New Video: Elvis Depressedly – Thou Shalt Not Murder

Until recently, we were unaware of the lo-fi bedroom charms of Elvis Depressedly, that was until we heard the brilliant Bruises (Amethyst) (taken from forthcoming long player New Alhambra), which has become a firm fave here at MM Towers. The duo have now released a beautiful new video for latest single, and album opener, Thou Shalt Not Murder. It showcases perfectly their brightly melancholic noise-pop inspired by heroes … Continue reading New Video: Elvis Depressedly – Thou Shalt Not Murder

Sleaford Mods & The Pop Group Announce Split 7″

The Pop Group and Sleaford Mods will release a split 7” on Monday June 18th through Freaks R Us. The single features Face To Faces a raw alternate version of a vitriolic track featured on the forthcoming Sleaford Mods new album, and Nations, a track taken from Citizen Zombie, The Pop Group’s recently acclaimed album. Listen to both here. . . Continue reading Sleaford Mods & The Pop Group Announce Split 7″

MM Shorts 695: Loppa Albon

Chicago-based lo-fi pop/rock artist Loppa Albon will release his upcoming LP, Plumblossoms on the 14th April via Hellhole Supermarket Records. Check out this single from it, O I Don’t Know (Windows) is a vulnerable pop tune, veiled in reverby guitars and washed out synths. Something like All Things Must Pass era George Harrison meets Lotus Plaza meets Fleet Foxes. Stream / download it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 695: Loppa Albon

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It is the weekend and time for our regular round up of the songs from the past week that are well worth some listening time… 1. Torres – Sprinter 2. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – Step Brother City 3. Nai Harvest – All The Time 4. Uniform – Perfect World 5. Shadow Age – Silaluk 6. Fight Like Apes – Pretty Keen On … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It’s Saturday, time for our mop up of some of the tunes released this week that are well worth giving a whirl too. 1. Girlpool – Ideal World 2. Houndstooth – Borderlands 3. Death Cab For Cutie – Little Wanderer 4. Aquarian Blood – Savage Mind 5. Sheer Mag – Button Up 6. Wolf Alice – I Saw You (In A Corridor) 7. Teleman – … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Friday Afternoon Round Up

It’s Friday and a trawl through the overloaded MM in-box has been well overdue. So here are a few tunes, new and not quite so new, that are well worth giving some ear-time to0… And your starter for ten: Inspired by 70s Punk and 90s Brit Pop, NYC band Public Access T.V. have announced the release of their debut EP in the US on Terrible Records. … Continue reading Friday Afternoon Round Up

Introducing >>> Fossa

London based four piece Fossa will release their debut EP Sea of Skies – four tracks of intimate, lush indie with shades of Grizzly Bear, Talk Talk and The Antlers. Whilst being bold enough with the instrumentation and occasional skittering beats to defy the obvious paths, at the heart of each track is a powerful sense of melody and lead single Five Days is a masterpiece of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Fossa

Grandparents – Kids In The Alley

With the successful production of several self-recorded, lo-fi EPs to their credit, spacey six-piece Grandparents are providing a sneak peek into the band’s highly anticipated unveiling of their debut LP, Sincerely, Bagman with the arrival of the Kids in the Alley cassingle. The delightfully catchy title-track delivers audacious, jangly pop music with an eye toward the hallucinatory, prompting visions of psychedelic royalty like the Seeds or … Continue reading Grandparents – Kids In The Alley