One of the bands we’re most looking forward to seeing at the Great Escape next week is Man Of Moon whose debut track The Road made the top echelons of our Best of list for 2015. We’ve previously shared Sign from new EP Medicine and now we have I Run, another brilliant example of their insistent, pulsating psychedelia that ebbs and flows and mesmerises. Listen … Continue reading Man Of Moon – I Run
We have been wading through an enormous backlog of tunes. Too many, and too many that are too good. Nice problem to have. Here are some of them – you decide hot or not… Ronjo V – Dying Wish [RIYL: Alt-rock, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Modest Mouse] The Myrrors – No Clear Light [RIYL: Slow burning psych, Moody Blues, Blue Oyster Cult] Egyptian … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 15)
No less than ten more new tracks compiled for your listening pleasure including three covers by Mountain Goats (taking on War’s Summer), Fidlar’s version of the Beastie Boys stone cold classic Sabotage and Yuck’s tribute to Elliott Smith. Not only that, but newly discovered and reissued tracks from garage punks The Hunches and cult 70s folkie Bob Brown, and of course the return of Radiohead plus plenty … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
As well as a new song from Quiet Hollers earlier, we’re also stoked that Happyness are back with more of their acclaimed South London slacker rock vibes. And in true Happyness style, they’ve chosen to embrace the surreal and write on the baffling subject of the famed, late, 80s wrestler André The Giant, and the fact that he used to have to get lifts to … Continue reading New From Happyness
Nashville’s psychedelic garage rock outfit Ranch Ghost has shared the first single Turfin from their new album Lookin, which is out July 1st via Rough Beast Records. Ranch Ghost has been audibly molded by the vibrations of Link Wray and Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band, and the album simultaneously bears the primal growl of The Velvet Underground and the punctured speaker cones of The Kinks underneath … Continue reading Ranch Ghost – Turfin
With their mix of yearning alt-country and literary indie rock, Quiet Hollers featured large in our best of 2015 lists, and now we are excited to learn they have announced a brand new single, the gorgeous Broken Guitar. It is the first new song they’ve shared since their brilliant eponymous debut album that came out in October. Listen below, it is a hazy, harmony-filled heartbreaker and reminds us exactly why … Continue reading New From Quiet Hollers
Haley Bonar has announced a new album titled Impossible Dream, to be released through Memphis Industries on 5th August. The lead single is the insistent, yet still delicate, I Can Change and is highly recommended. Listen below. See her live in October 21 October – Brighton, Green Door Store 22 October – Gateshead, The Sage (with Field Music) 23 October – Glasgow, The Hug & … Continue reading New Album From Haley Bonar
Dealing in slightly introverted, eloquent, chiming-indie rock, London two-piece Desert Planes will release their debut single Wake In Fright, via Killing Moon Records on July 2nd. They’ll also be playing their stage at The Great Escape in a couple of weeks as well and on the basis of this we’ll be adding them to our gig itinerary. Listen below. Continue reading MM Shorts 845: Desert Planes
Taking their cues from garage punk and 90s indie rock, Martha play energetic, impassioned power pop with intricate vocal interplay and lush four-part harmonies. They will release their second album Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart in July via Fortuna Pop!, and the first single from the album is Goldman’s Detective Agency, which shows the band’s playful side as they re-imagine 19th century anarchist Emma … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Martha
Time for ten more tunes for you to check out and decide if they cut the mustard or not? This time, we’ve kept the selection to a (broadly) Americana feel so kick back and immerse yourself in these – some lovely stuff here… Josiah & The Bonnevilles – Cold Blood [RIYL: Father John Misty, Ryan Adams] J Burn – Moonshine [RIYL: Tom Petty, The … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 14 – the Americana edition)
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