Keeping our raw, garage blues theme up for the day, and with the UK offering, is the new single from Brighton based blues-grunge duo Junkyard Choir. Sun Moon Stars is the second single from their debut album Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (available on a name-your-price deal on Bandcamp here) and if the boys are to be believed, they just want to make enough cash from music to “be able … Continue reading New Single From Junkyard Choir
James Leg (aka John Wesley Myers of the Black Diamond Heavies) is set to release his second proper solo album, Below The Belt, later this summer. It is more blisteringly fierce and sleazy blues distinguished by his trademark gruff howl, mixed with equal measures of bourbon, butane and nicotine. On his new album, the ghosts of Leg’s past haunt these ten tracks. From the rafter-raising gospel cover … Continue reading James Leg – Below The Belt
Once more drowning in a sea of new tunes, and so here is another quick and dirty round-up of the first seven to impress… Parts Primitive is the debut album from London-based band Primitive Parts. The band consists of Sauna Youth, Monotony and Male Bonding alumni who first practiced in 2012 after working together in a record shop in Crouch End with the goal to make something … Continue reading Monday Morning Round Up
We posted a track by The Legal Immigrants in our recent Monday round-up, and now we have another from them for your listening pleasure. Infusing the dirty garage band sounds of the 70s with a lo-fi analog recording, the Michigan four-piece have concocted a mean love song with their riff-heavy single Bily Goat (and that’s not a mis-spelling)! Listen / download it here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 737: The Legal Immigrants
To complement our Johnny Stewart post earlier, long standing MM faves and raucous dirt blues rockers Kings of Lowertown are back with a new three track release, Nowhere Road, due for release on Halloween! Stream the title track below, or grab it on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading Kings Of Lowertown – Nowhere Road
Johnny Stewart doesn’t so much introduce himself as tear the door off the hinges with Flesh, Blood, Skin & Bone, an electrifying single steeped in the power and fire of traditional blues. Stewart’s distorted vocals rush in accompanied only by weighty foot stomps and handclaps, barely hinting at the powerful force that follows. Exploding into a raging chorus resplendent with heavy garage rock riffs and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Johnny Stewart
It strikes me that you have to be pretty brave to try and forge a music career with the surname Presley. On the evidence of Come Calling, in the case of John J Presley we are mighty glad he did. It is the first track to be shared from his new White Ink EP (out 24th July). Citing Son House’s Mississippi Delta blues and Mogwai’s dissonant tunings … Continue reading Introducing >>> John J Presley
Our in-box is once again sinking slowly in a deluge of new music and videos, and even once we’ve deleted all the e-mails about house bangers, dance remixes, and other such nonsense we’re still left with an unfathomably large number of songs to listen to… However, listen we do, and here is a short selection from all around the world (Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, … Continue reading MM’s Monday Morning Round Up
Taking their name from the short-lived 1959-60 TV private detective series, Bourbon Street Beat are (as you’d might expect) inspired by 50s and 60s bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Band, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, as well as rock’n’roll legends like Elvis, Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash. Each of these influences are apparent in technique and style, yet cleverly and confidently reinterpreted to … Continue reading Introducing >>> Bourbon Street Beat
Via their Bandcamp page, Turchi (who have featured a few times on MM) have announced a final EP We Spoke In Song that marks the the final collaboration between Cameron Weeks, Andrew Hamlet, and Reed Turchi – the lineup that was active from November 2012 to October 2014, and recorded the albums Live in Lafayette, My Time Ain’t Now, and Can’t Bury Your Past together. We … Continue reading Farewell EP From Turchi
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