Roadkill Ghost Choir are a (excellently named) 6 piece band from Deland, Florida and play spacey folk rock. Influences range from Radiohead to Gram Parsons. Their debut album called Quiet Light is in the final stages of completion and should see the light of day in May. In The Lion’s Mouth is the first taste. a Continue reading MM Shorts 119: Roadkill Ghost Choir
Ten million years and eight minutes, the long-awaited follow-up to Caltrop’s much-loved 2008 debut full-length World Class, finds North Carolina’s titans of Southern psych-rock in rarefied form. Simultaneously crushing and uplifting, immerse yourself in the seven and a half minute trip of Blessed. The album is out on April 3rd via Holiday for Quince Records. Download Caltrop – Blessed mp3 (from Ten million years and eight minutes) Continue reading MM Shorts 118: Caltrop
Along with Owls and Wolves of various kinds, I think Whales must be one of the most popular animals to turn up in band names. The Ancient Whales are the latest and most certainly one of the better ones if their mix of melodic garage rock and hazy psychedelia is anything to go by. Try this track, Everyone from their new studio EP Birthing via Owlphabet … Continue reading Introducing >>> Ancient Whales
Psych-popsters Dinosaur Feathers have unveiled Beatcha, the first track from sophomore album Whistle Tips, out on April 10th via Ernest Jenning. Now joined by drummer Nick Brooks, the band sound more forceful and assured than previously, giving them satisfyingly crunchy guitars and an altogether noisier outlook. Fortunately they haven’t sacrificed any of their infectious groove and jangle, nor any of their experimental edge that marked … Continue reading New Track From Dinosaur Feathers
The short film Elsewhere, by Mathy & Fran, is formed around a collection of songs by Kurt Vile, Lucky Dragons, High Places and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. Set in London, two lovers-on-the-run head into the middle of nowhere, armed only with strange trinkets and a silver boom box. It is a story of love, destruction and the act of letting go, starring Jessica Raine (Call The Midwife, The Woman In Black) and Aneurin Barnard (We’ll … Continue reading Elsewhere – Short Film
We seem to be getting overwhelmed by high quality videos at the moment so it would be churlish and not a little selfish of us not to share some of the best with you. Kicking off is the wonderful video for the delicately beautiful Tuck The Darkness In from the Bowerbirds new album The Clearing. a Next we have Cheyenne Marie Mize and a video for her … Continue reading More Videos For Your Perusal And Enjoyment
Firstly that is a great name. Conjures up an image of a stick-thin, ne’er-do-well in some dusty, forgotten border town drinking, stealing cars and dealing drugs. But then maybe that’s just us… Anyway, one of MM’s rules is the music should fit the band’s name and thankfully here we’re on to a winner. Speedy Ortiz are a western Massachusetts-based, female-fronted, guitar-heavy four piece. For reference points they … Continue reading Introducing >>> Speedy Ortiz
We are more than chuffed to be offering up the first viewing of Paradise’s new video for Diary Of An Old Soul, the title track and one of the highlights from their inspired album of vintage garage rock that hits stores soon. We first streamed the song last month describing it then as ‘authentically primal, so reverential in its steady blues chug and psych-pop overcoat … Continue reading MM Premiere: Paradise Video
We’ve got good stuff coming out of our ears – quite literally at the moment. So here is the latest in our somewhat ad-hoc “of the best” feature comprising a trawl of the in-box and favourite blogs to bring you eight corking tunes to help get your Friday night off to a suitably energetic start. We have Swedish punks Holograms and the clattering b-side to … Continue reading Friday Means Eight Of The Best
A couple of weeks ago we posted Torches cover of Crushed Beaks Close-Ups, now as part of the split single release Crushed Beaks are returning the favour with their cover of Torches VTOO. This time the duo have replaced their usual full-on steam-hammer approach with slowly pounding drums and staccato guitar noise creating something akin to a sonic maelstrom – a post-apocalyptic bedlam if you … Continue reading Crushed Beaks Cover Torches VTOO
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