RiceCrackers are an all-Asian, female-fronted, punk band from Boston, MA. Drawing inspiration from grunge, ska, and early punk they have just released an excellent four-track EP titled Kolohe Kid on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp here. Listen to Mall Girls below (which just pips the hypnotic riffing on Fish as our favourite track on the EP), a cutting and sardonic examination of the vacuous and the inane, and … Continue reading MM Shorts 733: RiceCrackers
Argentinian five piece Kill West will release debut long player Smoke Beach, digitally and via limited edition pink cassette (order here). It is eight tracks of prime psych-rock: fuzz drenched, distorted and reverb laden. It will dismantle your mind in ways you wouldn’t know possible and put you back together like Martini from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. If you’re lucky… Stream Out To The … Continue reading MM Shorts 732: Kill West
First formed in 2010, Birmingham’s The Castillians long awaited second album You & Me, will be released on vinyl and digital in late October. The album takes a slightly more soulful direction than much loved (and recently re-released) incendiary debut Show Your Teeth that fused garage, punk and psych rock into one perfectly unholy whole, but keeps up with the energy and hooks. Check out the blistering title track … Continue reading The Castillians – You & Me
Heaters will release their debut LP, Holy Water Pool, on 25th September via Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records. It is fair to say it is one of our most anticipated releases of the autumn, and comes as a follow-up to a handful of self-released EPs and the band’s recent Mean Green 7″(one of our favourite tracks of the year so far). It features more of the trio’s … Continue reading Heaters – Holy Water Pool
Here we go again, another collection of eight handpicked tunes released this week, including the return of the wonderful Mercury Rev, that are more than worth a few minutes of your time. 1. Mercury Rev – The Queen Of Swans 2. Wolf Alice – Freazy 3. Shannon And The Clams – Corvette 4. Weaves – Tick 5. No Age – It’s Oh So Quiet (Bjork … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Somewhat by happy accident we’ve focused on vintage 60s psych and surf rock today with Jackie Zealous and Best Behaviour, and to prove good things do come in threes, here is another… A couple of years ago we did a short post on San Diego’s Soft Lions, whose own mix of 60s San Francisco pop with noisy garage-guitar driven tracks, gave their songs a definitive West Coast vibe. … Continue reading Soft Lions – Spellbreaker
The somewhat curiously named Jackie Zealous are a surf inspired garage rock trio from Santa Cruz, California. Next week (23rd) sees the release of their debut self-titled EP. It features six charmingly fuzzy tracks that demonstrate a keen ear for melody and a memorable hook. Lead track is the infectiously cheery jangle of Talk It. Have a listen… . Continue reading MM Shorts 729: Jackie Zealous
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
Stiff Cats are a psych-rock band with one foot firmly, and unapologetically set in the more acid-fried end of the swinging sixties. Thankfully the other is embedded in more contemporary times allowing them to pay their dues to their influences without slipping into pastiche or parody. Watch the videos for Electric Velvet (the title taken from a quote from Tom Wolfe’s counter-culture classic The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test. The … Continue reading Introducing >>> Stiff Cats
It is well over a year since we featured Aussie noiseniks Magic Bones, so we were certainly overdue a new track. Frantic new single Danger I Am, is the first taste of their forthcoming album due for release later this year. It is a driving garage punk duet, drowning in desire and urgency and needs to be played real loud. What are you waiting for? . Continue reading MM Shorts 724: Magic Bones
The Mad Mackerel 