Despite the rather generic sounding band name, the music from this LA based foursome is anything but. It is a winning blend of effervescent, sun-dappled indie-pop with a hint of darkness that places it somewhere between Local Natives and The National. Their new single is Wander backed with Record Forever, and both are well worth wrapping your ears around. . Continue reading MM Shorts 503: Northern American
Immerse yourself in the krautpop and carefully distorted melodies of Younghusband’s new single Left Of The Rocks. It is backed with a menacingly good cover of John Cale’s Gun as well as a live version of the title track. It is out on February 17th, and comes from their excellent debut album Dromes. Here them both below. Buy here. . . Continue reading MM Shorts: 502: Younghusband
Having given you the excellent Sinking Feeling at the very tail end of 2013, here is another track from Gorgeous Bully’s EP of misery, loneliness and self-loathing, Nobody Hates You As Much As You Hate Yourself, out via the Art Is Hard label. Now we have the garagey Couldn’t Keep It To Myself for your guaranteed listening pleasure. . Continue reading More From Gorgeous Bully
Spirit Kid’s Slow It Down is a frantic, fizzing, power-pop delight, and the lead single from his forthcoming long-player Is Happening. The song’s celebratory rush is akin to releasing a 70s AM pop radio staple that has been force fed amphetamines and placed in solitary confinement for 30 years… Is Happening will see a release in February. Continue reading Introducing >>> Spirit Kid
Four brilliant videos to share with you today. They come from Fox & The Bird who release their excellent new album Darkest Hours next week, and Augustines who release their new self-titled album on February 3rd. We also have Cass McCombs and his new video for the brilliant Big Wheel (one of our favourite tracks of 2013), and finally a live video to savour from Sturgill … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Fox & The Bird || Augustines || Cass McCombs || Sturgill Simpson
Without doubt Water Liars are one of our favourite discoveries of the past few years, and they provided no less than three tunes in our Top 100 tracks of 2013 – the most by any one artist, whilst Wyoming was near the very top of our album lists. So it is fair to say that their new self-titled album, due on February 4th is one … Continue reading New Water Liars Album
Here’s another excellent track of cosmic American music from Rosy Street. Downtown Queen is dedicated to the disastrous divas and finest femme fatales of New York city. . See our previous Rosy Street posts here. Continue reading MM Shorts 501: Rosy Street
We posted an excellent track from Running Red Lights back in November and the Toronto folkies have now released a two-track sampler on Bandcamp from their forthcoming long-player, There’s A Bluebird In My Heart. It can be grabbed for a name-your-price deal here. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 500: Running Red Lights
Gretchen Lohse is a native Philadelphia singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She comes from a family with deep music roots and was classically trained on violin, which is evident on her recordings. As the front woman of Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Yellow Humphrey, she dreamt up rich, strange musical tapestries; Part memoir and part tall tale, heavily influenced by folklore and silent films. Primal Rumble, her … Continue reading Introducing >>> Gretchen Lohse
We’re catching up with a backlog of excellent videos to accompany excellent songs. Today watch Radical Face, Drowners, Mona & Maria’s pretty and epic pastoral ode to 60s/70s psych, Reverend Horton Heat’s octane-fueled pyschobilly with a little help from burlesque star Michelle L’Amour, and finally Twin Rivers story of a praying mantis living in the perils of a modern world. The praying mantis in the film is called … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Radical Face || Drowners || Mona & Maria || Reverend Horton Heat || Twin Rivers
The Mad Mackerel 