Canadian rock ‘n’ roll renegades Fist City will see a UK release of their album, It’s 1983, Grow Up on July 8th. The album is scheduled for release on Black Tent Press. Forming in Lethbridge, a smallish southern Alberta town, in 2010, Fist City gelled from the ashes of various punk bands to form a storming blend of garage-fuelled, surf-tinged, scuzzy rock n roll. This is … Continue reading Liven Up Your Day With Fist City
Videos today featuring the epic, driven – though dreamy – southern rock of Black Books, the murderous folk of Vandaveer, the post-punk and garage style of chromatic BLACK and their award winning video for 1, 2, 3, 8 and finally the brilliant new video from Crystal Fighters for latest single You & I. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Black Books || Vandaveer || chromatic BLACK || Crystal Fighters
It’s been a while since we’ve succumbed to the anxieties of our overwhelming in-box, but succumb we have. So, here is a too short and not sweet enough collection of new tunes of varying shapes and sizes that deserve some attention from you. Consider it the digital equivalent of crate digging… Paperhaus released its alt-country styled self-titled EP in 2011, and will release its second … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
Need to spice your day up a bit? If so, Volcom Entertainment has just released two new additions to its Vinyl Club that should do the job very nicely indeed. First up is two new jams from two of today’s most radical song tweakers, Tobacco and Black Bananas. Then there is a rowdy split featuring brand new songs from two of Los Angeles’ grittiest bands, The … Continue reading Getting Rowdy With Tobacco, Black Bananas, The Shrine and Zig Zags
Arrows of Love have set June 3rd as the release date for their new single The Knife, via Urban Fox Records. The Hackney 4-piece have also announced a full UK tour starting this week that will see them perform in twelve cities before they visit Europe for shows and festivals. The Knife forms arguably the most suspenseful single lifted from their forthcoming debut album, Everything’s … Continue reading New Single From Arrows Of Love
Negative Fun Records recently released the second EP from Red Hex, a garage punk band from Tacoma, Washington. It is three tracks of visceral, rowdy rock’n’roll just the way the Devil likes it – raw and bloody! Watch the lead track Shoulda Known below, then listen to Down In The Dirt, then order via Bandcamp here. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 362: Red Hex
This is the new Savages video for Shut Up which will open forthcoming album Silence Yourself. Watch and see why they were one of the standout bands of our trip to SXSW . Continue reading MM Shorts 361: Savages – Shut Up Video
Long standing MM faves, Madison, WI’s psych punk duo The Hussy have released a free download of new track, Blame, from their forthcoming third LP, Pagan Hiss, slated for release on May 7th via Southpaw Records. The band’s sophomore LP, Weed Seizure, turned many heads, including ours, with its wicked array of pummeling drums and swirling guitars. Just a year later, we have Pagan Hiss: 14 … Continue reading New Album From The Hussy
Today’s selections of videos to enjoy come from Bass Drum Of Death, American Royalty, Airstrip, and Lost Animal. . . Download Airstrip – Pleasure Center mp3 (from Willing) . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Bass Drum Of Death || American Royalty || Airstrip || Lost Animal
Having just heard this on Radio 6, we checked back through our in-box and found we’d been told about Public Service Broadcasting (aka J. Willgoose, Esq. and his drumming companion, Wrigglesworth) way back in February. Of course, in typical fashion and in complete dereliction of our duty, we’d contrived to miss just how damn good this track is – so another post filed under “better late than … Continue reading MM Recommeds…Public Service Broadcasting
The Mad Mackerel 