Sufjan Stevens – Tonya Harding Jim White – Silver Threads Strand of Oaks – Passing Out Ty Segall – Every 1’s A Winner (Hot Chocolate cover) Kal Marks – Loosed Windhand – Old Evil Long Neck – Mine/Yours Lionlimb – Maria Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Monograms began as the solo project of Brooklyn’s Ian Jacobs and has since grown into a four-piece band. We featured their track OK Promises back in April, and now they’ve shared new single Sleep Cycle, which finds them exploring new ground and experimenting with a heavier, darker sound. We’re liking it. You will too. Have a listen. Continue reading Monograms – Sleep Cycle
Another day, another festive cover. This time it is Best Coast taking on the Beach Boys’ 1963 Christmas classic, Little Saint Nick. Enjoy… Best Coast Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 8: Best Coast
Our sixth Festive offering is a cracking version of Wham’s Last Christmas by Sera Cahoone. Top banana. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 7: Sera Cahoone
Scotland’s Bubblegum Lemonade deal in pristine, almost too-perfect indie pop. Taken from their new EP Laz Christmas, we have Number One For Christmas for you – a surefire Christmas earworm with shimmering guitars, a big pop chorus and plenty of sleigh bells. Bubblegum Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 6: Bubblegum Lemonade
We’re late to it, but we’re loving this track, Silk Spirit, from Leeds three-piece Drahla. It comes from their debut EP Third Article and blends wiry post-punk with splash of unpredictable art rock, and is anchored by a woozy, nagging riff that is a sonic delight. Stream it below and order the EP via Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 989: Drahla
Kevin Morby has offered up his moody take on Blue Christmas for Amazon’s Indie for the Holidays playlist. It is sparse and longing, anchored by a slow-moving bass line, the kick beat of the drum, and Morby’s signature croon. Listen below. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 5: Kevin Morby
Brighton / London fuzzy four-piece Beach Riot share a mutual love for making a lot of pop fuelled noise – distorted haze compiled with big hooks and a distinctive raw energy that takes it’s influences from the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Cable, Sleater-Kinney and Pavement, their sound is brash and untamed. New single She’s A Hurricane has a lot going for it. Have a … Continue reading MM Shorts 988: Beach Riot
Danish outfit Marching Church have a Christmas carol unlike what you’d normally expect, but just the sort we like on MM. Frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt had this to say regarding the dark theme of the single: “Christmas On Earth” is a carol about parental kidnapping. Offering no background story to clarify the motives, we journey through the racing mind of a father in the midst of the disquieting … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 4: Marching Church
Breakthrough country star, Courtney Marie Andrews has recorded her own acoustic version of the holiday classic I’ll Be Home For Christmas, which will be featured on Amazon Music’s Acoustic Christmas playlist, along with new songs from Josh Ritter, Noah Gunderson, Kevin Morby and many more. Listen below. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 3: Courtney Marie Andrews
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