Wrap your ears round Inpatients, the new single from Leicester three-piece post punk rock act We Three & The Death Rattle and then drop the tattered, bleeding remnants into the nearest recycling receptacle. Liking this a lot! Continue reading MM Shorts 300: We Three & The Death Rattle
Dive into the new video from Barry Sean’s favourites, the Bunnymen inspired Chapel Club, slow things down with the sweet harmonies in the new Eliza & The Bear video for Upon The North and get ready for a Saturday night with the inflammable garage punk and dirty surf rock from Australia’s Reptiles and more lo-fi grunge inspired indie rock from MM faves Speedy Ortiz. a … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Chapel Club || Eliza & The Bear || Reptiles || Speedy Ortiz
Following on from our Round Up Part 1 post yesterday, comes 16 more tracks from the in-box, our favourite blogs and the web in general for your aural delight. Kicking us off are Summer Hours and their single Close and Closer from forthcoming album Closer Still. Although they may initially sound simple, closer listening reveals complex song structures with intricate bass and guitar melodies. a Cobalt … Continue reading Round Up Time Again – Part 2
Yep, it is that time again. We’ve trawled back through all our e-mails, favourite blogs, and new music discoveries to bring you up to date with all that’s been good on the MM stereo recently. Because of the time of year it includes a few we missed from way back before Christmas, but which still more than deserve some ear-time – you may have missed … Continue reading Round Up Time Again – Part 1
We first posted about the alcohol soaked, southern Gothic murder ballads from Rhubarb Whiskey and their album Cautionary Tales back in the summer of 2011. An intriguing bunch: in look and sound, they evoke sleazy San Francisco punk rock clubs and Weimar cabarets, just as much as they evoke the ghost towns and saloons of the Wild West. And on the 23rd of this month they will release … Continue reading New Album From Rhubarb Whiskey
Milo Greene appear on FILTER Magazine’s latest compilation, Milo Turns 50. The collection – released at the turn of the year to coincide with Descendents’ frontman Milo Aukerman’s 50 birthday – features exclusive recordings of Descendents songs by 14 artists, including Mike Watt, YACHT, The Bronx and FIDLAR (featuring Brian Rodriguez). You can check out their eerily hushed version of the scathing 1982 classic Parents … Continue reading MM Shorts 293: Milo Greene Cover The Descendents
On March 19th, Hardly Art will drop one-woman pop-punk band Colleen Green’s latest full-length album, Sock it to Me. It follows last year’s excellent Milo Goes To Compton, which had an awful lot of spins on the MM stereo. First single Time in the World showcases vintage synth tones alongside Green’s trademark multi-tracked harmonies, deep-fried guitar chords, and spartan drum machine beats. It is an … Continue reading New From Colleen Green
Watch Milagres new video for Glowing Mouth (and grab a free download of unreleased track Quiet Street). We also have 80 seconds of tight, aggressive, garage punk from Canadian veterans The Steve Adamyk Band and in stark contrast, some heartfelt Americana from singer-songwriter Sarah Syms and her video for new single Dance On My Grave. Finally we have the video for Magician’s Assistant and a … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Milagres || The Steve Adamyk Band || Sarah Syms || Airstrip
The Dirty Nil are back! This time it’s a split vinyl with their friends Northern Primitive released by Indoor Shoes. They sent some basic participation instructions: “Listen to Zombie Eyed at a motherfucking loud volume.” We suggest you do as they say… It is free for one month via their Bandcamp page or better still go there and order the vinyl. a a Continue reading New Dirty Nil Single
The Blog Sound of 2013 poll is a survey of UK music bloggers to find out what emerging artists they think are best. The votes have been counted, the results are in and the winners can now be revealed. Back at the beginning of December we participated in the Blog Sound of 2013 poll (see post here for long list). Organised by Robin Seamer from Breaking … Continue reading Blog Sound of 2013: Poll Winners Revealed
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