This week we have collected no less than ten new releases for your listening pleasure. Every one a winner! 1. Ausmuteants – Echo Beach (Martha & The Muffins cover) 2. Bueno – Assed Out 3. Day Wave – Drag 4. The Foetals – Fine 5. Nathaniel Rateliff – S.O.B. 6. The Lighthouse And The Whaler – I Want To Feel Alive 7. The Creeping Ivies – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Avalanche, the new EP from Canadian songwriter Kalle Mattson, is set for release on the 21st August on HOME Music Co. While still firmly anchored in his folk roots, lead single A Long Time Ago is built around a delayed hip hop beat and features plenty of synths as well as a drum machine, and perfectly encapsulates the EP’s themes of anxiety, nostalgia, the past, and the … Continue reading Kalle Matson – Avalanche EP
On the day that we lost screen legend Sir Christopher Lee it seems fitting to share this new video from Scots Trembling Bells for Sweet Death Polka, imbued as it is with a real undercurrent of bucolic menace that resembles Lee’s own favourite film, the 1971 pagan horror classic The Wicker Man. It is nothing less than you’d expect from a band that delight in feverish … Continue reading New Video: Trembling Bells – Sweet Death Polka
Scott Bartenhagen is a native of the tiny town of Lathrop in California’s Central Valley, and a folk singer and guitar player. In Lathrop, he picked up his mum’s guitar in 6th grade, got into jazz, and eventually found his way into Tejano music group Los Bandidos, a band he toured with for several years, before engineering an indie folk sound all his own. He … Continue reading Introducing >>> Scott Bartenhagen
Finnish band Black Twig are about fuzzy pop songs, shoegaze, folk and droning rock songs. They are currently hard at work on the follow up to last year’s Heliogram long player, but in the meantime are offering up a rendition of Venom’s In League With Satan,which stamps the band’s own brand of willful energy on the song without losing any of the eerie creepiness of the original. Have … Continue reading Black Twig Cover Venom
It has been a good while since we’ve posted a round up of some of the best videos (and songs) that have found their way into our in box. So we’re righting that wrong this weekend with a Sunday collection for your viewing and listening pleasure. We have the Mynabirds, Dirty Blonde, Vanish Valley, Buffalo Rodeo, The Tarantula Waltz, The Worry Dolls, Phobophobes, Charles Howl, … Continue reading Big Video Round Up
Another seven days older… another seven days of new tunes. Enjoy. 1. Fidlar – 40oz On Repeat 2. Sea Lion – Ghostlands 3. Sleaford Mods – Face To Faces 4. JEFF The Brotherhood – In My Mouth 5. Spraynard – Applebee’s Bar 6. Chelsea Wolfe – Carrion Flowers 7. Jawbreaker Reunion – Your X 8. Black Mountain – Black Mountain (demo) 9. Beirut – No … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The marvellous Honey Ants are a duo consisting of John Grimsey and Rebecca Hamer. They are longstanding MM faves and it is a pleasure to be able to bring you the premiere for their new single Gold Plated. Their unique sound is created from solid folk roots and layered around exquisite bittersweet harmonies with elements of Southern gospel and classic country. In our opinion it has never been … Continue reading MM Premiere: The Honey Ants – Gold Plated
MM fave, singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim is set to release his sixth studio LP, The Spirit Moves on August 7th. This will be his second LP with backing band, The Law. As you might expect, The Spirit Moves is a raw and relatable album about transition, growth and life and marked by brutal honesty, passionate, soulful vocals, and inspired rock’n’roll tinged Country. Watch the video for … Continue reading Langhorne Slim And The Law – Strangers
Likes Of Me is the latest track from T. Hardy Morris’ forthcoming album Drowning On A Mountaintop. It is another mighty fine slab of country rock infused with a grunge mentality and searing guitars. Dive in! . Continue reading T. Hardy Morris – Likes Of Me
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