In all honesty the charms and delights of Deerhoof have largely bypassed us here at MM, but you should never say never and their latest album La Isla Bonita contains the stand out track Exit Only which we’ve loved since the first time we heard it. Now the song has a fittingly insane video starring Michael Shannon of Boardwalk Empire and Man Of Steel fame … Continue reading New Video: Deerhoof – Exit Only
The latest instalment of our regular feature of songs you really should have wrapped your ears around in the past seven days…this week has a bumper crop of eight cracking new tunes. 1. Father John Misty – Bored In The USA 2. The Decemberists – Make You Better 3. The Dodos – Competition 4. Emmy The Great – Swimming Pool 5. The Districts – 4th And … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve posted Halloween mixes in the past (see here) and here are a few random Halloween related tunes, streams and videos linked by nothing other than the time of the year and the fact they’re all pretty damn good. . . . . . . . Continue reading It’s Halloween Music Time
Weyes Blood is the work of Natalie Mering, one time member of experimental troupe Jackie-O Motherfucker and guest on Ariel Pink’s Mature Themes. The sound of Weyes Blood is one of folk (with elements of psych and pop) set against electronics and tape effects, multi-part harmonies, collages and melodic qualities of delay. With vocals, often compared to Nico and of a rare purity and ethereal … Continue reading Weyes Blood – Some Winters
Post-punk three piece, Dirt Dress have been a fixture of the LA scene since their conception in 2007. Taking influence from bands like Wire and the Fall, they compose a cultivated racket of guitars, horns, synths, and drums that mixes surf rock with synths in a curiously beguiling way. Revelations is the the title track from their new EP. Check it out below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 618: Dirt Dress
Communions spawn from the same four-wall rehearsal spot as Iceage and Lower – and from under the same roof as most of the local new punk, industrial and synth scene in Copenhagen, Denmark. This track, So Long Sun, is the A side to a 7″ coming Nov 10th on Tough Love and it’s a keeper. Have a listen. . Continue reading New From Communions
1. Mark Lanegan Band – Harvest Home 2. Hurray For The Riff Raff – Everybody Knows 3. Hollis Brown – Wait For Me Virginia 4. Diarrhea Planet – Heatwave 5. Blitzen Trapper – To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) (Ryan Adams Cover) 6. Field Report – Marigolden . . . . . . . Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve featured South London’s Virginia Wing a few times on MM and Measures Of Joy will be their long-awaited debut album, due to be released on Fire Records in November. Retaining the psychedelic majesty that marked them out in the first place, Measures Of Joy encompasses spoken-word passages, brooding electronics, avant pop, and plenty of sonic experimentation to create a collection both immediate and strange – imagine Mr … Continue reading Virginia Wing To Release Measures Of Joy
Having recently announced their debut LP, via Sacred Bones, as Dream Police, Mark Perro and Nick Chiericozzi (best known as the founding members of The Men) have shared the title track from Hypnotized with us today. Hypnotized finds the duo delivering the psychedelic, and fuzzed out guitars that they are best known for. Perro’s monotone vocals lay even with the instrumentation in the mix so that the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Dream Police
London three piece Alpha Maid merge angular grunge and dominant grooves with raw sample heavy electronics. An explorational genre hybrid based around repetition, rhythms and punk vocals. Quoting Radiohead, Micachu & The Shapes, Tune Yards, Deerhoof, Bjork and Nirvana as prominent influencers Alpha Maid’s Body Chores is a prime example of a band without restriction. . Continue reading Introducing >>> Alpha Maid
The Mad Mackerel 