Spoilers made our end of year best of lists and are back with a new self-released single on the band’s own label Vibe/Anti-Vibe label, available on limited edition orange cassette and 7″ lathe cut especially for Record Store Day. Nothing is another cracker – sharp, catchy punk rock reminiscent of early Wire, Parquet Courts and Uranium Club. Have a listen. Order here. Continue reading New Single From Spoilers
This week has seen a few MM faves all share some top-notch new tunes via YouTube, and so here is a quick video collection from garage rockers Black Lips, psych-juggernauts Black Angels, psych-freaks King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, hazy troubadour Mac DeMArco, some classic old-time Americana from The Deslondes and some amphetamine filled blues boogie from Left Lane Cruiser. … Continue reading Videos: Black Lips / Black Angels / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Mac DeMarco / Deslondes / Left Lane Cruiser
The Dirty Nil have an upcoming compilation release, Minimum R&B, out April 28 via Dine Alone/Fat Wreck Chords. They’ll also be playing some UK dates this month too. From it we have Caroline for your listening pleasure -it was originally appeared on a small-run, self released EP the band burned onto CDs and released in 2009. See them live 18 – Southampton @ Talking Heads 19 – … Continue reading New From The Dirty Nil
A couple of weeks ago, DUMB saw the proper release of their debut album Live Fast Die Dumb, which had previously been released on cassette only. Now the band have announced their new album Less will see the light of day on Friday 31st March through Axis Mundi Records (order here). The Austin, TX guitar trio create a pretty tasty and unique blend of rock’n’roll, … Continue reading MM Shorts 932: DUMB
From the depths of Melbourne’s rock pool, Shrimpwitch have emerged from the waves with their debut Eggs Eggs Eggs EP, a ferocious mix of high energy garage punk and rock’n’roll. The duo going under the monikers Georgi Goonsack and Kim Prawn, are the first release from the Hysterical Records label. Listen to Lust For A Kick below, a lustful, boozy, hedonistic tale of pleasure and pain. You can pre-order the EP … Continue reading Introducing >>> Shrimpwitch
With influences ranging from modernist poet Basil Bunting to The Cure, Newcastle four piece Eat Fast mix sugar-drenched harmonies with dark lyrical content. We’ve already shared the excellently raucous single Public Display of Affection, and now we have another, equally good track for you with Scrambled Egg. It is taken from upcoming EP Immortal Kombat – six tracks of squirming guitar riffs, thunderous drumming, taut vocals and razor witted … Continue reading New Single From Eat Fast
We’ve already posted three singles from Belgian garage punks Mind Rays and here is the fourth (and final) track shared from upcoming debut album Nerve Endings. Follow Suit is the best yet – another snarling, pulsating slab of sleaze-riddled proto-punk that gleefully runs the gamut from primetime Stooges to Ty Segall. Wig out to it below. Continue reading More From Mind Rays
The excellently named Dolly Spartans new EP Time Sides With No One, was written in the wake of their guitarists’ sudden death of a drug overdose at age 22 and details frontman Michael Eliran’s struggle to cope with the tragedy of losing his best friend. With echoes of Wavves or Fidlar, Hanging Out is a prime slice of thrumming, garage pop that documents the turmoil … Continue reading MM Shorts 930: Dolly Spartans
Scab Hand are another band to emerge from Brighton’s febrile underbelly, a three-piece forged from former Love Buzzard frontman and guitarist Kevin Lennon, former Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster drummer Rob Ling and bassist Dan Stirrat. Irregular Bed is their debut single, a hugely enjoyable squelching fuzz pot of squealing aural mayhem. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 927: Scab Hand
This week our round up includes a brilliantly angry and frustrated single from Swedish sisters First Aid Kit for International Women’s Day, another track from the prolific Ty Segall’s upcoming EP, the first taste from Bonnie Prince Billy’s Merle Haggard covers record with a version of the classic Mama Tried. This week’s offering from the Our First 100 Days Project comes from Self Esteem (none other … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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