We posted a couple of excellent tracks from Swedish indie-pop quartet Hater’s debut EP Radius this summer. Now they’re back with new music in the shape of new single Mental Haven, the first from their upcoming debut LP You Tried, which is due on 10th March 10 next year. Listen below, it retains the urgency of their debut, along with a heavy dose of both emotion … Continue reading Hater Announce Debut Album. Share Mental Haven
Tobin Sprout, formerly of indie rock icons Guided by Voices, will release his sixth solo album The Universe and Me via Burger Records in February. The record was hatched during a seven-year gestation period that included unearthing lost recordings and digging through a treasure chest of memories in his home studio in Michigan, where he composed behind his shambling grand piano and trembling, boyish voice. First single is … Continue reading Tobin Sprout – Future Boy / Man Of Tomorrow
Swampmeat is the project of Dan Finnemore, former co-frontman of US rock & roll act Low Cut Connie and the drummer from The Castillians, as well as a former member of Birmingham cult act Black Mekon. Swampmeat’s official debut release Gin & Tonic is out on the 25th November 25 via PNKSLM Recordings (pre-order here or digital here). It is a collection of countrified rock and roll, straddling … Continue reading Swampmeat – Sister Mary
The Trance Farmers deal in stupidly infectious sample-based bedroom psych-pop, demented soul and greasy glam-punk and all are in evidence on new cassette release For Whom The Scarecrows (order here). Listen to The Veil below, a song that sounds like it comes from a long lost Addams Family soundtrack album and in just over two minutes manages to rhyme veil, with pale, trail, nail, frail, tale, and … Continue reading The Trance Farmers – The Veil
No one does infectious garage-pop as well as Argentinian trio Las Kellies. New single Celebrate Life is the perfect case in point – an irresistible combination of buzzsaw garage rhythms and doo-wop pop harmonies. The single is taken from the new record Friends & Lovers out now on Fire Records. They tour Europe from November. Brighten up your day below. UK Tour Dates 06 … Continue reading Las Kellies – Celebrate Life
Here is the latest round up of our favourite new releases of the past week gathered from our in-box and the internet. We have the return of psych-rock heavyweights Moon Duo, a Beatles cover from Yuck and new offerings from Foxygen, Methyl Ethel, Duke Garwood and Surfer Blood. Breast Massage is a Nashville supergroup of sorts featuring members of JEFF The Brotherhood, Diarrhea Planet and King Karl and … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Brighton five piece Abattoir Blues channel all their social injustice frustrations and emotive issues through a very distinctive wall of sound – part psych, part noise, part sludge rock, part punk. All good. The band have just shared their new track Fading. It is released tomorrow on 7” vinyl alongside lead track Sense (order here). Fading is a blistering slab of caustic post-punk, written following public and media … Continue reading New Single From Abattoir Blues
After a three year hiatus, Japandroids are back, announcing their much anticipated third album, Near To The Wild Heart Of Life. It will be out worldwide on Anti- on the 27th January, and can be pre-ordered here. They have also shared the title track which will be the album’s first single. A special edition 7″ will also be available (featuring a b-side cover of the Talking Heads’ classic Love … Continue reading Japandroids Are Back
It’s been three years since we posted about Canadian band Old Cabin, but they are back with a new album Saturn Return released in the late summer. Whilst most conveniently described as a folk band, there are echoes of the East Coast, influence of Montreal art-rock, and a lovely use of acoustic textures combined with an attention to lyrical songwriting. The whole package can be heard … Continue reading MM Shorts 889: Old Cabin
Mixing dream pop with a bit of shoegaze and some ambient sounds, alternative four piece The Oyster Murders have just released Join The Party. Set to an ominous waltz and with a video of Donald and Hilary dancing while Obama watches, it is an compelling and slightly disturbing track – obviously we like it a lot! Have a watch/listen and click through to buy via … Continue reading The Oyster Murders – Join The Party
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