Frankly we’re still trying to understand the whole Parquet Courts / Parkay Quarts thing, where the overlaps are and what the significance of the two names are… However, that aside, Content Nausea will be a new release from the latter: recorded, mixed and mastered in two weeks on a 4-track tape machine. Apparently the band wanted something that listeners could “live with over the winter.” … Continue reading Parkay Quarts – Content Nausea
The eerie, sometimes disturbing and often unsettling, Americana of Timber Timbre is showcased to perfect effect in their new video for Grand Canyon – a track from their Hot Dreams long player, released earlier this year. . . Continue reading New Video: Timber Timbre – Grand Canyon
Four videos to set pulses racing from Lola Colt, The Franklys, September Girls and finishing with Meat Wave’s insanely catchy punk rock. . . . . (Download the whole album on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp). . Continue reading New Videos: Lola Colt || The Franklys || September Girls || Meat Wave
The new single from Gothenburg based The Don Darlings is a masterpiece of southern gothic Americana. If You Can’t Be Good is an odyssey about the life of an infamously pathological liar who some believe was named Johnny Bode. The title is a veiled, yet precise, warning about how life can turn out through a destructive device of doing everything you can in the most … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Don Darlings
The excellently named Daddy Issues are an all girl trio producing a twisted, distorted take on garage-pop that drips with acerbic irony and a healthy dose of cynicism. Ugly When I Cry is a wonderful slab of downbeat grungy pop that we’ve had on repeat ever since we heard it! Stream it below, or grab it for a buy-now deal at Bandcamp. . Continue reading Introducing >>> Daddy Issues
The Manhattan Love Suicides burnt bright between 2006 and 2009. Taking their ferocious sonic assault all over the UK and further afield to New York and SXSW twice. They released one full rough and raw sounding studio LP, a clutch of 7″ singles and EPs, plus a bumper 27 track compilation CD in their four(ish) years together. In 2009, the band came to an unexpected … Continue reading Return Of The Manhattan Love Suicides
Following a stream of highly regarded demos, singer-songwriter Eaves is a new signing to Heavenly Records. The beautifully considered and restrained As Old As The Grave comes from his debut EP and with its rich, tender sound certainly makes good on all the praise. Have a listen. . Continue reading Eaves – As Old As The Grave
1. The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Heat 2. The Wave Pictures – Pea Green Coat 3. Screaming Females – Wishing Well 4. Deerhoof – Last Fad 5. Waters – Over It . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is the new single from long-time chronicler of the lives of the downtrodden, the seedy and the desperate, Moses Luster. Until I’m Saved is available on Bandcamp now for free…what are you waiting for? . Continue reading MM Shorts 622: Moses Luster
Weyes Blood is the work of Natalie Mering, one time member of experimental troupe Jackie-O Motherfucker and guest on Ariel Pink’s Mature Themes. The sound of Weyes Blood is one of folk (with elements of psych and pop) set against electronics and tape effects, multi-part harmonies, collages and melodic qualities of delay. With vocals, often compared to Nico and of a rare purity and ethereal … Continue reading Weyes Blood – Some Winters
The Mad Mackerel 