We have featured London duo The Honey Ants a few times on MM, and last May their Nirvana cover in particular was a real treat for the ears. Since then they have been busy writing and recording, evolving their folk roots into more complex and darker territories with elements of Southern gospel and country coming much more to the fore. The first of this brand new material to emerge blinking … Continue reading New From The Honey Ants
Los Trasgos Muertos are a psych influenced garage rock band from Manchester, who have just put out their first eponymous EP. Some of the band also play in Hawker Reunion who have featured previously on MM, albeit with a very different sound! This though is crunchy and raw, proper riff-driven rock ‘n’ roll that is guaranteed to put hairs on your chest – whatever your gender… … Continue reading MM Shorts 681: Los Trasgos Muertos
It’s Saturday, time for our mop up of some of the tunes released this week that are well worth giving a whirl too. 1. Girlpool – Ideal World 2. Houndstooth – Borderlands 3. Death Cab For Cutie – Little Wanderer 4. Aquarian Blood – Savage Mind 5. Sheer Mag – Button Up 6. Wolf Alice – I Saw You (In A Corridor) 7. Teleman – … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It’s Friday and a trawl through the overloaded MM in-box has been well overdue. So here are a few tunes, new and not quite so new, that are well worth giving some ear-time to0… And your starter for ten: Inspired by 70s Punk and 90s Brit Pop, NYC band Public Access T.V. have announced the release of their debut EP in the US on Terrible Records. … Continue reading Friday Afternoon Round Up
The Venus Lyx is a trinity of sorts. Three brothers, all alike under a certain kind of light. The brothers Traylen. Formed a little under a year ago, the trio has since been creating and fashioning their own distinct brand of jagged freak-folk. Now they have their debut single available for your listening pleasure, however uncomfortable that might be… Keep Your Hands Off My Familiar is … Continue reading MM Shorts 680: The Venus Lyx
Twisted Arrow is the debut single from Belfast-based Arborist (aka songwriter Mark McCambridge) and features Kim Deal of The Breeders on backing vocals. It is a fabulous slice of rolling, countrified folk and Deal’s hushed and plaintive vocal adds weight to a familial tale of detachment and is the perfect counterpoint to McCambridge’s sharp delivery. Highly recommended this one. Stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 678: Arborist
Pearl And The Beard’s beguiling mix of indie, folk, and orchestral pop has long been popular here at MM, and the trio have released a new single, the upbeat, soaring Again Animal which will feature on their upcoming long player Beast. Have a listen… . Continue reading Pearl And The Beard – Again Animal
In April, Leeds based Post War Glamour Girls will follow up the release of last year’s much acclaimed album Pink Fur with a brand new track Southpaw Stance, released as a split 7” single with Battle Lines through Hide & Seek Records. Mixing a glam stomp with post-punk theatrics and intelligent lyrics that are as abrasive as they are abstract, the single calls to mind the best of … Continue reading Post War Glamour Girls – Southpaw Stance
Duke Garwood’s soulful, stripped-bare sound has been receiving much acclaim for his fifth album Heavy Love, his first for Heavenly Recordings. The word looks set to continue to spread with new single Disco Lights, which has had an appropriately psychedelic treatment for the video. Watch it here. . Continue reading New Video: Duke Garwood – Disco Lights
Taking their name from a combination of literary references and Spanish that when combined roughly translates to ‘silver tongued devils,’ Kingston, New York’s Galanos music is darkly seductive and coldly aloof at the same time. Wait For It is the debut single off of their LP Vacation Cannons, steeped in the solo sounds of Stiv Bators and early Lords of the New Church, the cinematic … Continue reading MM Shorts 677: Galanos
The Mad Mackerel 