All the way from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Fossil Cliffs is the new solo project from Mike D’Eon. His debut, self-titled EP is an inspired collection of tracks from the jittery start-stops of opener Summer Sun, to the pop-rock stoner sludge of In My Eyes, and the jangly washed out guitars of Cold, it is an eclectic opening statement tinged with reverb and honesty. Check out Wake Me … Continue reading Fossil Cliffs – Wake Me Up
Drawing inspiration from the likes of Phil Spector, The Velvet Underground, The Cure, My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus And Mary Chain, the September Girls play reverb-soaked noise-pop of the finest order. They first came to our attention at the start of the year with their excellent debut album Cursing The Sea, (see our posts here) and we thoroughly enjoyed their set at the Great … Continue reading New EP From September Girls
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 already shared a few tracks from the Growlers latest long player Chinese Fountain, and now the surf-goths have revealed the title track for your listening pleasure. So without further ado… . Continue reading The Growlers – Chinese Fountain
All-girl garage four-piece The Franklys are set to release their next single What You Said on the 13th October. It is a masterpiece of broken-heart-black-eye garage-rock wizardry, that follows their previous 7″ Puppet (posted here) and, if anything, increases the ferocious tempo and knuckle cracking percussion up even further. Maybe, even up to eleven! Have a listen. Continue reading The Franklys – What You Said
We’ve had more than a few tasty videos for tasty tunes fly our way in the recent days and weeks. Here is a quick round-up of some of our favourites from the likes of Landlady, alansmithee, Handsome Jack, Hiss Golden Messenger, Split Screens, Stone Jack Jones, Yes I’m Leaving, Slaves, The Last Bison, The Ruminaters, Buffalo Stack and Chris Staples. . . . . . … Continue reading Video Round Up
PINS will return with a limited edition cassette EP Come Back for Cassette Day on 27th September. The Manchester four-piece have shared the title track, a cover of the The Belles song from 1966, which delivers a sound not unlike the mighty Rezillos put in a blender with We’ve Got A Fuzzbox. The EP also features two other covers of 1960s girls in the garage bands, with … Continue reading PINS Cover The Belles
Set to release their excellent debut, The Wait, (listen here) on 6th October, London trio White Sands who count members of Male Bonding, Mazes and Novella in their ranks, unveil another standout track from the 7″, in the form of Expect Nothing. Listen below… . Continue reading More From White Sands
It’s Friday, all the excuse to round up a few new tracks for you. Ten in all from Priory, Little May, The Lungs, Caddywhompus. Item 9 & The Mad Hatters, Saint Agnes, Sleepy Dreamers, The Yetis, Lazyeyes and Trans Upper Egypt. Just wish we had the time to put the words together to do them justice. Treat it as a voyage of discovery… . . … Continue reading It’s Friday – Quick & Dirty Round Up
The fabulously named Bullybones are a ferocious new sour sweat soaked garage-rock band (for the uninitiated, a bully bone can also mean a dog chew ‘treat’ made up of a shrivelled bull’s penis). However this particular group on neer-do-wells are named after a Birthday Party song, and the band’s debut double a-side I Feel Sorry For You / Deadflower Girl (out on October 27th via Barnstormer) … Continue reading Introducing >>> Bullybones
The Mad Mackerel 