1. Justin Townes Earle – Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover) 2. Grouper – Holding 3. Andrew Bird & Nora O’Connor – I’ll Trade You Money For Wine (Robbie Fulks cover) 4. Chumped – Name That Thing 5. John Moore – Smoking On The Cancer Ward . . [Click through for free download] . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
NME have described Brighton four-piece Morning Smoke as a mix of early Strokes whilst also recalling the claustrophobic clatter and angst of Eagulls, and elsewhere comparisons to Sonic Youth and Joy Division are never far away. Their new single is called Hunger…see what you think. . Continue reading MM Shorts 625: Morning Smoke
Gathering comparisons from 80s New Wave to dreamy psychedelic pop, Mini Mansions’ forthcoming new album, The Great Pretenders, is due in early 2015. The fast-paced first single, Death Is A Girl plays out with a sense of urgency, daring you to stand still, while the reverse sees the band take on a cover of Sherlock Holmes originally by Sparks. Have a listen to both below. You … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mini Mansions
Here is another track from post-punk three piece Dirt Dress, taken from their new EP Revelations out next month. This is the deceptively straight-forward and uptempo Twelve Pictures. . Continue reading Another From Dirt Dress
Magic Castles’ new album Sky Sounds, was released yesterday through A Recordings Ltd, Anton Newcombe’s UK-based imprint. The Minneapolis 5-piece combine the hazy, hypnotic atmospherics of bands like Spacemen 3 and Galaxie 500 with the organ-drenched psych sound of the mid/late ’60s outfits – particularly American West Coast folk-rock -for an altogether otherworldly sound. Have a listen to the laid back, reverb laden, title track. … Continue reading MM Shorts 624: Magic Castles
Four lovely new videos for you to enjoy from The Coathangers, The Lone Bellow, Los Angeles Police Department and the minimally monikered S. . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up
Mrs M and I just heard this on Radio 6 – absolutely lovely… Buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading Julie Byrne – Melting Grid
1. Diarrhea Planet – Bamboo Curtain 2. Bully – Milkman 3. Alvvays – Archie, Marry Me 4. Viet Cong – Continental Shelf 5. Nots – Decadence . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We love the abrasive dark pop, post punk, fuzzed up garage sound of PINS. Watch the slightly surreal clip for Come Back that features the band on and off-stage at a taping for a bizarro, Top Of The Pops-esque music program. . . Continue reading New Video: PINS – Come Back
The dark, intense, cinematic pop of Sweden’s The Hanged Man (aka Rebecka Rolfart) has been one of our favourite recent discoveries, and we have another track for you, taken from her upcoming mini-album release First Quarter Night. This is the rather delicious Into The Night. . Continue reading More From The Hanged Man
The Mad Mackerel 