The Ukiah Drag hail from the northernmost reaches of California, and are about to reissue a limited cassette release from earlier this year on 7″ vinyl. Jazz Mama Is Cryin consists of four tracks of brilliantly bleak, desolate, and warped blues and acid-rock. It is taut, tense, hypnotic and all consuming. It is like the evil offspring of Giant Sand and the Birthday Party. Take … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Ukiah Drag
There are occasions when maintaining a music blog is completely incongruous with the irrationality of (selfish) human emotions. By its very nature the blog exists to share music we like, champion new artists and releases in our own small way, and to lend our voice in support of those things that we feel are so much more interesting, stimulating and frankly worthwhile than the pre-packaged, … Continue reading Wooden Wand & The World War IV
A week or so ago we posted the swirling, psychedelic new video from the much heralded Temple Songs for their single I Can’t Look After You. Now the band have made the b-side, She’s Away, available for streaming, and rather spiffing, or perhaps spliffing, it is too. Have a listen. It is out on RIP Records on 14th October. Continue reading Temple Songs – She’s Away
Mary Epworth’s love of music combines 60s West Coast psychedelia, the 70s Beach Boys and traditional English song, and all can be heard to good effect on September, her new single out, appropriately enough, on the 30th of this month. Continue reading New Single From Mary Epworth
The Men will follow up the release of their excellent New Moon long player with an acoustic EP called Campfire Songs, recorded (you guessed it) around a campfire. This is the six minute, spaced out drone of Turn Your Color. It is out on the 15th October via Sacred Bones. Continue reading The Men’s Campfire Songs EP
We’ve not posted any videos for a few days, so to make up for it we have a bumper crop for you from Mazzy Star and their video for standout new track California to PINS and their girl-gang mentality for their film for Girls Like Us. We have an appropriately pugilistic video for Mutts excellent track Prizefighter, and lastly along the same lines we the first … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Mazzy Star || PINS || Mutts || Scott & Charlene’s Wedding
Elf Power formed in 1994 and over the last 19 years have released twelve albums, two eps, and a handful of singles. They will soon add to this list with the release of their new album Sunlight on the Moon (out October 1st) and having already posted the title track, we now have the wonderfully named A Grey Cloth Covering My Face for your listening … Continue reading Elf Power – A Grey Cloth Covering My Face
Wooden Shjips are one of our favourite bands and each successive album they have released as cemented our love for their pulsating, hypnotic and often bruising, psych rock. They have a new album, Back to Land, due out on 11th November. On this record, the band’s scope has expanded to include more earthy, grounded tones, such as the acoustic guitar! As an introduction to those new … Continue reading Wooden Shjips Go Acoustic & Tour Dates
Hazy, psychedelic noiseniks The Black Hollies are making a long overdue, and a more than welcome, return to our speakers with their fourth long-player Somewhere Between Here And Nowhere. Here’s the title track. Continue reading MM Shorts 444: The Return Of The Black Hollies
The last Best Coast single was a big hit with Mrs M, and the follow up, a seven track mini album titled Fade Away (out October 21), will be the first release on Bethany Cosentino’s own Jewel City label. The new release is a faster-paced, more energetic set of songs inspired by Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline, My Bloody Valentine and Ambien. I Don’t Know How is … Continue reading New Mini-Album From Best Coast
The Mad Mackerel 