Family Friends are an Aussie / British brother-sister led psych-pop band, currently based in East London. On Your Mind is the first track to be taken from their debut EP Across The Water, and is well worth a spin if you like chiming guitar lines and hazy, aching vocals. We do… . Continue reading MM Shorts 708: Family Friends
Meredith Graves, formidable front-woman of Perfect Pussy, has released Took The Ghost To The Movies, her first ever song as a solo artist. It will be released as a split single with Kevin Devine. Sonically and emotionally powerful, the song lets beautifully crafted words ring quietly behind a noisy, anxious pulse and reveals a surprisingly intimate side filled with echoing, heart-heavy vocals. The single is out … Continue reading MM Shorts 707: Meredith Graves
We were big fans of four-piece Beach Baby’s debut single Blackbird and the band have now announced a new single, No Mind No Money, which will be released on June 22nd. The new track is an atmospheric blend of summery, 60s-inspired American pop with the altogether moodier, alternative British new wave movement, driven by languid, harmonic shared lead-vocals. Give it a spin. . Catch them live: May … Continue reading New Beach Baby Single
Happyness have just announced a brand new double A-side single release in the form of long-time fan favourites Montreal Rock Band backed with the contrastingly upbeat It’s On You. The former is the track that won the band an NME Award for Best Lyric back in February. “I’m wearing Win Butler’s hair / There’s a scalpless singer in a Montreal rock band somewhere”. Awesome! Stream the … Continue reading New Single From Happyness
We have already shared the first two excellent singles from Du Blonde’s forthcoming album Welcome back To Milk which sees the light of day on the 18th May. Now we have a third, Hunter shows the other side to Beth Jeans Houghton’s reinvention – this time we have a heartbreaker ballad complete with massive emotional chorus that contrasts dramatically with the riff-heavy aggression of her previous singles. … Continue reading New Single From Du Blonde
Mixing up flowery bubblegum fuzz, Nuggets-era garage beat and drugged-out psychedelia, Betrayers take the listener on a hallucinogenic journey across an eerie landscape inspired by late nights, bad behaviour, warped love, and total freedom. The Edmonton based six piece released their debut album Let the Good Times Die early last year, and now they’re back with the feverish rumble and freaked out grooves of the … Continue reading Betrayers – Love Rat 7″
Alberteen make what they describe as “rhythm & noir“, a compelling mix of garage-rock, punk and 60s pop-tones. Their forthcoming album Miss World is out on the 25th May, and a single, A French Connection precedes it by a week. Give it a spin below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 706: Alberteen
A much loved discovery of Mrs M’s, five piece pop folkies The Keston Cobblers Club are set to release their new album Wildfire on Tricolour Records /Absolute via Universal in June. Triggered by teenage obsessions with British power pop and Glaswegian indie dreamers, the twelve track collection is a sonic journey of sounds. Building on the band’s bedrock of urgent anthems, thumped drums, sweet strums and … Continue reading New Video: Keston Cobblers Club – Won’t Look Back
Celtic tinged folkies Red River Dialect will release a new album Tender Gold And Gentle Blue in July. The first taste comes with Fallen Tree – stream it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 705: Red River Dialect
Here is the second part of our weekly round up of cracking new tunes – another nine from a bumper collection from the past seven days! See Part 1 here. 1. Titus Andronicus – Dimed Out 2. Angelic Milk – IDK How 3. Pet Symmetry – Gone Gone Gone (Even Further Gone) 4. God Damn – Vultures 5. Communions – Summer Oath 6. Guantanamo Baywatch – … Continue reading Songs You Should Have Heard This Weekend (Part 2)
The Mad Mackerel 