Versing Announce New Album & Share Tethered

Seattle group Versing will release their Hardly Art full-length debut, 10000 on the 3rd May. Taking cues from bands as diverse as Wire, The Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine, it is a record that fuses lustrous noise and ebullient melody. The band’s first offering, Tethered, is a sprawling, Daydream Nation-esque anthem with plenty of rhythm, dissonance and surging, distorted guitars. Frontman Daniel Salas explains … Continue reading Versing Announce New Album & Share Tethered

Introducing >>> The Gallery

Formed in 2017, four schoolmates became The Gallery. They dipped into their collections of genre defining albums by Joy Division, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley and David Bowie to formulate a musical vocabulary with which to express their discontent with the music, politics and social issues of our times. Their manifesto is driven by their love for inventive guitar, distorted bass hooks and the injection of energetic … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Gallery

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Pet Shimmers – Feels Hz (featuring Goat Girl) Sleaford Mods – O.B.C.T. William The Conqueror – Thank Me Later Wye Oak – Evergreen The Regrettes – Pumpkin Weyes Blood – Everyday Sparrow Steeple – Roll Baby Tacocoat – Grains Of Salt Bench Press – Respite Hand Habits – what lovers do                         Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Introducing >>> Sabrina is Not in This Chat

Sabrina is Not in This Chat is a three-piece experimental rock band from Los Angeles. Combining influences from Lightning Bolt and Primus to Slint and Don Caballero, the band have disregarded the rules of genre, tempo and songwriting, to make a sound that is uniquely challenging but also familiar. Their sprawling debut record Not Recommended for Sensitive Skin, is out now on L.A. DIY collective label Penniback … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sabrina is Not in This Chat

Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Flat Worms – Surreal New Year The Uranium Club – Man Is The Loneliest Animal Ånge Teenage Angst – Ånge Teenage Angst A Merge Group Plays “Heroes” – V-2 Schneider  (David Bowie cover) Esther Rose – Don’t Blame It On The Moon W.H. Lung – Simpatico People MELTS – Echoes Wand – Scarecrow Sharon Van Etten – Never Grow Old  (James Cleveland Moore, Sr cover) Laura … Continue reading Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

New single From Fontaines D.C. & Announce Debut Album

Our favourite band of the moment are back with a new single and release details for their debut album. Ahead of their sold-out UK headline tour in April, Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. have announced their highly-anticipated debut album, Dogrel, which is slated for release on 12th April (the day after MM’s birthday doncha know) via Partisan Records. Alongside the announcement of their new album, the band … Continue reading New single From Fontaines D.C. & Announce Debut Album

Patio – Boy Scout

Taking boredom, frustration, and mid-20s malaise as their starting points, New York three-piece Patio have shared the excellent first single, Boy Scout, from their debut album Essentials, due out on the 5th April on Fire Talk Records. A track of minimal, affecting post-punk, the song is a ninety second, perfectly targeted gut shot – straight to the point and a perfect introduction to their sparse melodic … Continue reading Patio – Boy Scout

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Deer Tick – White City  (Pogues cover) Mekons – Lawrence of California Bear’s Den – Fuel On The Fire Ritual Howls – Alone Together JAWS – Do You Remember The Mountain Goats – Younger Interpol – Fine Mess Lucy Dacus – La Vie En Rose  (Edith Piaf cover) Sophie Morgan – Bloodbuzz Ohio  (The National cover) Martha – Love Keeps Kicking         … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

FEWS – More Than Ever

Over the past couple of years, the nihilistic, bleakly brilliant post-punk of FEWS has firmly established the Swedish quartet as big time faves at MM, and that reputation is only going to be further enhanced by the latest track from upcoming Into Red. More Than Ever takes their propulsive menace and aligns it once more to themes of estrangement and alienation. It is a song … Continue reading FEWS – More Than Ever

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Spiral Stairs – HYP-NO-TIZED Lady Lamb – Even In The Tremor Keston Cobblers’ Club – Esta Mercury Rev featuring Lucinda Williams – Ode To Billie Joe  (Bobbie Gentry cover) John Vanderslice – I’ll Wait For You Rat Boy – Don’t Hesitate Frankie & The Witch Fingers – Pleasure BAILEN – I WAs Wrong Ohmme – Give Me back My Man  (B52’s cover) Marry Waterson & … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week