The Chain
Following on from their debut album 3D Routine, Leeds art rockers Mush have shared their new single Fear Index which is taken from their upcoming 5 track 7” EP Great Artisanal Formats, which will be released via Memphis Industries on 20th June for RecordStore Day 2020. The single is a crisp one minute forty seconds, juxtaposing lead-singer Dan Hyndman’s existential woes against absurdist guitar wrangling. Stream … Continue reading Mush – Fear Index
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever’s highly anticipated second album, Sideways To New Italy will be released on Friday 5th June. They have already shared a first single Cars In Space and their new single, She’s There, is a cosmic, wistful love song championed by surging guitar riffs, driving beats and lots of energy. Listen to both below. Continue reading Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – She’s There
A little earlier this month, we were very sad to learn of the loss of Psychic Ills founder, frontman, and songwriter Tres Warren at just 41 years old. Regulars on MM, at the time of his death, Warren was overflowing with creativity, actively writing new songs, and excited about the next phase of the band and was getting ready to go into the studio alongside … Continue reading Psychic Ills Release Never Learn Not To Love / Cease To Exist 7″
The Mad Mackerel 