With Sacred Bones release of New Moon, The Men will have delivered their fourth full length album in four years. And this might well be the best. Piano, mandolin, harmonica, four-part vocal harmonies and even no-input harsh noise all weave their way through the record in the most perfectly judged and engaging manner. Proof? Take a listen to I Saw Her Face. Continue reading MM Shorts 331: The Men – New Moon
We’ve been long standing advocates of Salesman’s and so are delighted to offer you their latest single Horn for download. Released a couple of days ago it is built on a mantra and will appear on their summer release Escalante. For those who don’t know (and we didn’t) Escalante is in southern Utah – it’s the staircase the moon climbs every night. The horn in … Continue reading New Salesman Single
Pairs are a punk rock duo from Shanghai who brilliantly manage to sound just like they came from the King’s Road in 1977. Part Songs clocks in at just over 2 minutes of buzzsaw guitars, machine gun percussion and lyrics about dead shipmates, date-rape and all manner of other sordid topics. Of course we love it. Order from their Bandcamp page here. Download Pairs – … Continue reading MM Shorts 330: Pairs
The first track of woozy, psych-pop we posted by Australian band Blank Realm was an absolute corker. An epic of melancholic churn and burn and noisy guitar squalls. The second track we have for you, and the title track from their forthcoming long player Go Easy is (you guessed it) another absolute corker. This one takes 90s slacker indie and buries it in a heady swirl … Continue reading Another Gem From Blank Realm
Enjoy short films of the musical variety today from Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards showcasing the rich, gorgeous, melancholia of first single Sheets taken from forthcoming album Blindspot. Then there is some leather clad pop cool from Finland’s French Films and some rather fine alt-folk from Scotland’s Woodenbox . And to finish, some lowdown sleazy garage-blues and drag-act inspired footage from Australia’s Delta Riggs for their track … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards || French Films || Woodenbox || The Delta Riggs
The wonderful Brown Bird, they of the skeletal, sparse folk tales and eerie southern gothic country, will release a new album Fits of Reason on the 2nd April. That is more than enough reason to celebrate on its own, but even better, you can now listen to the first single from the album, the appropriately titled Seven Hells below. Pre-order the album from their Bandcamp page. … Continue reading Brown Bird Are Back
Here is a second track from punk-popster Colleen Green’s forthcoming full length, Sock It To Me. It is out later this month on Hardly Art. We’re intending to catch her at SXSW next week. This is Heavy Shit. Enjoy! Download Colleen Green – Heavy Shit mp3 (from Sock it io Me) Download Colleen Green – Time In The World mp3 (from Sock it to Me) Continue reading MM Shorts 329: More From Colleen Green
HGTV and Paste have combined to put together a fantastic free sampler to promote their ninth annual series of day parties in Austin during SXSW next week. Offered via NoiseTrade, this sampler of nearly thirty artists who will be appearing at The Stage On Sixth March 13-16. It includes a number of MM faves such as Mac DeMarco, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Brendan Benson, Josh … Continue reading Free HGTV & Paste SXSW Sampler
Back last summer we wholeheartedly commended Conner Youngblood’s imaginative blend of folk and electronica to you. Now he has given us a new song Vegas, which kicks off with some ominous ringing guitar over which his vocals echo and swirl before slow but hypnotic percussion cuts in and the song gradually increases in intensity before finally fading away like a firework over a night sky. Download … Continue reading New From Conner Youngblood
Our video round up today includes Canada’s wonderful Evening Hymns, comprised of Jonas Bonetta and a rotating collective of musicians which includes members of Ohbijou, The Wooden Sky, The Burning Hell, The D’Urbervilles and Forest City Lovers. This is the beautiful video for Family Tree from new album Spectral Dust, out on the 8th April. As a bonus, you can stream another album track, Arrows, too. We … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Evening Hymns || Lincoln Durham || Decades || Sugar Stems
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