The last Best Coast single was a big hit with Mrs M, and the follow up, a seven track mini album titled Fade Away (out October 21), will be the first release on Bethany Cosentino’s own Jewel City label. The new release is a faster-paced, more energetic set of songs inspired by Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline, My Bloody Valentine and Ambien. I Don’t Know How is … Continue reading New Mini-Album From Best Coast
Our video selections today include Saintseneca’s first, beautifully impressionistic video for a brand new track – the post-punk folk anthem Uppercutter, which will appear on their new long player Dark Arc out in March next year. We also have Foxygen’s new psychedelic video for the title track of their excellent album We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic. We have a playful and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Saintseneca || Foxygen || Eyes For Gertrude || Temple Songs
Mini Dresses, are a Boston-via-Austin dream pop band who we briefly featured back in October 2012, and who have recently released not one, but two new singles – Everywhere I Go and Watching You. The duo describe the tunes as finding a space between a lot of today’s shoegazey dream pop bands (Blouse, Ringo Deathstarr, Tamaryn), jangly Flying Nun bands (think Look Blue Go Purple, The Chills, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mini Dresses
Twin Cities alt-country supergroup Blood Washed Band combine classic country-gospel songs, hymns and original music in their debut album Driftin’ Along; the results are a gospel album for those who still love the taste of whiskey. Think Hank Williams, Louvin Brothers, and the Carter Family. Sounds mighty fine to us too – have a listen to a couple of tracks and order the album via CDbaby … Continue reading MM Shorts 443: Blood Washed Band
Having already shared the distorted, nine minute epic that was Fire Tapes’ Scarlet Cliffs, the band are marking today’s release of new album Phantoms with another track, Skull & Xbones for your guaranteed, listening pleasure. Clocking in at a relatively conservative five minutes, it opens with a fantastically hypnotic riff and creepy, intoned vocals from singer/guitarist Betsy Wright, before developing into a propulsive slab of … Continue reading Fire Tapes Release Phantoms – Share New Track
We are really looking forward to the new Blessed Feathers album Order of the Arrow, which is out on November 5th. The first taste from it, Ahbinreedis was the perfect aperitif (see our post here), and the next taster from the record, Real Song For Emily is definitely meatier, faster of tempo and with fiercer harmonies and a tenser, more urgent feel. Despite being only two … Continue reading More From Blessed Feathers
Bear’s Den will release their brand new EP Without/Within on 28th October, via Communion Records. Listen below to the brand new track, Sahara, that starts small, before leaving its sparse beginnings behind as it swells impressively into an expansive chorus on the back of a powerful and rousing melody. Currently touring in the US, they return home for a headline tour of their own in … Continue reading New EP & Tour Dates From Bear’s Den
Start the week with videos from Caracol and the delightful folk pop of Shiver, and SWF’s dragon-dancing film for their excellent track Black & Golden. We also have Weird Womb’s sweaty video for Pale Piss and lastly an excellent animation for Lark by Chicago’s noise-popsters The Sweeps. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Caracol || SWF || Weird Womb || Sweeps
Shinies deal in classic, melody driven guitar pop with a pleasing tendency to tip it over in to something more distorted with a warped noisy edge. Their latest EP Tangle, which came out last month, consists of four tracks that kick off with the full on riffing of Taste and the equally propulsive Salt, both of which most obviously demonstrate their MBV and J&MC influences, before we get … Continue reading Stream Shinies Tangle EP
EdTang & The Chops are an aggressive folk rock band from New Jersey incorporating elements of punk, Americana and indie rock into their new nine track release, the oddly titled Goodbye, Zen5, Sushi Dinner. For anyone with Frank Turner or Deer Tick leanings we think you’ll find something to enjoy here. We’ve picked out a couple of tracks that have caught our ears below, and … Continue reading MM Shorts 442: EdTang & The Chops
The Mad Mackerel 