Grandparents – Kids In The Alley

With the successful production of several self-recorded, lo-fi EPs to their credit, spacey six-piece Grandparents are providing a sneak peek into the band’s highly anticipated unveiling of their debut LP, Sincerely, Bagman with the arrival of the Kids in the Alley cassingle. The delightfully catchy title-track delivers audacious, jangly pop music with an eye toward the hallucinatory, prompting visions of psychedelic royalty like the Seeds or … Continue reading Grandparents – Kids In The Alley

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Here is our regular weekend feature highlighting the songs that you really should have made time to hear this week. Enjoy offerings from Laura Marling through to Thee Oh Sees by way of Vetiver and Joanna Gruesome amongst others, as well as the very welcome return of Holly Miranda. 1. Laura Marling – I Feel Your Love 2. Mexican Slang – Fever 3. Chastity Belt … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

New Video: Factotum – Snake Charmer (& Split Release With Black Fruit)

We love the primal, raw, proto-punk of Factotum’s Snake Charmer and here is the video to accompany it. It comes from a forthcoming 12 track split release on Stolen Body Records with Black Fruit, another two piece garage ‘n’ psych rock band. Watch the video and stream another couple of tracks from both parties. Order the vinyl here. . . Continue reading New Video: Factotum – Snake Charmer (& Split Release With Black Fruit)

MM Shorts 671: Grace Vonderkuhn

Grace Vonderkuhn is a musician and songwriter based out of Wilmington, Delaware. She sings, plays the guitar, bass, keys, and drums. Her musical style often combines elements from garage, psychedelic, punk, classic, and glam rock genres. Her self-titled five track EP is available on Bandcamp now, and for your immediate listening pleasure we have the proto-garage rock of Saints With Death Wishes and the visceral, slow … Continue reading MM Shorts 671: Grace Vonderkuhn

MM Shorts 670: Obnox

From a foundation of dirt-level garage punk, Lamont “Bim” Thomas aka Obnox sculpts deep cuts out of blown-out beats, redline guitar damage, and soulful singing, as if your local gospel choir had been raised on a steady diet of The Pagans and Back From the Grave compilations. Know America, Obnox’s fifth full-length, is already the second of three albums to come out in 2015. Listen to the … Continue reading MM Shorts 670: Obnox

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

As per usual, here is our weekly round up of the tunes and tracks you need to have heard by now… 1. Simon Joyner – Nostalgia Blues 2. Ryley Walker – Sweet Satisfaction 3. Weed – Stay In The Summer 4. Pale Honey – Youth 5. Death Cab For Cutie – No Room In Frame 6. Calexico – Falling From The Sky 7. Little Wings … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Mega Video Round Up

Time for some more entertainment in the form of musical films. Here are ten of the more entertaining tunes and videos that have landed in our in-box over the past couple of weeks. They come from the likes of Protomartyr, Dogheart, Split Screens,  Mind Brains, Colleen Green, Gaz Coombes, Slaves, …And The Hangnails, Jamie T, and Tom Williams. . . . [Click through for free download] . … Continue reading Mega Video Round Up

MM Shorts 668: Ulrika Spacek

Originally from Berlin and now based in London, Ulrika Spacek initially formed under the joke that the music would sound like Wooden Shijps trying to cover Television. In reality, their first track up on Soundcloud, I Don’t Know, is a most promising slab of heaving, pulsating, spaced out psych-rock that  suggests they should be setting their sights a whole lot higher – for the heart of … Continue reading MM Shorts 668: Ulrika Spacek

Physical Graffiti Redrawn

Mojo magazine have put together an excellent cover album of Led Zeppelin’s seminal Physical Graffiti. It will be available as the free cover CD on the April edition in the UK, and it will also be released on a limited edition double vinyl format of 5,000. Fifteen artists including Laura Marling, Syd Arthur, Sun Kil Moon, Duke Garwood, and Michael Kiwanuka have delivered their own interpretation of … Continue reading Physical Graffiti Redrawn