Category: Indie

Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Exclusive: Feldspar’s Young & Invincible Single

We’re pleased as punch to bring you an exclusive first listen of indie-folksters Feldspar’s excellent new single Young & Invincible. Having funded the single through their own efforts via a successful Pledgemusic campaign, the single follows a couple of self-releases at the tail end of 2012, The Flat And Paper Sky (Volumes 1 and 2). Young & Invincible is a record of contrasts. Exploring a theme of … Continue reading MM Exclusive: Feldspar’s Young & Invincible Single

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> El Terrible

El Terrible is the new recording project from Terry Ashkinos (Fake Your Own Death) and Rob Easson (ex-Rogue Wave). They are releasing their self-titled EP on Breakup Records on February 7th, digitally and on cassette via Bandcamp. Written by Ashkinos after an extended stay in Berlin last year, it’s a beautifully dark and compact collection of shadowy post-punk gems – sparse, direct and urgent. Have … Continue reading Introducing >>> El Terrible

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Ambient, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

MM Shorts 513: Snowapple

Snowapple are a three piece from Amsterdam that push the boundaries of folk by creating original songs that incorporate three part harmonies and operatic interludes to create an ethereal musical experience ranging from upbeat to macabre. Their eponymous debut album saw a European release last year and a US release last month via Zip Records. Check out Baby Blue and Old Lady below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 513: Snowapple

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> The Rhubarb Triangle

Rhubarb is a superior fruit and unquestionably makes the best crumble filling. Four-piece The Rhubarb Triangle thankfully live up to the quality inherent in the fruit’s name with their original take on indie rock, psychedelia, garage and R&B. Their self-titled debut three track EP is a most promising mix of 60s Carnaby Street cool, Northern soul style groove and a splash of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Rhubarb Triangle

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music

Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes

A little like our own Laura Marling, Alynda Lee Segarra (who is to all intents and purposes Hurray For The Riff Raff) is a supremely talented young songwriter who, with each successive release, seems able to defy expectations and improve yet further on all that she has done before. Her songs possess that undefinable, and all too rare, ability to powerfully connect and stir the emotions … Continue reading Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Introducing >>> Grandhorse

Short Drive with a Kidnapper is the first video from Grandhorse’s Debut LP Portraiturefolio. According to Grandhorse drummer Devon Shirley, “‘Short Drive with A Kidnapper’ is what happens when you put Ben Meyercord, weird friends in costumes, lots of cheap beer, a fog machine, a ginger and a Russian video editor together. Magical.” Portraiturefolio is an album of straight-ahead songs built around venerable pop conventions. The … Continue reading Introducing >>> Grandhorse

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Ambient, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music

Another From Stone Jack Jones

Although he has been round for a good number of years, the ambient tinged, unsettling Americana of Stone Jack Jones and his new album Ancestor has been a new discovery for us, and one of our favourites of the year so far. We’ve already given you a couple of tracks from the album here, and now we have a third in the shape of the mesmerising Red … Continue reading Another From Stone Jack Jones

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