We’re late to it, but we’re loving this track, Silk Spirit, from Leeds three-piece Drahla. It comes from their debut EP Third Article and blends wiry post-punk with splash of unpredictable art rock, and is anchored by a woozy, nagging riff that is a sonic delight. Stream it below and order the EP via Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 989: Drahla
Brighton / London fuzzy four-piece Beach Riot share a mutual love for making a lot of pop fuelled noise – distorted haze compiled with big hooks and a distinctive raw energy that takes it’s influences from the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Cable, Sleater-Kinney and Pavement, their sound is brash and untamed. New single She’s A Hurricane has a lot going for it. Have a … Continue reading MM Shorts 988: Beach Riot
Danish outfit Marching Church have a Christmas carol unlike what you’d normally expect, but just the sort we like on MM. Frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt had this to say regarding the dark theme of the single: “Christmas On Earth” is a carol about parental kidnapping. Offering no background story to clarify the motives, we journey through the racing mind of a father in the midst of the disquieting … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 4: Marching Church
First Aid Kit – Fireworks No Age – Drippy Alela Diane – Émigré’ Calexico – Voices In The Field Olden Yolk – Takes One To Know One Craig Finn – Fault Lines (Mountain Goats cover) Ty Segall – The Main Pretender The Orwells – Vanilla The Soft Moon – It Kills Graham Coxon – Falling Continue reading Ten (Count ’em) Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
What better way to kick off December and the countdown to Christmas with the news that BEAK> have released a charity Christmas single (Merry Xmas) Face The Future and have also shared a video for the track. All money raised by the sale of the single goes to The National Elf Service & The Mental Elf, an online resource for mental health information – https://www.nationalelfservice.net/. Purchase the … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 1: BEAK>
Here is the new video for NØMADS’ Traumatophobia (the fear of being injured), the bands’ November single. It was filmed as part of their Live From Pittsburgh series whose sessions will get an exclusive vinyl-only release in the autumn of 2018. The track is from their forthcoming conceptual double EP PHOBIAC, an album based on clinical phobia-based fears. Watch it below. Continue reading New Video: NØMADS – Traumatophobia
Chapter II is probably our favourite track from Naomi Punk’s latest album Yellow. A song that just oozes pulsating, tribal chaos. The band have shared an appropriately intense and moody video for it. Watch it below and order the album via Bandcamp here. Continue reading New Video: Naomi Punk – Chapter II
Martha – The Winter Fuel Allowance Ineligibility Blues Sufjan Stevens – The Greatest Gift W.H. Lung – Want Jim James – The World Is Falling Down (Abbey Lincoln cover) Madeline Kenney – Medusa’s Outhouse (Cass McCombs cover) Robert Earl Thomas – Another Age White Room – Twisted Celebration Jane Weaver & Virginia Wing – I Feel It Starts Again … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’re big Mind Spiders fans here at MM, and frankly they seem one of the most underrated bands out there. Evolving from lo-fi garage punk beginnings to a mix of post-punk and art-rock that recalls Devo, Talking Heads and Bowie, they consistently deliver with a raison d’être that is built around delivering music that is relentlessly aggressive, melodic and downright catchy. They have announced a … Continue reading Mind Spiders – Outside
Widowspeak – Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover) Wilco – Dynamite My Soul Kal Marks – Adventure The Staves & yMusic – The Way Is Read Ty Segall – My Lady’s On Fire Drive-By Truckers – The Perilous Night Johanna Warren – Here To Tell Angel Olsen – Sans Dama Scout – Toothache The Liminanas – Shadow People (featuring Emmanuelle Seigner) … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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