Lovin’ Scoundrels is a 70s punk-inspired country rock and roll band from Brooklyn, NY. Forged of equal parts Waylon Jennings and Johnny Thunders, the band plays hard-living, booze-soaked anthems. They have posted a few pay-what-you-want tracks up on Bandcamp here, that are well worth checking out, or just listen to the wearily melancholic Cigarette Beer below… Continue reading Introducing >>> Lovin’ Scoundrels
Featuring members of Terry Malts and Plateaus, LA power pop group Smokescreens have unveiled a new video for their latest single Waiting For Summer, the third track taken from their new album Used To Yesterday, due out this week via Slumberland Records. Filmed during a chilly February morning on a Skid Row rooftop, director Steel O’Neil captures the band embracing the LA winter, whilst pining … Continue reading Smokescreens – Waiting For Summer
Parquet Courts – Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Ramones cover) Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros – London Is Burning Woolen Men – Brick Horizon Muncie Girls – Falling Down Sinister Purpose – Warp Yr Head The Shifters – Work/Life, Gym Etc Cash Savage & The Last Drinks – Pack Animals together PANGEA – Money On It (Acoustic) Elephant Micah – Surf B Thee MVPs … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Australian outfit Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have shared their mind-blowing, hypnotic visuals for cosmic offering Cornflake. Having burst onto the scene in their homeland alongside supports with Royal Blood, Dune Rats and Black Mountain, the band have developed a staunch grassroots following with their captivating blend of psychedelia. They are also re-releasing their first two albums High Visceral Pt 1 & Pt 2 on a limited edition … Continue reading Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Cornflake
SISTERAY have now announced the release of a brand new EP Sisteray Said this September, ahead of a UK tour that includes a headline show at London’s 100 Club. The EP delivers on all the London four-piece’s early promise, with four brilliantly inspired tracks railing against the modern age. When punk is done with as much raw energy, sweat, wit and intelligence as this, it’s … Continue reading SISTERAY – Algorithm Prison
Whiplash is the new single from Stockholm based quintet Sudakistan – it follows the excellent Two Steps Back, and both are taken from their upcoming second LP Swedish Cobra. We’re looking forward to this one as we were big fans of their 2015 debut album Caballo Negro. The new single features the band’s trademark brand of latino infused heavy psych, and some hypnotic spaced out … Continue reading Sudakistan – Whiplash
Emerging from the darkest depths of Hackney Wick in London comes garage-rock outlaws Sleep Eaters with their brilliantly catchy debut single Ghost on Fire out on Strong Island Recordings via digital and a limited run of handmade tapes. It is just over two minutes of cacophonous, fuzzed out, desert, cowboy garage-rock, that sounds like a feral cross between The Black Lips, The Stooges and the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sleep Eaters
We’ve long been fans of Murder By Death’s gothic country twang, and new track True Dark has it in spades. It comes from upcoming long player The Other Shore (out 24th August) and it has been a long wait – four years since their last album. The signs are good though – stream the ominous and creepily excellent single below. Continue reading Murder By Death – True Dark
Mountain Goats – Song For Sasha Banks Saintseneca – Frostbiter Purling Hiss – Out Tonight Marissa Nadler – Where Do I Go (Happy Rhodes cover) Beak> – Alle Sauvage Tuung – Crow Henrik Appel – Struggle Dirty Nil – Bathed In Light Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
London garage punk quintet Claw Marks (featuring members of Boneyards, Human Hair, and Insecure Men) have announced details of their debut album Hee Hee, which will see a release via Punk Slime Recordings on 17th August (pre-order here). Showcasing the band’s many strengths, it’s a roaring statement, mixing chaotic garage punk and slower, more menacing tracks, bringing to mind both Pissed Jeans and The Birthday Party. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Claw Marks
The Mad Mackerel 