Rather enjoying these two tracks from The Woolen Men’s self-titled album due out on the Woodsist label on March 5th. Paying homage to the scrappy DIY punk aesthetic of the 90s, they point the way to what sounds like it could be a very promising debut indeed. Continue reading MM Shorts 318: The Woolen Men
Suicide Squeeze are releasing a split 7″ featuring garage rockers The Coathangers and uncompromising punks Nu Sensae. The former offer up the jagged, spiky sonics of Derek’s Song, while the latter’s offering, Throw, is altogether more harrowing – a vicious and visceral pounding assault on the senses. Limited to just 750 copies, you can pre-order one here. a a Continue reading Coathangers & Nu Sensae Split 7″
New York based folk/rock duo The Whispering Tree will release The Escape EP on April 16, the follow up to their excellent debut full length album of 2010, Go Call The Captain. Moody and introspective, they are offering a free download of No Love, which overflows with the imagery and storytelling that are the hallmark of the band’s sound. Continue reading MM Shorts 316: The Whispering Tree
The last few months have not been good for Harry George Johns. On his Bandcamp page a few sparse words sum it up: “Winter 2011. I had an actual breakdown. Homeless, jobless, girlfriendless; I stayed on my friends’ sofa and borrowed food and some microphones and made Post-Breakdown Blues” And so he did. Opening with Drink Myself To Sleep and closing with the stunning Hospital Blues, the scene … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 7: Harry George Johns
Following the release of their latest LP, Sky Burial, Rice Cultivation Society has recorded the single Little Circuses On The Moon. Opening quietly with slowly picked strings, the sombre song gradually builds with intricate layers. It is an example of Rice Cultivation Society at their most intimate, beautifully capturing frailty, fear, shyness, and longing. Download it here. Continue reading Another From The Rice Cultivation Society
Brian Chippendale aka Black Pus is a new name to us, but one we like. The same goes for the music – slightly deranged, often furious – it is a cacophony of drums, loops and repeating phrases and rhythms, but with a pop heart. There is a new album, All My Relations, due next month on the wilfully maverick label Thrill Jockey (pre-order here) as … Continue reading Black Pus To Release All My Relations
You know the score. MM is a blog that (musically) tends to favour the seedier side of life – murder ballads, heartbreak, despair, stories of the downtrodden, the down-on-their-luck, and the downhearted – you know the kind of things we mean. Ours is a world of lonely beer and whiskey chasers nursed in the back booths of dead-end bars, of crack-whores turning tricks in trailers … Continue reading MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix
WALL grabbed our ears last year with a couple of rather special releases – muted, downtempo, eerie soundscapes behind soft, but utterly compelling vocals. It was hazy, dreamlike stuff that managed through its sparseness and fractured electronics to be refreshingly different from the crowds of artists co-habiting the ethereal, folky landscape. Big Picnic Records has signed WALL to their roster, and will release a new … Continue reading New from WALL
Any excuse to showcase another tune from Willy Mason’s brilliant new album, this is the video for Pickup Truck. We also have Lowlakes gorgeously haunting video for Song for Motion and the psychedelic power-pop shenanigans of Sherpa’s video for their excellent new single, I’m Happy Just To Lie. Finally, watch the dual-guitar (no bass!) and drums setup of Boytoy, they’re blasting out catchy, fuzzy punky songs … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Lowlakes || Sherpa || Boytoy
Having already provided a download of Lucifer, the rather epic, grandiose b-side to As Elephants Are’s new single of exuberant indie rock, Youth Blood, we are more than gratified to bring you a stream of the a-side now. Listening pleasure guaranteed. Out 18th March via Once Upon A Time Records. Continue reading MM Shorts 314: As Elephants Are
