Here is another track from San Antonio garage-pop outfit The Hawks (of Holy Rosary). It’s Just Work is another infectious power-pop jam from upcoming long player What Team Am I On? It is two and a half minutes of exuberant energy, sing-along hooks, joyous three-part harmonies, and catchy keyboard riffs. Have a listen. What Team Am I On? will be out July 22nd via Texas Is Funny Records … Continue reading More From The Hawks (Of Holy Rosary)
Drawing inspiration from the likes of Lou Reed to Guided By Voices, Mainland create urgent and erratic tunes that scream of all madness of the New York City streets that they now call home. This is their cover of Cococnut Records’ West Coast. . Continue reading MM Shorts 589: Mainland
We were lucky enough to be invited to be part of the voting panel for the Green Man Rising event, a “competition” to find a new band to open the wonderful Green Man Festival on the Mountain Stage. From a final short list of 31 artists, we picked our favourite six and we thought it would be good to share our choices with you as … Continue reading Green Man Rising
Got A Girl has assembled a rich, enveloping sound world all its own, with hints of Laurel Canyon folk, yacht rock, and sunshine pop stylized and synthesized through sumptuous arrangements, intricate electronics, and unfettered melodic invention. Their latest offering from new album I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff is the affecting There’s A Revolution. . Continue reading New From Got A Girl
Never Closer by Firestation is a genuine psych-pop delight delivering a more than addictive mix of sweetly fuzzy guitars and distorted drum machine with squeals of feedback and half spoken cryptic lyrics. It spirals into pop choruses and crashes to an abrupt halt in under three minutes. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 586: Firestations
1. Titus Andronicus – Stranded (On My Own) 2. Cat Meat – Vog 3. Naomi Punk – Firehose Face 4. Goat – Hide From The Sun 5. The John Steel Singers – Common Thread . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Hull four-piece The Holy Orders have announced the release of their brand new single, the 3 minute feelgood good, summer pop song, The New Asbestos. Well, to be honest it is more a cynical, pessimistic, feelgood summer pop song, which is just the way we like ’em. It captures how the band effortlessly combines catchy melody lines with visceral guitars and passionate vocals to create a … Continue reading New Single From The Holy Orders
Jessica Hernandez and her band the Deltas will release their debut album Secret Evil in August via Instant Records. They draw on influences from cabaret and vaudeville to modern day indie rock via experimental folk and smoky jazz. The results are an intense and smouldering cauldron of songs that are just as notable for Hernandez’s sublime vocals that enchant and entreat in equal measure. Have a listen … Continue reading MM Recommends… Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
The latest single from Wye Oak’s spring release Shriek is Logic Of Color, a song the duo describe as both “the most straightforward pop song we’ve ever made” and “open-ended, like an unfinished thought“. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 584: Wye Oak
1. Delta Spirit – From Now On 2. She Keeps Bees (featuring Sharon Van Etten) – Is What It Is 3. Lilac Daze – Knives 4. Woods – Tomorrow’s Only Yesterday 5. Destruction Unit – Dust 6. The Cambodian Space Project – Here Comes The Rain . . . . . . . Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Mad Mackerel 