Today, Chris T Popper and I are heading south to Brighton and our first visit to the Great Escape festival. There are a whole host of bands we’re looking forward to seeing, from the South American punk-pop of Las Kellies, the angst of Gambles, the spectral folk of Mirel Wagner and the junkyard blues of the Amazing Snakeheads, to the stoned slacker indie of Dune Rats and the … Continue reading We’re Heading to the Great Escape…A Playlist
1. Sharon Van Etten – Every Time The Sun Comes Up 2. Parquet Courts – Black & White 3. Thee Tee Pees – Indian Bingo 4. Stagnant Pools – You Whir 5. Blessa – Unfurl . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Ahead of their forthcoming May tour, lo-fi, garage rockers, New York’s Skaters have released a cover of the Smiths’ classic This Charming Man. Listen/download it here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 557: Skaters Cover The Smiths
Out of My Head, the new album from San Antonio rock ‘n’ rollers The Rich Hands takes its cues from classic rock, garage punk, and even a little surf pop. There are riffs aplenty, and the tight rhythms, infectious hooks and supercharged anthems are gleefully belted out throughout the dozen loud and proud tracks. It is out on May 6th via Fountain Records, with a cassette … Continue reading Rich Hands – So Fine
A few months back we posted about Mirror Travel’s “fuzzy, whipsaw garage pop” and their forthcoming debut album Mexico, which is out now on Modern Outsider Records (order here). Seemed a fine reason to post another track for you – the punchy Nuggets-style bassline and reverb-slathered drive of I Want You To Know, and the trippy new video for the title track. Relax, turn off your … Continue reading More From Mirror Travel
Louisville, Kentucky’s White Reaper are a raucous and strident three piece that combine sparkling hooks with fluid, fluttering rhythms to create psychedelia-tinged garage punk that doesn’t sacrifice an ounce of sonic bite. Their self-titled debut EP is a six-song blitzkrieg that traces the band’s present and future. Check out the dingy and jangly single Conspirator and the more urgent, spasmodic jerkiness of Half Bad complete with freaky keyboard riff…. . … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… White Reaper
Like The Dune Rats, Theo Verney is high on our “must-see” list at the Great Escape Festival. He has given details on his impending new single, Sound Machine, to be released on Hate Hate Hate. Highlighted by its entrancing, introductory guitar lines that dip and drone into a 70s progressive groove-ridden feel, Sound Machine is a typically busy Theo Verney track that picks up exactly … Continue reading Free Download From Theo Verney
Australia’s premier stoned punk rockers The Dune Rats have a new single out ahead of their European jaunt that happily for us includes a date at the Great Escape Festival. It is a limited 7” of double A-side single, Red Light, Green Light, backed with Fuck It, and sees a release on the 15th June via Ratbag Records. Listen to both below – you’re guaranteed four … Continue reading New Dune Rats Single
We’re throughly enjoying this EP from NYC’s Falling Birds, whose fuzzed up garage rock recalls the The Black Lips, but with a dash of Bright Eyes’ folky storytelling sensibilities and a smattering of classic rock’n’roll thrown in for good measure. The five track EP is called Native America and can be grabbed from Bandcamp here on a name-your-price offer. We suggest you head there right away, … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Falling Birds
Uncompromising and confrontational punk rockers White Lung have offered up Snake Jaw, the b-side to forthcoming 7″ single Drown With The Monster. It will also appear on their forthcoming third album Deep Fantasy (which you can pre-order here from Domino Records). It is a typically provocative offering, as hard hitting and as hardcore as ever, but with a nod to a more melodic approach that we … Continue reading White Lung – Snake Jaw
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