Hello Shark began when a teenage Lincoln Halloran moved from his home of Massachusetts to Vermont in 2006. He quickly recorded an amateur but heartfelt debut called Book Lungs and began touring the Northeast, slowly building a community web that would stretch to include Owen Ashworth (of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone and Advance Base), Rochester’s Attic Abasement, and the members of Brooklyn collective the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Hello Shark
The trip to deposit our eldest at University meant we couldn’t get this ready in time at the weekend. So belatedly as he discovers the joys of student freedom, here are our quick picks from the rest of the best of the new releases last week. Enjoy (nearly) new tracks from the likes of Kim Gordon, Purling Hiss, La Sera, Damaged Bug and a fine … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard… Last Week
I know we’re late to it and I don’t quite know how we missed it, but Fat White Family’s single Breaking Into Aldi is a brilliantly sleazy slice of anarchic indie that manages to be both depraved and deprived. And all at the same time! It is their first new material since their second album Songs For Our Mothers, and the single is backed by … Continue reading Fat White Family’s New Single
NOTS – No Novelty Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Commandment 7 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Jesus Alone Las Kellies – I Don’t Care Wovenhand – Golden Blossom Kevin Devine – No History Cherry Glazerr – Told You I’d Be With The Guys Adam Torres – Juniper Arms Devendra Banhart – Saturday Night Public Access T.V. – End Of An Era John Murry … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Alarms is the latest offering from GOAT’s forthcoming album, Requiem, which is out on the 7th October. This new track highlights the folk influence that runs through the album, with acoustic guitars and hand-percussion instruments driving the song, while retaining the hypnotic vocals and fuzz-drenched guitar leads the band is known for. Stream it here. Continue reading Another From GOAT
We shared Ritual Howls’ Park Around The Corner last month, a noisy combination of drum machines, synths, fuzz bass and twangy guitar, and now we have Spirit Murder for you – happily in much the same vein. Listen below for a blast of darkness with a buried pop sensibility… Continue reading More From Ritual Howls
Despite it being the height of the holiday season we’ve still collected together ten new songs for you from the past week. They include the return of Warpaint as well as more new tracks from Cass McCombs, Cheena, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, and JEFF The Brotherhood, and some lovely folk from Lisa / Liza. Explore away… Cass McCombs – Medusa’s Outhouse of Montreal – Let’s Relate … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Woozy, psych-pop weirdos, Happyness have announced that a brand new EP, titled Tunnel Vision On Your Part, will be released this September 23rd through Moshi Moshi Records. The lead track on the EP is Anna, Lisa Calls – stream it below. Continue reading New From Happyness
Having spent a mighty fine week soaking up the sunshine in Crete we are feeling pretty good about life. And if that wasn’t enough here are ten of the best of the week’s new releases (as judged by us of course). They Include the very welcome return of fire and brimstone gothic folkies Wovenhand and Argentinian garage-posters Las Kellies, cracking tracks from Bueno and Okkervil River, … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here they are, all wrapped and presented in a tidy bow for you. Ten new songs from the past week including Screaming Females, Goat, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, of Montreal, a gorgeous new song from Alex Bleeker and an excellent cover of Gun Club’s classic Sex Beat by Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan. Good stuff indeed. Happy weekend. Screaming Females – Skeleton Jeff The Brotherhood – Punishment … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Mad Mackerel 