Our eighth collection of ten tunes for the virtual jukebox – give them a spin and decide hit… or miss. Passport To Stockholm – Let Me Know [RIYL: Indie-folk, Lanterns on the Lake, Loch Lomond] Ripper – On The Curb [RIYL: Punk, Germs, Dead Kennedys] Trotting Bear – Hesitate [RIYL: Folk, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine] Bad Sounds – Avalanche [RIYL: Indie-pop, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 8)
After a bit of a gap due to too much life interrupting, we’re back with instalment 6 of Nickel In The Jukebox. Ten new songs, you decide how good they are… Miners – Better Instincts [RIYL: Folk-rock, Lord Huron, The Head And The Heart] Futurekids – White Girl In A Wu-Tang Shirt [RIYL: Indie-rock, Wilco, Jenny Lewis] . PROM – I’ll Teach You [RIYL: … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 6)
Hard rocking trio Dinosaur Pile-Up have shared a new track from forthcoming album Eleven Eleven. Check out the riff on Red and Purple below… . Continue reading MM Shorts 780: Dinosaur Pile-Up
Following yesterday’s collection of ten excellent new tracks from the past week, here are another ten for your listening pleasure including three more cracking cover versions. Kurt Vile – Life Like This Holly Miranda – Fourth Of July (Sufjan Stevens cover) White Fang – Bong Rip The Dead Weather – Cop And Go Wavves – My Head Hurts Radkey – Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode cover) … Continue reading Twenty Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part 2)
Our in-box is once again sinking slowly in a deluge of new music and videos, and even once we’ve deleted all the e-mails about house bangers, dance remixes, and other such nonsense we’re still left with an unfathomably large number of songs to listen to… However, listen we do, and here is a short selection from all around the world (Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, … Continue reading MM’s Monday Morning Round Up
Here we go again, another collection of eight handpicked tunes released this week, including the return of the wonderful Mercury Rev, that are more than worth a few minutes of your time. 1. Mercury Rev – The Queen Of Swans 2. Wolf Alice – Freazy 3. Shannon And The Clams – Corvette 4. Weaves – Tick 5. No Age – It’s Oh So Quiet (Bjork … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Finnish band Black Twig are about fuzzy pop songs, shoegaze, folk and droning rock songs. They are currently hard at work on the follow up to last year’s Heliogram long player, but in the meantime are offering up a rendition of Venom’s In League With Satan,which stamps the band’s own brand of willful energy on the song without losing any of the eerie creepiness of the original. Have … Continue reading Black Twig Cover Venom
Heavy psych-rockers Sewer Rats hail from Grimsby and will shortly release a vinyl EP, Money Maker via Fluffer Records. The three piece channel a range of the greats from The Doors to Motörhead, and the EP opens with the aptly named Skint, a beat driven, fuzzed up blues dirge complete with doom breakdowns and guitars that rip and roar like muddied chainsaws. Watch the video / stream it … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sewer Rats
Another seven days older… another seven days of new tunes. Enjoy. 1. Fidlar – 40oz On Repeat 2. Sea Lion – Ghostlands 3. Sleaford Mods – Face To Faces 4. JEFF The Brotherhood – In My Mouth 5. Spraynard – Applebee’s Bar 6. Chelsea Wolfe – Carrion Flowers 7. Jawbreaker Reunion – Your X 8. Black Mountain – Black Mountain (demo) 9. Beirut – No … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It’s tempting to simply categorise Georgia’s Pinecones alongside their punk, hardcore, and metal roots. Really, though, it’s no use: no genre can claim them as one of its own. This is music that’s too melodic for the conventions of punk, but with vocals that are often shouted with hardcore’s guttural ferocity. It’s doom laden, meandering, punch-to-the-gut stuff that is as defiant as it is manic and as compelling as … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Pinecones
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