Ritual Howls are industrial, cinematic deathrock creating sounds and words that shift from the violent expression of fear to an obsession with baptism and cleansing. Their combination of drum machines, synths, fuzz bass and twang guitar produce a Skinny Puppy meets Lee Hazlewood soundtrack that embraces both paranoia and tranquility – like a love song to the devil. These are macabre tales with lyrics that … Continue reading Introducing >>> Ritual Howls
It has been a good while since we last shared a Nickel In The Jukebox post, but here are ten tracks making up for lost time. You decide… hit or miss? My Son Bison – Two Faces And A Vase [RIYL: Psych-pop, The Beach Boys, The Shins] The Blind Owls – All Day And Night [RIYL: 60s Pop, Little Richard , The Kinks] … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 21)
Residual Echoes frontman Adam Payne releases his new solo album Famous Blondes on the 22nd July via Selection Records. It is a record where no genre, style, or sound is hands-off. There’s the late-night folk funk of Tell Me and Nightmare, the ham-fisted fey glam of Eyes of the World, the neon go-kart slow burner U. Angel, and even doo-wop filth in Open Up. Stream Tell Me below. Continue reading MM Shorts 857: Adam Payne
Today is a sad day. A day I am sad to say I feel embarrassed to be “English”. A day I feel impotent rage at the Tory party’s supreme arrogance that constant austerity measures and cuts after cuts after cuts aimed at the poorest and the weakest wouldn’t leave people feeling ever more disenfranchised and disconnected from the world. A day I feel impotent rage … Continue reading WTF!
It can never be seen as a bad week when you have brand new songs from Okkervil River and the Low Anthem to share. And not only that, we have seven other new tunes for you as well from the likes of Father John Misty, Psychic Ills and The Gotobeds. Dig in. Okkervil River – Okkervil River R.I.P. The Low Anthem – The Pepsi Moon Father John Misty – … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
If one thing really irritates me then it is the bloke (it is always a bloke) at the back of the gig who, at the end, opines how the band “were a bit too samey”, or they “didn’t quite get it”, or it “was OK, but nothing special”, or they’ve “seen it done better by other bands” and then goes on to list a load … Continue reading The Great Escape – Day 2
No less than ten more new tracks compiled for your listening pleasure including three covers by Mountain Goats (taking on War’s Summer), Fidlar’s version of the Beastie Boys stone cold classic Sabotage and Yuck’s tribute to Elliott Smith. Not only that, but newly discovered and reissued tracks from garage punks The Hunches and cult 70s folkie Bob Brown, and of course the return of Radiohead plus plenty … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Elvis Depressedly is a duo holed up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. They will release the Holo Pleasures / California Dreamin’ LP on Run For Cover Records on 3rd June. It is both a re-issue of their 2013 Holo Pleasures EP and a new EP of unreleased material on the B-side, California Dreamin’. Slip is a wonderfully woozy slice of two minute psych-pop … Continue reading Elvis Depressedly – Slip
Danish all-girl outfit Baby In Vain are streaming their new track The Urge. Opening with jagged synths, it is actually a subtle and slinky desert rock anthem that shows off another side to the heavy-hitting trio. Inspiration came from a documentary in which serial killers described their bloodlust and urge to kill. The song quickly morphed into a comparison to the urge that many monogamous couples feel to … Continue reading New From Baby In Vain
Named after a skater society from the 70s, The Zephyr Bones are a surfer-psych-pop band based in Barcelona. Having moved from Chile to Spain to start a band, their music is full of summery beach vibes and the sea is a huge inspiration to them, drawing on the never-ending sunsets, all roads leading to the ocean. Taking their inspiration from US bands such DIIV, The … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Zephyr Bones
The Mad Mackerel 