Last Saturday Mrs M and I were happy guests at the wedding of our lovely friend Carrie to equally lovely Carl. In a beautiful festival like setting, there was music throughout the day – happily it wasn’t your usual wedding fare that’s for sure as evidenced by Carl’s own excellent set of hypnotically instrumental psych rock that was like Spacemen 3 jamming with Hawkwind. The … Continue reading Introducing >>> Waterfools
Young seven-piece Black Country, New Road have cut their teeth playing their first shows alongside the likes of Fat White Family, Black Midi and more. Back in January we shared their labyrinthine six minute single Athen’s, France and now the septet have announced a new single, Sunglasses, this time clocking in at eight minutes. It was released digitally on 26th July on BC,NR / Speedy Wunderground and … Continue reading Black Country, New Road – Sunglasses
Tummyache is the rather good name for the new project from Soren Bryce. Compared to artists like Sharon Van Etten and Julien Baker, she recently shared her new single Median which is out tomorrow, and is taken from upcoming Hump Day EP (out soon on Poor Man Records). We’re liking this a lot. Have a listen…and to the equally good previous single In Between too. … Continue reading Tummyache – Median
So the day after the UK decide to follow the US and put a monumental idiot in charge of the country we definitely need some feel-good sunshine vibes from somewhere. Happily the Allah-Las are back with a new album Lahs, and a new track In The Air that ticks all the right boxes from its persistent shuffle to the way electric guitar and mellotron trade … Continue reading Allah-Las – In The Air
UK band FEET have shared the music video for their blistering indie-punk single, Outer Rim, taken from their debut album What’s Inside Is More Than Just Ham (out via their own Clapped Records on 4th October). Watch it here. Continue reading FEET – Outer Rim Video
The Lumineers have released the music video for It Wasn’t Easy To Be Happy For You, a song off their upcoming album III out September 13. The album is a narrative told in three chapters, with songs from each chapter focusing on one primary character out of three generations of the fictional Sparks family. Each chapter is being released as an audio EP within the … Continue reading The Lumineers – It Wasn’t Easy To Be Happy For You
Bristol band Some Bodies have a brand new single called TV Show. It is beautifully constructed and well crafted indie-pop that utilises a killer krautrock riff, effortlessly intertwining it with ethereal dream-pop breakdowns. Think Ty Segall crossed with Foxygen… maybe. Anyway, have a listen. Continue reading Introducing >>> Some Bodies
Following on from yesterday’s Round Up (Part 1), here are a few quieter, more reflective tunes. But all equally good! First up is Katie Toupin, ex of Houndmouth, and the title track to her new album. Magnetic Moves is a gem of hook filled indie pop. We’re big, big fans of Frog’s ‘wyrd Americana’, and they do not disappoint with latest track Black Friday … Continue reading Mega Round Up (Part 2)
We’ve been catching up (again) on some new tunes and, well frankly, there are just too many of the bloody things. Here are a few of the loud / fast / brutal / noisy ones we’ve really liked from the last month or so, and there’ll be a few more (quieter ones) tomorrow. So here we go… The Hives are back with new single Good … Continue reading Mega Round Up (Part 1)
Songwriter MC Taylor aka Hiss Golden Messenger has shared a new track, Cat’s Eye Blue, from his upcoming album Terms of Surrender. His is a unique and experimental vision aligned to a magpie-like approximation of musical styles – drawing on the great American songbook to create emotional experiences that inspire devotees for life. In turns melancholic, joyful, eerie, bitter, restless and uplifting, the human psyche … Continue reading Hiss Golden Messenger – Cat’s Eye Blue
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