Each week Popper, Joe Fish and me meet to discuss an album, rate it, and pick our three best and one worst selection from the record. MAC MILLER – CIRCLES (2020) 6.9 Popper 7.9 Joe Fish 7.2 Mad Mackerel AVERAGE: 7.3 THREE TOP TRACKS 1 HANDS 2 HAND ME DOWNS 3 GOOD NEWS LEAST FAVOURITE I CAN SEE Continue reading Mad Mackerel Music Club # 3
Dog Day will release their new album Present via Fundog on the 14th August 14. It is their first record in seven years, and ahead of its release, the band have shared the LP’s debut single, Hell on Earth. As the opening count in and fuzzed-out bass congeal, Hell on Earth’s chiming guitar hook melds seemlessly with airy synths, setting a summery tone for the track … Continue reading Dog Day – Hell On Earth
Clot is the title of Wax Chattels’ upcoming new album, out via Captured Tracks on the 25th September. The New Zealand trio have shared No Ties from it, a sparse and bleak slab of melodic noise rock that expresses its yearning and frustration in equal, thrilling parts. You can pre-order via Bandcamp here. Continue reading Wax Chattels – No Ties
London based New Wave quintet Phantom Isle have shared a Live in Lockdown video for new single MAR V. It is an immensely catchy, infectious slab of danceable indie that calls to mind the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Metronomy. Kicking off with a easy going, twitchy pulse it soon takes off into a frenzy of thundering percussion and propulsive synths that are … Continue reading New Video: Phantom Isle – MAR V
It seems an age since we saw duo Fear Of Men playing at SxSW in Austin, and that was before they took a four year hiatus after the release of their sophomore album Fall Forever. They are back with a new song, Into Strangeness, a sub-3 minute salvo tightly wound with a post-punk energy that recalls the likes of Section 25 and AR Kane. The … Continue reading Fear Of Men Return
Here is a new single from Nottingham trio Attraktors. Drawing equally from influences such as Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Neu and Gary Numan, Maximum Minimum further showcases their cosmic space rock credentials, and is taken from their forthcoming self-titled long player, released on Vivod on the 3rd July. Stream it here. Continue reading More from Attraktors
In her new video for the cryptically titled Too Big for the Glory Hole, Mackenzie Scott of TORRES captures domestic solitude in her now-iconic cowboy boots. The song, partially influenced by Florine Stettheimer’s painting The Cathedrals of Wall Street, was recorded during the Silver Tongue sessions and featured on a free 7-inch included with the album’s Peak Vinyl edition. She says of the track, “I wrote … Continue reading New Video: Torres: Too Big For The Glory Hole
Brisbane, Australia’s Hatchie has announced a collaboration with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart for a new 7” featuring a cover of Sometimes Always, The Jesus and Mary Chain’s collaboration with Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval from 1994. It is a reverent cover set apart by chiming guitars and Harriette Pilbeam’s crystal vocals, and 100% of sales from this release on Bandcamp Day this Friday, … Continue reading Hatchie & The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Cover The Jesus & Mary Chain
Melbourne quintet Bananagun have today shared a new single from their forthcoming album The True Story of Bananagun. The Master is a hectic, rhythmic excursion into colourful psych-pop that is exotic, vibrant and pretty much irresistible. The band draw on 60s and 70s Afrobeat, the proto-garage rhythmic fury of The Monks, and the grooves of Os Mutantes, shaping it all into their own melting pot of tropical … Continue reading Bananagun – The Master
After nearly a decade apart, ex Pity Party members, and long standing partners in musical crime Julie Edwards (aka ‘Heisenflei’) and Marc Smollin (aka “M”) have reunited under the moniker Heads are Heavy – returning with a mysterious video for an equally uncanny song, That Sounds Okay. Shot in Puglia, Italy, the dreamlike, dystopian scenes of fields ablaze, abandoned homes, and industrial devastation provide a … Continue reading Try Some ‘Downer Pop’ from Heads are Heavy
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