We’re really enjoying this track, I See You from Detroit four piece Bonny Doon. Shambling along like a car with wobbly wheels, the world-weary vocals bely tender years and are matched with an uncommon mastery of restraint and melodically vulnerable songwriting. Its essence is floating, folk-ish rock that summons the tossed-off grandeur of early Smog or the Silver Jews boombox tapes, and the dead-eyed poignancy of Eels. … Continue reading Introducing>>> Bonny Doon
Jens Lekman’s long awaited follow up to 2012’s I Know What Love Isn’t is called Life Will See You Now, and it is out on 17th February via Secretly Canadian. The first single is the lyrically melancholic, yet tropically upbeat What’s That Perfume That You Wear? Listen below. Continue reading New Album and Single From Jens Lekman
Fun With Muesli are a two-piece indie group from Finland. Their debut release, Houseboat EP, gets an official release on iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp on the 31st January. Listen to Ghost below which has a nice Wilco or Dr. Dog feel to it. Continue reading MM Shorts 904: Fun With Muesli
Let’s hope the next 365 days are a vast improvement on 2016. Fingers crossed Trump gets impeached, we somehow find a way back into the EU, Sunderland don’t get relegated, Yorkshire reach the T20 finals again, there are new albums from Wooden Wand, Deer Tick and Phosphorescent, and Neil Young and Bob Dylan manage to stay alive. That would do nicely for starters. Let us kick … Continue reading HAPPY NEW YEAR
Here is another taste from Yucky Duster’s forthcoming EP Duster’s Lament, the first release of 2017 from Infinity Cat. The Ropes is a sublime two minute of off-kilter jangle pop – a sweetly judged mix of 60s harmonies, twee indie and psych-pop, with just the right amount of woozy haziness beneath the bubblegum surface. Listen below. It is out on 13th January – pre-order here. Continue reading Another From Yucky Duster
Purveyors of mighty fine 60s influenced garage punk and jangly power pop, LA’s Cigarette Bums will release their new, self-titled album in March. With influences ranging from The Stooges, Stones, and The Black Lips to name a few, we’re looking forward to getting acquainted with the full record, but for now have a listen to the rather good Death In Texas and order from Bandcamp here. Continue reading New Album From The Cigarette Bums
Jesse Gilmore is an indie musician out of Texas who fuses dark psychedelic ballads of cosmic gloom with reggae, classical, electronica, folk, and the blues. A couple of weeks ago he released his debut LP, Heartbreak, on the indie label, Santa Rosa Records. Have a listen to The Horror from it below. Buy the album here. Continue reading MM Shorts 903: Jesse Gilmore
Listen to Satisfaction, the fizzing new single from Kent garage punk trio The Bay Rays, which is also the title track from their debut EP, out on their own label imprint, East Wing Records, this March. Continue reading New Single From The Bay Rays
First Snow is a collection of six wintery songs from dream poppers The Arctic Flow. All the songs have been previously released as singles, compilation tracks and b-sides, but they have been unavailable for some time. Each song is set in winter, or feels like winter. There are also two Christmas songs in this collection – listen to Do You Hear What I Hear below, … Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are Arctic Flow
Song By Toad Records have released a double A-side Christmas single with Jonnie Common and long-time MM faves eagleowl featuring two songs based around the plot of what they claim to be the greatest Christmas story ever told (Die Hard, apparently), and not only that, but they’re releasing it as a hand-made snow globe containing a Lego John McClane. And why wouldn’t they? And as they … Continue reading Christmas Is Coming… Here Are eagleowl
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