This week we have collected ten cracking tunes from the past seven days of new releases. 1. Mark Lanegan & Beth Orton – Your Kisses Burn (Marc Almond & Nico cover) 2. Kurt Vile – Pretty Pimpin’ 3. Ghetto Ghouls – Hezbollah 4. Nathaniel Rateliff – Look It Here 5. Blossoms – Blown Rose 6. Chelsea Wolfe – Grey Days 7. Mild High Club – Undeniable … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Blitzen Trapper, one of our favourite and most enduring bands on MM, are set to release All Across This Land on October 2 via Lojinx in Europe and on Vagrant in the US. By incorporating a vast array of influences, they have released albums in the past that touch on a myriad of genres: indie, folk, rock, roots, alt country, psychedelia and pop, while maintaining a … Continue reading Blitzen Trapper Announce All Across This Land
Once more drowning in a sea of new tunes, and so here is another quick and dirty round-up of the first seven to impress… Parts Primitive is the debut album from London-based band Primitive Parts. The band consists of Sauna Youth, Monotony and Male Bonding alumni who first practiced in 2012 after working together in a record shop in Crouch End with the goal to make something … Continue reading Monday Morning Round Up
Boom-chicka drums and bouncing country bass are interrupted by Beatles/Byrds inspired psychedelia in the first single Darkest Hour, from Cactus Flower’s (aka Jessica Lewis) forthcoming debut album Magic Hour. Lewis has been performing and touring for 10 years as a member and collaborator with a wide range of notable groups, including Brent Randall and His Pinecones, Hymm, Dark For Dark, and Wet Denim; now, with Magic Hour, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Cactus Flower
Following on from our post earlier today, here are the remaining songs from our selection of 15 new tunes from last week, worth some serious ear-time this weekend. 9. Jacuzzi Boys – Happy Damage 10. Wavves – Way Too Much 11. Adult Mom – Laying On My Floor 12. Little Wings – Live To Tell (Madonna cover) 13. Promised Land Sound – She Takes Me … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part Two)
Despite it being the summer months, the quality and quantity of new releases coming our way shows no signs of slowing – quite the opposite in fact. Here then is part one of our round up of fifteen picks from the past seven days. 1. Mac DeMarco – I’ve Been Waiting For Her 2. Lowest Pair – Shortning Bread 3. Rayland Baxter – Mr. Rodriguez … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part One)
Our introduction to Chris Staples came via Dark Side Of The Moon (not a cover of the Pink Floyd classic, but instead an interpretation of it). It was a standout track from his excellent album from last year, American Soft, which in turn has become a long established fave here at MM Towers. He has now followed this up with a brand new EP on Barsuk Records … Continue reading Chris Staples – Cheap Shades EP
Moonbeam is the second single from Jackson Boone’s forthcoming album Natural Changes, which is due out in September. Immerse yourself in a woozy haze of shimmering psych-folk that is equal parts alluring and disorientating. Masterful stuff. Stream / download it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 741: Jackson Boone
You know the drill I’m sure. Here then are no less than 13 collected new tunes from the past week for a perfect weekend playlist… 1. Surfer Blood – Hey Ya (Outkast cover) 2. Childbirth – Nasty Grrls 3. Yuck – Hold Me Closer 4. Diet Cig – Sleep Talk 5. Public Service Broadcasting – The Other Side 6. Chelsea Wolfe – After The Fall … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Nashville supergroup, Lylas, featuring members of Lambchop, Stone Jack Jones, Coupler, Natural Child and The Features have shared a new song Sensual People that is on repeat here. Beat-driven, hypnotic Americana? Yes please… . Continue reading MM Shorts 738: Lylas
The Mad Mackerel 