Introducing Waves of Fury

We’ve taken our sweet time getting round to listening to the new single Businessman’s Guide To Witchcraft by Somerset’s Waves of Fury, but as soon as we did  we knew we’d be sharing it far and wide. It is the first track to see the light of day from their forthcoming self-titled long player and it is an unholy alliance of scowling, snarling vocals, sleazy … Continue reading Introducing Waves of Fury

New Album From Nallo

Nallo have just released their album Mechano And The Trees, a beautiful mix of garage, psych and wierdo-folk reverb! It switches from the full on freakout of album opener Different and the fizzing previous single Submarines to slower paced jams like Beasts And Cartoons (Rope And Sand). In fact it is this confident and easily managed shift of styles throughout that makes the record such a … Continue reading New Album From Nallo

MM Shorts 191: Popstrangers

In Some Ways sees unusual New Zealand trio Popstrangers, muscle into new sonic territories and deliver another catchy, albeit warped, pop song. Rusty guitar twangs, discordant drones and jarring rhythms diverge into hooky bridges filled with washes of hazy riffs that buoy languid, disaffected vocals. Download it via Soundcloud. a Continue reading MM Shorts 191: Popstrangers

Thursday Means Eight of the Best

Good stuff coming out of our ears from every direction at the moment. Here’s a little round-up of eight of the best of them. Download them all below. First up we have punky psych-rockers Cult of Youth with a taste of forthcoming album Love Will Prevail (out September on Sacred Bones), this is Man And Man’s Ruin. Keeping the noise levels in the red are … Continue reading Thursday Means Eight of the Best

Introducing >>> Wake Up Lucid

Wake Up Lucid is a LA based three piece band of cousins that combines sex-drenched vocals, high octane guitar, and a glorious lo-fi sludge that is garage rock at its purest and most dangerous. More grime than the Black Keys and far more savage than The White Stripes, their 2011 Sugar EP was described by Rolling Stone as “raunchy rock at it’s best”. Their debut … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wake Up Lucid

Friday Means Six of the Best

Here are another six tunes to try and cheer you up a little bit on another dank and dreary Friday in England… First up is Hardly Art’s Unnatural Helpers and their raging first single, Hate Your Teachers, from upcoming album Land Grab. River City Tanlines keep the energy levels fizzing with their own garage-punk howl and shred of Stop My Heart taken from the forthcoming release … Continue reading Friday Means Six of the Best

Live Review: Wooden Wand

Wooden Wand || Café Oto, Hackney  || 29 June 2012 Review by Chris T Popper Ever since I knew Wooden Wand was touring our little island again I have been in a state of high anticipation… mixed in with a sizeable chunk of excitement. In February 2011, Dr Roddy and myself were lucky enough to interview and have a couple of ‘sharpeners’ with James Jackson Toth … Continue reading Live Review: Wooden Wand