Auckland quintet and longtime MM faves Ghost Wave will shortly be heading over to the USA for a tour and in preparation for the dates, the band has made available for download, their cover of The Buckingham’s song, Kind of a Drag. As if we needed to tell you…it is well worth grabbing. Continue reading MM Shorts 455: Ghost Wave
Videos to enjoy today from Public Service Broadcasting, The Visibles, Whales In Cubicles and Wolf Alice. Public Service Broadcasting’s Night Mail takes its subject matter from the eponymous film of 1936, a pioneering documentary film produced by the General Post Office and the Royal Mail Group. Setting the original words of the documentary – including the much loved Night Mail poem – to a song … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Public Service Broadcasting || The Visibles || Whales In Cubicles || Wolf Alice
Videos to start the week from Cheatahs and some blurry, blown-out landscapes to accompany the psych-swirl of new single Cut The Grass, and from Indianapolis sisters Lily & Madeleine comes their studio set video for gorgeous single Devil We Know. From Roadkill Ghost Choir we have some stunning cinematography to match the emotional resonance of standout track Beggars Guild from their Quiet Light EP, and lastly the darkly … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cheatahs || LIly & Madeleine || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Pincers
Elizabeth Fey caused a bit of a stir in the Foxygen camp earlier this year with a tumblr post about some of the trials and tribulations within the band that she was a touring member of… She has released some tracks of her own under the Globelamp moniker, the most recent of which Controversial/Confrontational is a lovely excursion into dreamy lo-fi psychedelia and dream pop. … Continue reading MM Shorts 452: Globelamp
We have gradually become more and more enamoured of, and seduced by, the charms of Widowspeak, particularly since the release earlier this year of long player Almanac. The follow up is a EP titled The Swamps, and having already posted the woozy, narcotic True Believer from it back in July, we now have another taste for you in the shape of the equally good, and equally … Continue reading Widowspeak – Calico
On his new five track EP, Heavy Sunn, Theo Verney practises a kind of gnarled, grizzly mix of garage rock, psychedelia and grunge that more than pays its dues to his heroes Hendrix, Beefheart and Black Sabbath. Here are two tracks from it, the primal, sullen psych-rock overload of the excellent title track and the ninety second stomp of Count It Up. Out on October 21st … Continue reading Introducing >>> Theo Verney
Our favourite psych-tinged folkies, Elf Power release their latest long player Sunlight On The Moon tomorrow. We’ve already posted two stellar tracks from it, and here is a third for your listening pleasure, the rather lovely Lift The Shell. Order the album here. Continue reading Elf Power Release Sunlight On The Moon Tomorrow
Too many good songs, too little time to do them justice. Accept this offering as the best compromise we can muster, but explore these tunes – they are well worth it – even if we are a bit slow getting some of them to your attention! Kicking us off are indie duo Big Deal and a new single from their much acclaimed album of dark, intoxicating, … Continue reading Monday’s Mega Round-up
Start the week with a clutch of excellent videos from psych-rockers Gringo Star (and their animated film for new track Find A Love), from Keaton Henson for You (taken from his excellent album Birthdays), and from explosive punk rockers Radkey, more top notch animation to accompany Romance Dawn. We have even more brilliant animation, or to be precise claymation, for Gentleman Hall’s Every Morning, and lastly London … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Gringo Star || Keaton Henson || Radkey || Gentleman Hall || Telegram
Brooklyn duo Golden Animals released their sophomore album Hear Eye Go this week via The Reverberation Appreciation Society – the label arm of Austin Psych Fest. Hear Eye Go is the follow-up to their 2008 debut Free Your Mind and Win a Pony. The album is constructed of tales of love, friendship and seclusion and despite its full-bodied sound, no bass guitars or organs were used in … Continue reading Golden Animals Release Hear Eye Go – Stream It Here
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