Couple of crackers for you here. Ghoulies hail from Perth, Australia, and play a frenetic brand of synth-punk on their upcoming EP, Reprogram, due out May 21st. With seven songs clocking in at under ten minutes, we have NPC for your listening pleasure, a track with all the energy of a frog in a sock, it bounces from wall to wall with head spinning twists … Continue reading Some Fast ‘n Nasty Punk from Down Under
Liverpudlian indie-rockers Bandit have released a raucous new single Ice Cream. Heralding the start of sunnier days (maybe), this is a bittersweet summer anthem with a chorus plenty big enough to deliver a beefy hit of serotonin. Stream it below. Continue reading Bandit – Ice Cream
Bristol country rockers Langkamer are back with a raucous new single, The Ugliest Man In Bristol. Happily dispelling any notion of the group mellowing out during their downtime, this track brings a new fury to their unique blend of Americana and indie rock. It’s a runaway train of country punk that veers between lyrical earworms and instrumental mayhem without a moment’s rest. Listen below. Continue reading Langkamer – The Ugliest Man In Bristol
Brummie post-punk polymaths Mutes have released the second single Severe Clear, taken from their forthcoming third LP Dreams of Being Cornered, which is out on the 7th May. Severe Clear is an unrelenting portrait of the dichotomy between addiction and sobriety – the title alluding to the often too-painful clarity that recovery can bring. It’s a blistering song – 12-strings scythe through caterwauling grunge in … Continue reading Mutes – Severe Clear
I have to confess that WordPress have changed their editor for posting content and I absolutely loathe and hate it. It absolutely takes away any ounce of enjoyment from the process and basically has been the reason for my lack of posts recently. I hear a song – think great, I’ll share it – then think I can’t face doing it right now on the … Continue reading Some Tunes (at last)
Come on a journey of kaleidoscopic and sinister whimsy with the new album from Australia’s Dom & The Wizards. Catchily titled The Australian Cyclone Intensity Scale, we have album opener Cellophane Aeroplane for your listening pleasure. Click through to purchase via Bandcamp. Continue reading Dom & The Wizards – The Australian Cyclone Intensity Scale
Wavves are back with their first new music since 2017’s You’re Welcome long player. The new single, Sinking Feeling, finds Wavves collaborating with TV On the Radio’s Dave Sitek on three minutes of infectious pop-punk that deals in existential dread and negativity that seem to follow you wherever you go. Check out the video for it below. Continue reading Wavves – Sinking Feeling
South Londoners Phobophobes inhabit their own idiosyncratic avant-garde world like some bastard child of The Cramps and Talking Heads. One where post-punk, gothic, art-rock and new-wave collide forming a gloriously unpredictable sound. We were big fans of their debut long player, 2018’s Minature World and now the band have announced the release of their second album Modern Medicine on 25th June via new label Modern … Continue reading New Album From Phobophobes, Share I Mean It All
Longstanding MM fave Sharon Van Etten released her brilliant epic album in 2010. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the album’s release, she asked fellow artists she admired to participate in an expanded reissue, where each artist would cover one different song from epic in their own style. The resulting epic Ten is a double LP featuring the original album plus the new album of … Continue reading IDLES cover Sharon Van Etten’s Peace Signs for epic TEN
Peeping Drexels have shared their brilliant new single High Heels which comes from their upcoming EP, Bad Time, out on May 14th via Brace Yourself Records. The London based five-piece, who have been together since they were sixteen, have to date released a series of singles on the Permanent Creeps and Fierce Panda labels. On High Heels, a song of hardcore hedonism, the band woozily eulogise … Continue reading Peeping Drexels – High Heels
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