Amen Dunes (aka the project of New York-based Damon McMahon) will release his fifth album, Freedom, on 30 March via Sacred Bones. On the surface, Freedom is a reflection on growing up, childhood friends who ended up in prison or worse, male identity, McMahon’s father, and his mother, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer at the beginning of recording. The characters that populate the musical … Continue reading Amen Dunes – Miki Dora
We posted a track from Italian garage-psych trio Bee Bee Sea in our most recent New Year Round Up, and now we have another for you, and it is an absolute cracker. The marvellously titled This Dog Is The King Of Losers also comes from their upcoming long player Sonic Boomerang, and undoubtedly has the riff of the year so far! A perfect mix of the outrageously … Continue reading Another From Bee Bee Sea
Dr. Dog have shared a new track Listening In, which appeared in our Soundcloud feed this afternoon. All we’ve been able to establish thus far is that it comes from their Critical Equation album, which will be available on the 27th April. We also know it is another fine example of their psych infused Americana, carried along on metronomic percussion and a typically plaintive and questioning … Continue reading New From Dr. Dog
Another of our round-ups of songs we should have posted from the end of 2017. Restless was a stomping single from Brooklyn-based folk rocker Common Jack. It’s anthemic take on Americana draws favourable comparisons to Lumineers, Neil Young and The Avett Brothers. Swedish indie rockers Francobello shared Future Lover, which rises and falls, building to a crescendo of gorgeous harmonies and ferocious guitar runs. LA-based Space-Psych … Continue reading New Year Round Up (Part 4)
First Aid Kit – Ruins Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain Suuns – Watch You, Watch Me Alela Diane – Ether & Wood Nap Eyes – I’m Bad Now Prism Tats – Daggers Public Access T.V. – Lost In The Game U.S. Girls – Pearly Gates Sunflower Bean – Crisis Fest Rik & The Pigs – America Frankie Cosmos – Jesse Kal Marks … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’re hugely looking forward to the release of Drift, the new album from The Men, which is out on the 2nd March via Sacred Bones. The band have shared the album’s opener, Maybe I’m Crazy a wired, pulsating, synth-driven rocker complete with wonky sax at the end – it’s a cracker. Continue reading The Men – Maybe I’m Crazy
Yep, the good stuff from last year keeps on coming… This time, we begin with Flesh from post-punk duo Chastity, a chaotic, antagonistic and downright eerie single released way back in October. Cut Worms (a.k.a. Max Clarke) shared Song of the Highest Tower, a seven minute track that combines a poignant, nostalgic Americana with classic Roy Orbison style licks. At the other end of the musical … Continue reading New Year Round Up (Part 3)
The second instalment rounding up some tunes we missed from the tail end of 2017. Let’s kick off with Yowl’s relentless and uneasy Darkroom, a wonderfully vicious and febrile slice of post-punk. Night Herons’ raw sound is a visceral blend of garage rock and chugging proto-punk – for fans of classic bands like The Stooges or the New York Dolls. Norwegian psych-rockers Electric Eye’s single Sometimes … Continue reading New Year Round Up (Part 2)
Titus Andronicus – Number One (In New York) Dream Wife – Hey Heartbreaker Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Echo Moon Duo – Jukebox Babe (Alan Vega cover) Mind Spiders – Furies Sonny Smith – Burnin’ Up (featuring Angel Olsen) Corey Flood – Feel Okay Fidlar – Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Nirvana cover) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Muddy Water … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’re pretty glad to see the back of 2017, and looking forward to our ten year anniversary this year as well as lots of new music to post and share. However, before that, and as is traditional for MM, we’re going to round up some tunes from the past two or three months that should have made it on to the blog, but for whatever … Continue reading New Year Round Up (Part 1)
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