Category: Indie

Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> John Southworth

With the release of Niagara (out late September on Tin Angel Records), Toronto-based singer-songwriter John Southworth has delivered an audacious, double record featuring nine rich, expansive songs on the Canadian side, with eleven mirrored counterparts on the American. The result is a multi-faceted, one-of-a-kind album – a collection of gorgeously crafted songs blending a vast and distinct selection of popular song and folk styles – while … Continue reading Introducing >>> John Southworth

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Shorts 597: The Highway Hymnal

The Highway Hymnal are a brooding psych rock four-piece from Boston. Their experimental sound has been influenced by artists coming from a variety of genres such as the 60s pop of The Beatles, the 70s garage rock of The Stooges, and the late 80s/early 90s shoegaze of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Spacemen 3. Listen to the intense noise-rock of Television below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 597: The Highway Hymnal

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Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Ultimate Painting – Winter In Your Heart

Apparently, according to the background details, Drop City was an artists’ community formed in southern Colorado in 1965. It was the first real commune, pre-summer of love and inspired by the happenings of Allan Kaprow, the Fluxos movement and John Cage. The commune’s most celebrated collaboration was an improvised piece they called The Ultimate Painting. It is from this esoteric world that James Hoare (of … Continue reading Ultimate Painting – Winter In Your Heart

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Alternative, Country, Folk, Indie, Industrial, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Four Thousand Posts On MM

According to the WordPress stats, this is our 4,000th post since we were removed from the internet by the Stalinesque Google Blogspot in April 2010, and forced to start MM all over again. To celebrate we thought we would treat ourselves and post ten songs from prior to MM’s existence that helped shape our own musical landscape. A self-indulgent Desert Island discs if you will…from listening for … Continue reading Four Thousand Posts On MM

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Gothic, Indie, Music, Rock

o’death To Release Out Of Hands We Go

The marvellous o’death are back with a new album of fiery, gothic-tinged folk and bluegrass that is as authentic as the Appalachians from which they could be hewn. Having been away for a couple of years, Out Of Hands We Go brings a wonderfully refreshing contrast to the plethora of faux traditionalists that have sprung up like weeds in their absence. This is intense, spine-tingling stuff, adventurous … Continue reading o’death To Release Out Of Hands We Go

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