A while ago we posted the marvellous Ugly When I Cry by Daddy Issues, an all-girl three-piece that combine sarcasm, humour and some bittersweet sass into perfect three minute indie-pop songs. Their music hits a spot somewhere between surf-glam, doo-wop and grunge and new single The Bruise features on their forthcoming Can We Still Hang album, which sees a release as part of the 2nd annual Infinity Cat … Continue reading Daddy Issues – Can We Still Hang
Caviare Days started out in Brooklyn with sisters Lina and Maja Westin, but has since grown into a steady five piece band with Timmy Grim on the drums, Boris Grubesic on the guitar and Marcus Arborelius on the keys and synthesizer bass. It has been nigh on two years since we featured them but their upcoming EP Like Me is out on the 10th June, … Continue reading New EP From Caviare Days
It’s that time again…our collection of newly minted tunes from the past seven days that are worth some serious listening. 1. Creepoid – Shaking 2. Zachary Cale – Sundowner 3. The Catenary Wires – Throw Another Love Song On The Fire 4. Jessie Jones – Sugar Coated 5. PINS – Molly 6. Trembling Bells – Killing Time In London Fields . . . . . … Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It doesn’t matter when you’re 21 … By our reckoning no one does infectious, feelgood indie-pop like Freedom Fry, the combination of French songstress Marie Seyrat and Michigan-born musical chameleon Bruce Driscoll (also of Blondfire). With each release they up the ante and on irresistible new single 21 they have added in audience vocals and claps from their recent residency at the Echo in LA. Listen below, and let some sunshine … Continue reading New Freedom Fry Single
Nine new, and excellent, songs from the past seven days neatly packaged for your listening pleasure. 1. Jeffrey Lewis – Train Song 2. The Sandwitches – Our Toast 3. Ultimate Painting – Break The Chain 4. John Vanderslice – Midnight Blue 5. Destroyer – Dream Lover 6. Heather Woods Broderick – Wyoming 7. DRINKS – Hermits On Holiday 8. Spoon – TV Set (Cramps cover) … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Stockholm trio Magic Potion trade in warped out, slacker pop of the best kind, recorded on an old reel-to-reel and produced by the band itself. Their debut EP Melt is due on 1st June, via Beech Coma. Preceding the EP is lead single Booored which received much praise when it premiered earlier this month, and it’s now also gotten the video treatment in the form a … Continue reading New Video: Magic Potion – Booored
Steady Sun, the five-piece psychedelic outfit who have featured a number of times on MM, has returned with their first single in two years, Lover Knows. It is taken from forthcoming album Flora and kicks off as a gently pastoral excursion into the dreamier end of the psych-spectrum. Midway through it flexes its muscles briefly before settling back down to meander to a sweetly hazy conclusion. Groovy stuff, … Continue reading MM Shorts 713: Steady Sun
Our weekly round up for you of some of the best songs shared in the past seven days… 1. Barna Howard – Bitter Side Of Blue 2. Theo Verney – Brain Disease 3. Spray Paint – Country Singer 4. The Wooden Sky – Our Hearts Were Young 5. Jacco Gardner – Find Yourself 6. White Reaper – I Don’t Think She Cares 7. Telegram – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We posted about the catchy noise pop of London based duo Young Romance back in March and new single Never Learn looks set to enhance their reputation even further. Swathed in a fuzzy exterior, it is a adrenalin fuelled rush of sugar-coated hooks and harmonies that rushes to a giddy climax in just over two perfect minutes. Stream it. Hit repeat. . Continue reading New From Young Romance
Phonecalls In The Bath is the new single from Deadline Shakes, out on the 28th June via Flowers In The Dustbin records. It starts as sweetly yearning, meandering indie-folk before shaking off the shackles half way through and galloping into country-tinged power-pop territory with infectious harmonies that nod to Phil Spector and the Beach Boys. Pretty sure you won’t hear anything more charming or smarter today…Pre-order via Bandcamp here. … Continue reading New Single From The Deadline Shakes
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