New Album Coming From Strand Of Oaks

We’ve not heard much from Timothy Showalter aka Strand of Oaks since 2014’s HEAL. That’s set to change with the announcement of a new album Hard Love, due in February on Dead Oceans. The first taste comes in the shape of Radio Kids, a typically fuzzy slab of indie rock that recalls the halcyon 90s in its crunchy guitar riffs and anthemic chorus. Listen below. … Continue reading New Album Coming From Strand Of Oaks

Christmas Is Coming…Here Are Low

It is December, which means (decent) seasonal and festive songs are now fair game! So, to kick us off we have a new Christmas offering from Low, a band with an unparalleled pedigree when it comes to releasing seasonal aural delights. Their eight-song 1999 EP Christmas is one of best Christmas records ever. To coincide with the start of their UK & Ireland tour – on which they’re … Continue reading Christmas Is Coming…Here Are Low

MM Shorts 900: Jellyspine Jenkins

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

New Album From Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog have given us an early Christmas present with a surprise new album, Abandoned Mansion released yesterday via Bandcamp. The band did a song a day for two weeks and almost everything was tracked live – the results are classic soulful, Americana that the band are so good at and you can stream the record’s opening and closing tracks below. As an added incentive, … Continue reading New Album From Dr. Dog

Introducing >>> Loverboy Wanderers

Emmett Drueding featured on MM a fair few times in 2015. Recently he flew out to Los Angeles in March to record a full length album, drunkenly cutting ten tracks in four days – the end result was a new band Loverboy Wanderers and a record titled Let’s Hook. Big Boy is the first single off the album, and is a characterization of what it takes to … Continue reading Introducing >>> Loverboy Wanderers

MM Shorts 898: Cairobi

Immediate, glorious and trippy in equal measure, Saint is the most captivating track on Cairobi’s new self-titled record out on 27th January via Some Other Planet Records; their most potent tab of bugged out psychedelia. Jangly percussion meets washed out vocals and a riff straight from the sands of the Middle East culminating in an atmosphere that will make you grin ear to ear. Give … Continue reading MM Shorts 898: Cairobi

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

A slightly quieter week due I suspect to Thanksgiving, but still we have eight new songs from you. Check out tracks from Father John Misty, Cate Le Bon, Howe Gelb and Tim Cohen (of the Fresh & Onlys), another taste from the Lower Plenty’s album Sister Sister, as well as excellent new singles from  Proper Ornaments, Beachheads and Matthew Squires & The Learning Disorders. Over … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week