Los Angeles-based Line & Circle arrived on the national scene in 2012 after releasing acclaimed debut 7″ single Roman Ruins / Carelessness on White Iris Records. Last spring, they returned to the studio to begin recording new material developed during the band’s two recent tours. There, with nods to early 4AD dream pop and chiming I.R.S. Records-era guitar rock, the group pared the songs to … Continue reading Line & Circle – Mine Is Mine
Some excellent videos, mainly featuring deserts, suns and tribes oddly in one way or another, to start the day from the brilliant Desert Mountain Tribe, A Mini Tribe (who feature members of Sleepy Sun, Bella Vista and Són Boom and have a stripped back, gloriously spartan version of Nico’s These Days), The Big Sun, and finally New Desert Blues. . . . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Desert Mountain Tribe || A Mini Tribe || The Big Sun || New Desert Blues
After two years, two EPs, and countless demos, Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Nap Eyes are releasing their first LP on Plastic Factory Records titled Whine of the Mystic. Lead track No Man Needs To Care is an unadulterated gem of jaunty, infectious indie rock that overcomes any reservations through sheer force of will. It just might be the most refreshingly straightforward record we’ve heard for a good … Continue reading MM Shorts 525: Nap Eyes
We’ve posted a few tracks already from New Electric Ride’s excellent Balloon Age album – a heady, swirling and infectious trip into UK psychedelia of the grooviest kind. The latest track to get an airing is Marquis De Sade, which as the song develops, possibly features the catchiest riff on the whole record – and that’s saying something. Listen below. Order the album here. . Continue reading Another From New Electric Ride
We loved North Hollywood Microwaves, the first taste from the forthcoming Pink Mountaintops album Get Back (which, incidentally, has one of our favourite album sleeves of the year so far). And if anything we’re loving Ambulance City the latest track to get shared even more – a relentless driving rhythm, frantic, borderline hysterical vocals, and we get something akin to Spacemen 3 on adrenalin. This is … Continue reading More From Pink Mountaintops
It is true to say that the release of Howling Bells debut album in 2006 was one of a handful of records that made us start a music blog all those years ago – we just wanted more people to get the chance to hear it, and in particular the uniquely splendid Low Happening. Now eight years later the band are preparing Heartstrings for release, their fourth album, … Continue reading Howling Bells – Slowburn
Having got back from discovering some of the many delights of Denmark, there were a few songs to catch up on and share. So starting the week with a round-up of ten fine tunes seemed the right way to go… We have just discovered the excellent Cornish sisters Hockeysmith, offering an alluring mix of woozy noise-pop, claustrophobic psychedelic and even a hint of menacing, pulsating disco. Put … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Monday Round Up
Newcastle based O’Messy Life’s latest EP, the quickly sold-out Challenger showcases five tracks of quality, guitar based indie rock that, according to the band, had Kris Kristoffersen, Jason Molina, Willie Nelson and others in mind whilst writing. You can grab yourself a free download of the title track and also stream the closing track The Rebel In Love below. . Continue reading Introducing >>> O’Messy Life
Mosey West is a four-piece band from Fort Collins, CO who self-released their new EP, Bermuda back in January. The six-song, self-produced EP fuses hazy distorted guitar and reverb soaked vocals with folk, psychedelia and country-rock influences to deliver something really rather good. Take a listen to Old Stone and Hurricane Eyes below. You can buy the EP here. . . Continue reading Mosey West – Bermuda EP
As we’re away for a few days we have scheduled a few posts to highlight some excellent stuff that has come our way, but which we haven’t had the time to do justice too in words! Sleepy Hahas fuses punk, blues and psych rock for a sound that is as refined and melody-driven as it is experimental. They have announced their new single Dull Days, … Continue reading MM Shorts 524: Sleepy HaHas
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