It has been a good while since we’ve heard from Australian dream-poppers, The Oyster Murders. The good news is that they are back with a new single – When You’re Wrong is a wash of distorted pop melodies, overdriven guitars and analog synths. This is the band’s first release since their 2013 Mourning Birds EP and it is good to have them back. Stream or download it … Continue reading MM Shorts 748: The Oyster Murders
Doubting Thomas Cruise Control have shared their new single Soft Focus, the second taste from their sophomore full length, Remember Me John Lydon Forever (due 14th August via Fleeting Youth Records and the band’s own Duckbill Records). The Brooklyn based quartet have created a quirky, heartfelt record filled with dynamic indie rock and slacker pop or as the band prefer to call it “debt punk“. Whatever it … Continue reading New From Doubting Thomas Cruise Control
All Dogs is a loud rock band that plays pop songs, but with roots firmly planted in the DIY punk scene. Crammed with sincere and bittersweet songs, the Columbus, Ohio based quartet will be releasing their debut full length Kicking Every Day on Salinas Records. The first single from it is That Kind Of Girl, which you can stream here. . Continue reading Introducing >>> All Dogs
The latest music video from Hardly Art recording artist S (aka Jenn Ghetto) is for the song Like Gangbusters!, a standout track from Ghetto’s 2014 album Cool Choices. The tongue-in-cheek video, depicts Ghetto resilient in the face of scenester snark and parodic faux-tabloid headlines. . Continue reading New Video: S – Like Gangbusters
We’re very taken with this cover of Camper Van Beethoven’s jangly classic track Sometimes by the curiously named SpelZ. It gives it a lovely upbeat psych-pop feel and is part of a new EP called The Ocean of Stories. Apparently, they have a full album ready for release in the autumn called The Book of the Forest, which is on the more folky side of psychedelia. We’ll keep our … Continue reading SpelZ Cover Camper Van Beethoven
We spent much of the weekend in the car driving hither and thither and listening to an advance copy of Rayland Baxter’s excellent new album Imaginary Man, which is out on ATO Records in the middle of next month. Treading a line somewhere between Bob Dylan, and the Shins, or maybe between Steve Earle and Beck, possibly our favourite track on the record (amongst many atmospheric … Continue reading Rayland Baxter – Young Man
The Woolen Men play punk influenced DIY music in the tradition of Dead Moon and the Wipers. In September they will release their new album Temporary Monument via Woodsist. For now you can stream the first single from it, the sweetly understated jangle of After The Flood. . Continue reading New From The Woolen Men
We get sent lots of videos and having been idly trawling through the backlog of them today, here are a few that caught our eye (and ears). Dive in then to musical films from Piney Gir, Love Buzzard, Rat Columns, Andy Human & The Reptoids, The Harvey Steel Show, and Nai Harvest. . . . . . . Continue reading A Few Videos…
Despite it being the summer months, the quality and quantity of new releases coming our way shows no signs of slowing – quite the opposite in fact. Here then is part one of our round up of fifteen picks from the past seven days. 1. Mac DeMarco – I’ve Been Waiting For Her 2. Lowest Pair – Shortning Bread 3. Rayland Baxter – Mr. Rodriguez … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week (Part One)
Boston’s Vundabar are sharing their new single Darla, a bouncy and energetic blast of the band’s unique surf pop influenced post-punk. It is taken from the band’s upcoming sophomore album, Gawk. East coast indie rock with a West coast soul. Give it a spin here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 740: Vundabar
The Mad Mackerel 