1. Thurston Moore – The Best Day 2. Hiss Golden Messenger – Mahogany Dread 3. Wampire – Wizard Staff 4. Twilight Sad – There’s A Girl In The Corner 5. Dinosaur Feathers – Zeitgeist 6. Terror Pigeon! – Girl! 7. Tyrannosaurus Dead – Local Bullies 8. King Tuff – Black Moon Spell . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Like yesterday’s post about Elliott Brood, The Futurebirds are another long-term staple of MM. Their brand of southern-fried psych-jams and gothic tinged Americana has resulted in a whole series of excellent releases, and they remain one of the bands we would most like to see live. From Athens in Georgia, the band have teamed up with Jittery Joe’s Coffee to create the new Baba Java blend of … Continue reading The Futurebirds & Jittery Joe’s…
Dull Boy is the third (excellent) song previewing The Growlers upcoming album, Chinese Fountain, that’s coming out on September 23rd on Everloving Records. Give it a spin. . Continue reading More From The Growlers
Seattle-based psych-pop foursome The Black Whales have just dropped their brand new single The Warm Parade. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 599: Black Whales
Wild Smiles will release their debut album, Always Tomorrow, on Sunday Best Recordings on 27th October. The fast-rising trio, comprising brothers Chris and Joe Peden with drummer Ben Cook, have also released their new single, Never Wanted This, today. Taking in elements of Beach Boys surf pop, Velvet Underground drones, Jesus & Mary Chain low-fi garage clatter and Nirvana filth, they manage to concoct a … Continue reading New Single From Wild Smiles
Neo-psychedelic-sex-punk band May McDonough & Company from Orange, CA, recently released their new full length album Bullyboywithaglasseye. They describe themselves as “kinda like Thee Oh Sees – meets- The Growlers – meets- Jefferson Airplane“. Sounds mighty fine to us. Take a listen to Wrap Around Porch… they might even have sold themselves a little short! Buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading May McDonough & Company – bullyboywithaglasseye
The Highway Hymnal are a brooding psych rock four-piece from Boston. Their experimental sound has been influenced by artists coming from a variety of genres such as the 60s pop of The Beatles, the 70s garage rock of The Stooges, and the late 80s/early 90s shoegaze of The Jesus and Mary Chain and Spacemen 3. Listen to the intense noise-rock of Television below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 597: The Highway Hymnal
1. Avi Buffalo – Memories Of You 2. Sam Amidon – Walkin’ Boss 3. Bass Drum Of Death – Left For Dead 4. Weyes Blood – Hang On 5. Spray Paint – Cussin 6. Los Angeles Police Department – She Came Through (Again) . . . . . . [Click through for a free download] . Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
According to the WordPress stats, this is our 4,000th post since we were removed from the internet by the Stalinesque Google Blogspot in April 2010, and forced to start MM all over again. To celebrate we thought we would treat ourselves and post ten songs from prior to MM’s existence that helped shape our own musical landscape. A self-indulgent Desert Island discs if you will…from listening for … Continue reading Four Thousand Posts On MM
Following on from yesterday’s round-up of all things new and shiny in the MM inbox, here is a second instalment for your listening edification. First up are Philadelphia’s cult indie favourites Literature, who have shared New Jacket, another slice of master-crafted indiepop from their upcoming album, Chorus. Larkin Poe’s sister duo Rebecca and Megan Lovell, are descendants of tortured artist and creative genius Edgar Allen … Continue reading New Bands, New Singles, New Stuff – A Round Up (Pt. 2)
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