With their 80s-infused take on raw, rumbling garage rock, Los Angeles-based band The Growlers have shared their sultry new single Foghorn Town. It is the second release from their upcoming LP Natural Affair. With an intro and verse that recall the band’s early singles – muggy, sprawling, slightly sinister – Foghorn Town quickly shifts to a bright, optimistic chorus, finished off with a razor-wire lead guitar … Continue reading The Growlers – Foghorn Town
Amber Webber and Josh Wells who make up the Vancouver based duo Lightning Dust have shared their video for new single Led Astray, the second from their forthcoming new album, Spectre. Of the song and video, Amber says, “When the goblin inside our brain leads us on a trip though all the ugly sides of reality – steering us away from all our 500-thread count, … Continue reading Lightning Dust – Led Astray
Love Girl Band. Love Norway. Love Going Norway by Girl Band. Obvs. New album The Talkies is out on the 27th September on Rough Trade Records. ‘Til then, enjoy love this. Continue reading Girl Band – Going Norway
[Extract] Heavy funk Dystopia-punk canons Lonnnnng jams Bloated solos dribbling down your caved-in chest. Human cattle like a beef avalanche, right on your burned out face hole. Spider legs fuzz crawling in your brain. Face Stabber, the latest long player from the Oh Sees is released on Friday. This is a very good thing. Continue reading Oh Sees – Face Stabber
I cannot tell you how miserable and desperately sad I am to hear about the passing of David Berman. The Silver Jews were brilliant. Purple Mountain are were brilliant. He was brilliant. The world truly is a darker (and God knows it is dark enough already) place for his loss. Continue reading David Berman RIP
Here are ten new tunes all nicely collected up for you in one easy post – from the righteous fury of IDLES and Honey Lung to the traditional folk of Bonny Light Horseman and Devendra Banhart. We also have new songs from the likes of the Lumineers, Parsnip, New Pornographers, Sleater-Kinney, Angel Olsen and The Growlers. Whatever floats your boat, there is something here to enjoy. … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
London based country-infused rock quintet Sleep Eaters will unveil their debut EP Holy Days next week, on 9th August, via Stockholm’s PNKSLM Recordings. With their country-infused take on garage rock, we’ve been looking forward to this one a lot – we’ve already shared a couple of tracks from it and now we have the psych-tinged darkness of Life of Sin to brighten up your Friday. It … Continue reading Sleep Eaters – Holy Days EP
Elvis Depressedly, the wonderfully enigmatic project of prolific songwriter, Mathew Lee Cothran, has announced Depressedelica, a brand new full-length due out October 4th from Run For Cover Records. Depressedelica marks the North Carolina based musician’s first new album as Elvis Depressedly in four long years, and it finds him writing and recording more adventurously than ever before, tipping its cap to artists as varied as … Continue reading Elvis Depressedly – Jane, Don’t You Know Me?
Following a few rough years of touring, relationships beginning and ending, and writer’s block, Mikal Cronin decided to make a change. He packed up and retreated to Idyllwild, a small town in the mountains of southern California, where he spent a month in the cabin, alone. The solitude proved fruitful, with the bulk of forthcoming long player Seeker being written and demoed during this time … Continue reading Mikal Cronin – Show Me
Just discovered The BV’s via a random Soundcloud stream – these aren’t new songs, but they are about as perfect a slice of dreamy, catchy indie pop as you could possibly hope to find. A duo hailing from Falmouth in Cornwall and Augsberg in Germany, listen to Charlie, I Don’t Know Who You Are! (from their Cartography album released back in March) which is jaunty … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The BV’s
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