An unorthodox collaboration borne of Paris and Wales, Fauna Twin is a duo combining ultra suave pop, Lynchian imagery and macabre lyrics rooted in traditional folklore and coming together into one catchy as hell psychedelic labyrinth. A kind of hybrid shoegazish-drama-pop if you will. On their new Hydra EP, standard pop arrangements are twisted into something unique, innovative and subtly savage, and nowhere more so than on Edge of … Continue reading Fauna Twin – Hydra EP
The Inspired & The Sleep’s new single is an upbeat mix of psych flecked dream pop in the vein of Foster the People or Metronomy. Listen to the insistent, bouncy fizz of Getting Through below. Continue reading MM Shorts 885: The Inspired & The Sleep
We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… Our eighth offering is the exuberant garage tinged, indie rock of Navy Gangs and the fuzzy, catchy delights of Mondays. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (8) Navy Gangs
We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… Fourth are French garage-posters DTCV and their video for Histoire Seule. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (4) DTCV
Everyone To The Savage Mansion is the debut ep from Glasgow’s Savage Mansion. It contains four tracks of effervescent power-pop informed by the likes of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and Guided By Voices and is well worth some ear-time. Buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 883: Savage Mansion
The in-box overfloweth with new tunes, videos and music of every variety. Even once we’ve deleted the electro-trance-house-mash-up-rave-bangers and all the shitty remixes there are still far too many good tracks to share with you. Here are ten of them – from baroque pop to slacker indie rock and from pastoral Americana to garage punk. An eclectic digital jukebox and something for anyone with a modicum … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 25)
Many Voices Speak’s debut Away for All Time EP is out on the 28th October. Her version of the classic Rodgers and Hart ballad, Blue Moon is an out-take from the recording sessions for the EP. Melancholic, mournful, and in parts chilling, it is well worth a listen. And check out Video Child from the EP proper as well. Continue reading MM Shorts 882: Many Voices Speak
We’ve posted about Swedish duo Pale Honey a few times in the past, but they have been pretty quiet for the past eighteen months or so. The pair have oft drawn comparisons to the likes of PJ Harvey and Sleater-Kinney, but there is a lot more to them than mere pale imitation. What is certain is that they have their own breed of nervy, direct, and … Continue reading New From Pale Honey
Following her recent collaboration with Katy Goodman of La Sera on an excellent covers album Take It, It’s Yours, LA singer/songwriter Greta Morgan aka Springtime Carnivore released her own second album Midnight Room last week. It is a record borne of a relationship breakup and subsequent insomnia, and is in equal parts reflective, questioning, tender and heartbreaking. There are echoes of Neko Case and Jenny Lewis, and excursions … Continue reading Springtime Carnivore – Midnight Room
You know the score by now. This week we have new tunes from Thee Oh Sees, Potty Mouth, Menace Beach, Mutual Benefit, Honeyblood, Crystal Fairy, Jacuzzi Boys, Hazel English, Teen Suicide and some vintage 60s garage rock from Film Jacket 35. Enjoy the weekend. Thee Oh Sees – The Poem Menace Beach – Maybe We’ll Drown Hazel English – Control Potty Mouth – Smash Hit Teen … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Mad Mackerel 