The excellently named Dolly Spartans new EP Time Sides With No One, was written in the wake of their guitarists’ sudden death of a drug overdose at age 22 and details frontman Michael Eliran’s struggle to cope with the tragedy of losing his best friend. With echoes of Wavves or Fidlar, Hanging Out is a prime slice of thrumming, garage pop that documents the turmoil … Continue reading MM Shorts 930: Dolly Spartans
Listen to the lovely, melancholy sweetness of Halo by Swedish singer-songwriter, Mount Song, that takes its inspiration from the likes of Elliott Smith, Bonnie “Prince” Billy and Jose Gonzalez. The track is about the sadness that accompanies dealing with life’s demons. I stepped into the dark Because my eyes are filling up with empty things Stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 929: Mount Song
What’s All This New Piss? might well be our favourite record title of the year so far. It is the name of the latest release from New York fuzz-pop duo Yawn Mower. The ethos of the pair is simple: make fuzzy, surfy good time tunes while having a blast doing it. On the evidence of Paddle Out and Shed Is Old, it’s mission accomplished. Have a listen. … Continue reading MM Shorts 928: Yawn Mower
This week our round up includes a brilliantly angry and frustrated single from Swedish sisters First Aid Kit for International Women’s Day, another track from the prolific Ty Segall’s upcoming EP, the first taste from Bonnie Prince Billy’s Merle Haggard covers record with a version of the classic Mama Tried. This week’s offering from the Our First 100 Days Project comes from Self Esteem (none other … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Steeped in a lo-fi aesthetic, Top Down’s debut album, Rough Roads, is a record of powerful guitar riffs, catchy lines and melodies and a tough drum beat. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes loud and sometimes quiet, it is a road trip to nowhere through a ragged landscape telling stories of love and failure, doubts and contradictions, and endless struggles and temptation. Check out the first … Continue reading Top Down – Rough Roads
Back in January we shared the fuzzy, agitated slacker-pop of Eureka California’s new single Wigwam. Now the Athens, Georgia duo have offered up a second track from the single to share – the equally good Only Birds No Feathers. Have a listen – they’ll also be at SxSW this month too. Continue reading Eureka California – Only Birds No Feathers
Happy days! After too many years of silence, Portland, Oregon folk-rockers The Builders and the Butchers are back with a new record, Spark. Name checking influences for the new album as later Tom Waits and White Blood Cells era White Stripes, they’ve shared Older Than Sin, a singalong rush of rumbling guitars and anthemic vocals. Listen below and check out that album art too – always fabulous. Continue reading The Builders And The Butchers Announce New Album
Indie-rock quartet, Wharves have shared their brand new single titled Man You Want Me To Be. It is reminiscent to some of the group’s staple influences Foals, The Strokes and City Calm Down, featuring driving disco-esque beats, thumping fuzz-laden bass and classic Brit-pop guitar tones, all capped off by the brooding and infectious vocal melodies of front man, Matthew Collins. Have a listen. Continue reading New Single From Wharves
Atlanta garage punk ensemble and MM faves The Coathangers have announced a new EP, Parasite and shared the first track from it Captain’s Dead, with its sultry verses, triumphant chorus, and a bombastic freak-out of noisy guitar. Best of all the band are playing some live shows in the UK, including our local town Oxford – it seems miracles can still happen. Anyway, stream the single … Continue reading The Coathangers – Captain’s Dead
Part two of our weekly round up of the best tracks from the past seven days kicks off with another fine track from Laura Marling’s new album, and an excellent new single from The Districts. We have another brash slab of riotous rock from Charly Bliss and something equally propulsive from Hiccup (should keep the indie kids happy). Trance Farmers slow things down with their ominous new single, while Cotillon’s new track … Continue reading Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 2)
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