Those Darlins will release their much anticipated new album Blur The Line on the 1st October. In anticipation of the big day, they have shared two new tracks from the record, following on from the free download of Oh God they have been offering on their website. Western Sky dabbles its toes in Sonic Youth territory, whilst Ain’t Afraid nods to soulful country over a … Continue reading New Songs From Those Darlins
We’ve not posted any videos for a few days, so to make up for it we have a bumper crop for you from Mazzy Star and their video for standout new track California to PINS and their girl-gang mentality for their film for Girls Like Us. We have an appropriately pugilistic video for Mutts excellent track Prizefighter, and lastly along the same lines we the first … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Mazzy Star || PINS || Mutts || Scott & Charlene’s Wedding
Smoke-filled, swinging burlesque blues-trash titled the information accompanying the new release from Java Skull, and that sounds pretty much like musical nirvana to the mackerel shoal. New 10″ vinyl, The Devil’s Looking For You is eight tracks of pure, unadulterated, slow burning, primal, garage blues. Think songs about liars, cheats, loose women, horrible places, lost loves and necessary evils. Think dirty riffs, catchy hooks, and voodoo drums. … Continue reading Smoke-Filled Swinging Burlesque Blues-Trash – Welcome To Java Skull
Having already posted the excellent Push It from Washington DC’s Sunwolf, we can now share a second track from their imminent Angel Eyes EP. This is Fire Breathing Tiger, it lives up to its name, being a steamroller of catchy needlepoint riffage and scuzzy, lo-fi distortion. Apparently it was inspired by the “shit talking phase” of a courtship… Listen below. Continue reading More From Sunwolf
Rising phoenix like from the ashes of Follow That Bird, one of Austin’s most buzzed about bands, the newly monikered Mirror Travel have returned from a sojourn to the desert to create their debut album Mexico. You can have a listen to the title track below and we’ll wager you won’t find a better two minutes of fuzzy, whipsaw garage pop between us here in Oxford and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mirror Travel
A short while ago we posted the excellent Kim Chee Taco Man from the forthcoming Kelley Stoltz album Double Exposure via Third Man Records. Now we have the title track for you and its even catchier if that were possible – that’s two out of two for the album and appetites well and truly whetted! Continue reading More From Kelley Stoltz
The very wonderful Mind Spiders are back with their third album in 3 years! Titled Inhumanistic, it finds the band going in a slightly more stripped down direction than previous efforts, with influences ranging from Devo’s Freedom Of Choice and Wall Of Voodoo, to old horror movies (the song Electric Things is about the movie From Beyond, for example). Grab yourself the first track, Make … Continue reading Mind Spiders Announce New Album
Brooklyn’s Graveyard Kids are back with a new single and keeping the garage rock theme going of the day. While not as visceral as our earlier Oil Boom post, this track Jor G is equally good – just over two minutes of jerky, insistent garage pop that descends into musical chaos about half-way through before recovering only to collapse in on itself again at the end. Download … Continue reading New Graveyard Kids Single
Loving this track from Oil Boom, 45 Revolutions Per Minute is a full-on, high octane garage rocker in the vein of the Hives or the Vines. This is primal rock’n’roll just the way we like it – loud, fast and furious. Buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 438: Oil Boom
We’ve been fans of Detroit’s Dirtbombs since we first came across their two excellent albums released at the start of the millennium, Ultraglide In Black and Dangerous Magical Noise. Unconventional garage punks, equally at home mixing in soul, R&B and surf-pop as they are covering techno classics, their latest album is Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey. And as if the title didn’t give it away, this time they are … Continue reading New Dirtbombs Album
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