Monograms began as the solo project of Brooklyn’s Ian Jacobs and has since grown into a four-piece band. We featured their track OK Promises back in April, and now they’ve shared new single Sleep Cycle, which finds them exploring new ground and experimenting with a heavier, darker sound. We’re liking it. You will too. Have a listen. Continue reading Monograms – Sleep Cycle
Another day, another festive cover. This time it is Best Coast taking on the Beach Boys’ 1963 Christmas classic, Little Saint Nick. Enjoy… Best Coast Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 8: Best Coast
We’re late to it, but we’re loving this track, Silk Spirit, from Leeds three-piece Drahla. It comes from their debut EP Third Article and blends wiry post-punk with splash of unpredictable art rock, and is anchored by a woozy, nagging riff that is a sonic delight. Stream it below and order the EP via Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 989: Drahla
Brighton / London fuzzy four-piece Beach Riot share a mutual love for making a lot of pop fuelled noise – distorted haze compiled with big hooks and a distinctive raw energy that takes it’s influences from the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Cable, Sleater-Kinney and Pavement, their sound is brash and untamed. New single She’s A Hurricane has a lot going for it. Have a … Continue reading MM Shorts 988: Beach Riot
Danish outfit Marching Church have a Christmas carol unlike what you’d normally expect, but just the sort we like on MM. Frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt had this to say regarding the dark theme of the single: “Christmas On Earth” is a carol about parental kidnapping. Offering no background story to clarify the motives, we journey through the racing mind of a father in the midst of the disquieting … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 4: Marching Church
First Aid Kit – Fireworks No Age – Drippy Alela Diane – Émigré’ Calexico – Voices In The Field Olden Yolk – Takes One To Know One Craig Finn – Fault Lines (Mountain Goats cover) Ty Segall – The Main Pretender The Orwells – Vanilla The Soft Moon – It Kills Graham Coxon – Falling Continue reading Ten (Count ’em) Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
What better way to kick off December and the countdown to Christmas with the news that BEAK> have released a charity Christmas single (Merry Xmas) Face The Future and have also shared a video for the track. All money raised by the sale of the single goes to The National Elf Service & The Mental Elf, an online resource for mental health information – https://www.nationalelfservice.net/. Purchase the … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 1: BEAK>
We’ve posted stuff from ShitKid a few times. It is the project of Swedish artist Åsa Söderqvist, and following her excellent debut LP of quirky, anti-pop Fish, she will release a new EP This Is It in January. First taste is Oh Me I’m Never – retaining the lo-fi quality of earlier recordings, it is a hypnotic slab of quirky indie rock that sounds like a … Continue reading ShitKid – Oh Me I’m Never
Here is the new video for NØMADS’ Traumatophobia (the fear of being injured), the bands’ November single. It was filmed as part of their Live From Pittsburgh series whose sessions will get an exclusive vinyl-only release in the autumn of 2018. The track is from their forthcoming conceptual double EP PHOBIAC, an album based on clinical phobia-based fears. Watch it below. Continue reading New Video: NØMADS – Traumatophobia
Australia’s DZ Deathrays have unveiled a surreal video for new single Total Meltdown. In typical DZ style, the ridiculous video sees the duo turned into animated characters, fresh after a night out on the town, a chaotic series of events that perfectly encapsulates the raucous, thrash-party sound of the single. Watch it below. Continue reading New Video: DZ Deathrays – Total Meltdown
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