This is our final regular round-up of new releases from the past week. Seven days, eight songs. To finish 2016 we have the pleasure of sharing the return of the Jesus & Mary Chain and the announcement of their first new album for 18 years. The single is actually pretty damn good too. We also have new tracks from Moon Duo, Six Organs Of Admittance, Little Scream, Yucky Duster … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
She & Him have shared the music video for their Everly Brothers-influenced rendition of Winter Wonderland, which also features vocals by Jenny Lewis. Watch the pug filled music video below… Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are She & Him
Christmas In The Asylum by Big Top Heartbreak is a part fiction/part biographical tale. It explores, in a kitsch and darkly twisted way, the downs and the ups of a decadent and ultimately sordid existence… It comes from the album Deadbeat Ballads which can be bought from Bandcamp. Watch it here. Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are Big Top Heartbreak
Time for our latest selection of tasty musical films. Sit back and check out no less than ten new videos from TOY, Gazebos, Desert Planes, Howe Gelb, Chambers, OhBoy!, Einar Stray Orchestra, Underground Youth, The Orwells and Spectres. Continue reading Video Round Up
Our latest festive offering is from Elouise with their menacing ‘Blackgrass’ rendition of the holiday classic Silent Night. Listen below and click for a free download for the month of December! Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are Elouise
Hailing from sunny Edmonton, Canadian trio The Velveteins are a rock n’ roll band dealing in raucous, heavyweight guitar pop that takes its cues from surf-pop and garage rock as well as such luminaries as the Kinks, and the Libertines. New single is Don’t Yah Feel Better? and comes with a sweet guitar melody inspired by classic Indian influences. Well worth a listen. Stream it below. … Continue reading MM Shorts 902: The Velveteins
As the year draws to a close and the best of lists start to appear, here is our pick from a surprisingly good week of new releases. We have the first taste from Laura Marling’s new album, Besnard Lakes’ new 12′, and Milo Greene’s new EP as well new tracks from Grandaddy’s, Las Kellies and Syd Arthur’s recent releases and a track from indie rockers Sloppy Heads’ … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Our second festive offering comes from Grammy nominated folk troubadours The Lumineers. A reworking of the Elvis Presley festive classic, the band craft their own sweetly-tinged take on Blue Christmas, one of the holiday’s most endearing anthems. Listen below. Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are The Lumineers
Following this year’s earlier two EP releases, Latigo and Misty Shrub, which both garnered much critical acclaim, LA band Wilderado have shared a new track, Talking About Love To A Cigarette. It is lovely, unhurried, rolling Americana tinged with just the right amount of pathos and longing. Stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 901: Wilderado
Hailing from Pennsylvania, the marvellously monikered Jellyspine Jenkins makes homemade lo-fi indie-rock that has a dash of garage, a splash of glam, some nuggets of psych and a flavouring of folk. All these and more are contained in his latest release titled it’s gonna be ok/lets hide for a while – which reminds us of a more aggressive Mac DeMarco crossed with Ezra Furman and Lou … Continue reading MM Shorts 900: Jellyspine Jenkins
The Mad Mackerel 