Yep, it is that time again. We’ve trawled back through all our e-mails, favourite blogs, and new music discoveries to bring you up to date with all that’s been good on the MM stereo recently. Because of the time of year it includes a few we missed from way back before Christmas, but which still more than deserve some ear-time – you may have missed … Continue reading Round Up Time Again – Part 1
The magnificently named Hookworms will release their debut album Pearl Mystic on 4th March. Doubtless, if they were based in Austin, Texas they would be being lauded in the same way as some of the very best of the heavier psych-rock bands like The Black Angels, Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo and the like. Instead they are from Leeds, but no matter, this promises to be … Continue reading Debut Album From Hookworms
Videos to enjoy from Everest Cale and the easy folky rhythms of Beast, from Eye And The Arrow and their warm invite to sample Honey Wine, from Newcastle’s Crooked Hands who hit the railroad for their video for the fragile, fluttering Under and finally the uncompromising garage rock of Gayze. a a a a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Everest Cale || Eye And The Arrow || Crooked Hands || Gayze
Lots of good stuff for you today. Hot on the heels of Colleen Green’s new track, comes a new EP from Virals, brimful of soaring melodies, loud guitars and sugar sweet vocals. On Monday they release Strange Fruit (via Zoo Music), four more tracks of sun-dappled power-pop goodness. Dive into the title track and Summer Girls. Continue reading New EP From Virals
In support of their forthcoming fifth album Coming Out Of The Fog, Baltimore’s Arbouretum have announced a European tour, beginning February 20th at The Prince Albert in Brighton and Corsica Studios in London the following day before heading over to Ireland. Coming Out Of The Fog has already begun to continue Arbouretum’s critical acclaim ahead of its release. While retaining the rewarding and slow-burning tracks … Continue reading New Track From Arbouretum & European Tour
Watch the video for Skinny Lister’s rollicking Rollin’ Over, or try Mayday Radio’s New York based update on the Don Quixote story. Finally we have the brilliantly off-kilter psych-pop weirdness of Foxygen’s San Francisco. a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Skinny Lister || Mayday Radio || Foxygen
North London’s Wolf Alice are set to release their debut single on 11th February through Chess Club Records in the form of Fluffy. Far removed from their folk-beginnings, Fluffy rocks with the kind of ballsy and unabashed nonchalance that we haven’t heard in a good long while. Breaking from a groove-laden smack of distorted guitars and thumping drums, Ellie Rowsell’s tender vocals then take centre stage as … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wolf Alice
Released yesterday, Gayze’s debut offering Black Soul is six tracks of swirling, shaking garage rock – raw, swaggering and primal. Think of it as a motorcycle ride through the desert to a secret party that is part Hell’s Angels gathering, part psychedelic be-in. Black Soul was recorded in a secluded 1930s haunted house and with a serious lack of professional equipment. Plaintive acoustic guitar tunes are tucked … Continue reading Introducing >>> Gayze
Videos today from Sheffield’s Dead Sons (a stormer), NC based psychotic rappers Fist Fam (download their album here), and Australian chain gang balladeers Graveyard Train featuring life-sized zombie puppets no less. a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dead Sons || Fist Fam || Graveyard Train
Band In Heaven’s Sleazy Dreams made a strong showing in our Favourite Tracks of 2012 listings and they will soon re-appear on a forthcoming double 7″ compilation EP titled Psych For Sore Eyes. It features six different artists including Hookworms and Vacant Lots with all the tracks produced by Sonic Boom. Somewhat less frenetic than Sleazy Dreams, High Low still builds hypnotically over a deceptively simple … Continue reading MM Shorts 290: Band In Heaven
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