We love Angel Olsen’s Burn Your Fire For No Witness release from early in the year, and now one of our favourite tracks from it, Unfucktheworld has been covered by lo-fi, ‘nightmare pop’ duo Bent Denim. Well worth a listen. . Continue reading Bent Denim Cover Angel Olsen
Here is the official video for the Decemberists’ new track Make You Better. They say, “filmed on location in a 1977 Berlin backlot, the video has your humble Decemberists performing on the time-honored Old Blue Rock Palace Show.” . Continue reading New Video: The Decemberists – Make You Better
Lola is the latest track to be shared from Alex Calder’s upcoming debut album Strange Dreams (out via Captured Tracks on the 20th January). Artfully pitched somewhere between indie jangle and drowsy, hazy psych-pop, Lola offers a dark enchantment all of its own, like reaching for the stars whilst wading through the silt at the bottom of a pond. Watch/stream it here. . Continue reading Alex Calder – Lola
Joyce Manor and Toys That Kill will be embarking on a West Coast tour together and have an upcoming split EP to promote at the same time. Here are a couple of tracks from it, Joyce Manor deliver up their trademark power punk whilst Toys That Kill head down more of a bubblegum punk route that is as sweet as it is spiky. The EP is out … Continue reading Joyce Manor & Toys That Kill Split EP
Dear friends, here is our weekly selection of fine new tunes you really should have already heard by now… …but if not! 1. Steve Earle & The Dukes – You’re The Best Lover I Ever Had 2. Colleen Green – Pay Attention 3. A Place To Bury Strangers – Straight 4. Elvis Perkins – Hogus Pogus 5. Marissa Nadler – Pitseleh (Elliott Smith cover) 6. … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
American Wrestlers is a new signing to the excellent Fat Possum label, and his debut single is titled I Can Do No Wrong. Born near Glasgow and now residing in Missouri he sits in a world similar to Kurt Vile and Granddaddy, and has that classic American lo-fi indie sound. The single is a gorgeous slice of jaunty psych-pop and we recommend wrapping your ears around it immediately. … Continue reading MM Shorts 634: American Wrestlers
A plethora of excellent videos have hit our in-box recently and here is a small selection which are well worth hitting play on – from stoned out psychedelia to bleak nihilistic punk rock by way of traditional British folk, classic Americana and infectious indie rock. So dive into musical films from Side Saddle, The Wands, Caddywhompus, WATERS, The Unthanks and Bad Breeding. . . . … Continue reading Video Round Up
With aesthetic roots in American gothic literature, post punk, and 60s garage Tucson’s Burning Palms cites influences ranging from Nick Cave to Bauhaus to Patti Smith and even more contemporary punk stalwarts in the late Jay Reatard. Confidently tiptoeing on the threshold of punchy psych-rock and seductive whimsy, they create music shot through with an expansive moody melancholia. Check out/download Thorns below and order their self-titled … Continue reading Burning Palms – Thorns
She Keeps Bees have shared a new, beautifully shot yet slightly surreal and unsettling video for Owl, a standout track from their most recent release Eight Houses. . . Continue reading New Video: She Keeps Bees – Owl
Seeing the Milk Carton Kids at SXSW in 2013 was a joy and now the vintage loving, harmonising duo have tackled the Squidbillies theme. Stream / download it here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 631: Milk Carton Kids
The Mad Mackerel 