We’re thoroughly enjoying this sweetly gentle slice of dreamy pastoral folk from Field Division. Faultlines is the debut single from the Des Moines duo and precedes a planned long-player, which on this evidence will be well worth getting hold of… I see you walking through the valley Heading straight to the ravine Where in the hell do you think you’re going, Nobody yet knows your … Continue reading Field Division – Faultlines
Taking their name from Aldous Huxley’s writings on visionary experiences, Moksha Medicine grab their influences from a sprawling range of genres such as psychadelia, surf-punk and drone. After releasing their debut EP Moksha in early 2014, the band are now set to release their first official single Spindle Thief on September 15th. Describing their sound as “Spacemen 3 injected with Grace Slick and Omar Khorshid”, the track kicks … Continue reading Introducing >>> Moksha Medicine
She Keeps Bees have unveiled a second, excellent single from new album Eight Horses. Radiance is another beautifully crafted, low-key slice of compelling, yet punchy Americana that is as emotionally dense and questioning as it is confident and challenging. Have a listen. . Continue reading More From She Keeps Bees
Experimental punk magpies Fat White Family have announced details of the release of the first single on their new label, Without Consent – the wonderfully titled I Am Mark E Smith is released on Monday October 27th and it is an absolute cracker. . Continue reading MM Shorts 605: Fat White Family
Flying Ant Day, will be the first full-length from the Brighton five-piece Tyrannosaurus Dead. The first track to air from it is Local Bullies, a charming indie pop-meets-scuzzy punk hit in the making – distorted guitars break out, followed shortly by beautiful layered vocals, flitting from crazy to calm and back again. The album is out on Odd Box Records on 3rd November. Order here. . Continue reading Tyrannosaurus Dead – Local Bullies
Brighton’s Abattoir Blues feature on Beech Coma Vol. 2, a Leeds based label’s compilation of new acts that they describe as “negotiating a sun-bleached and apathetic world with a lazy-day quality and an old-fashioned frustration“. This track, Blinded, is firmly in the latter camp – a raw, seething explosion of bilious anger, beneath which a melody fights furiously to breathe. Cracking stuff. Download the full compilation for … Continue reading MM Shorts 604: Abattoir Blues
The marvellous Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs are now just The Voyeurs, which seems like an eminently sensible move in the band-name stakes. Having released the much underrated Clarietta album last year, they return with a new album Rhubarb Rhubarb which will see the light of day in November. Drawing on classic influences such as The Doors, the Jesus & Mary Chain and adjusting the … Continue reading The Voyeurs – England Sings Rhubarb Rhubarb
1. Terry Malts – Don’t 2. Grass House – All I Have To Do Is Dream (Everly Brothers cover) 3. We Were Promised Jetpacks – I Keep It Composed 4. Vashti Bunyan – Holy Smoke 5. Ming City Rockers – Get Outta Your Head 6. Real Estate – Paper Dolls (Nerves cover) 7. Blood Sister – Paralysis . . . . . . . . … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
While a marionette farmer plans for a nuclear fallout in ’60s black and white PSA footage, Philadelphia-based post punk band The Silence Kit blasts through the melodic rush of their 2 minute You Think I’m Crazy Now? from their new LP Watershed. . . Continue reading New Video: The Silence Kit – You Think I’m Crazy Now
To mark their upcoming tour together, Cass McCombs and Meat Puppets have announced the release of a split 7-inch single. Comprising of four tracks – two originals by McCombs and two covers from Meat Puppets who take on Cathy’s Clown by the Everly Brothers and Texas Tornados’ (Hey Baby) Que Paso. Listen to the brilliant funky folk of McCombs’ Night Of The World and the rollicking Meat Puppets … Continue reading Split 7″ from Cass McCombs And Meat Puppets
The Mad Mackerel 