Pet Shimmers – Feels Hz (featuring Goat Girl) Sleaford Mods – O.B.C.T. William The Conqueror – Thank Me Later Wye Oak – Evergreen The Regrettes – Pumpkin Weyes Blood – Everyday Sparrow Steeple – Roll Baby Tacocoat – Grains Of Salt Bench Press – Respite Hand Habits – what lovers do Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Danish band PowerSolo are apparently Donkey-Punk legends! We don’t even know what that means, but we like the sound of it and happily enough their brand new 7″ release Transfixing Motherfucker is a raw blast of primordial proto-punk that fair blew the cobwebs out of our ears and our speakers. We have lead track Backstab for your listening pleasure below. They’ll be in the US … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… PowerSolo
Sabrina is Not in This Chat is a three-piece experimental rock band from Los Angeles. Combining influences from Lightning Bolt and Primus to Slint and Don Caballero, the band have disregarded the rules of genre, tempo and songwriting, to make a sound that is uniquely challenging but also familiar. Their sprawling debut record Not Recommended for Sensitive Skin, is out now on L.A. DIY collective label Penniback … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sabrina is Not in This Chat
Flat Worms – Surreal New Year The Uranium Club – Man Is The Loneliest Animal Ånge Teenage Angst – Ånge Teenage Angst A Merge Group Plays “Heroes” – V-2 Schneider (David Bowie cover) Esther Rose – Don’t Blame It On The Moon W.H. Lung – Simpatico People MELTS – Echoes Wand – Scarecrow Sharon Van Etten – Never Grow Old (James Cleveland Moore, Sr cover) Laura … Continue reading Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We posted Arre! Are!’s excellent track Anthem a couple of weekends ago, and now the Malmö, Sweden based quartet have shared a second track from upcoming long player Tell Me All About Them. I Feel It All is another explosive statement of intent – showcasing the band’s unique brand of feminist rock ’n’ roll, with influences from surf, garage rock and punk. Stream it here. You … Continue reading Arre! Arre! – I Feel It All
Deer Tick – White City (Pogues cover) Mekons – Lawrence of California Bear’s Den – Fuel On The Fire Ritual Howls – Alone Together JAWS – Do You Remember The Mountain Goats – Younger Interpol – Fine Mess Lucy Dacus – La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf cover) Sophie Morgan – Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National cover) Martha – Love Keeps Kicking … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’re thoroughly enjoying our first introduction to Working Men’s Club. Named after the venues they used to sneak into, they are a new band made up of teenagers from Calder Valley – an area of old mill towns that links Leeds and Manchester. Their jerky debut single Bad Blood fuses 70s Magazine style guitar lines with the stomp of Parquet Courts’ at their most punky. From … Continue reading Introducing >>> Working Men’s Club
Flat Worms – Shouting At The Wall Cass McCombs – The Great Pixley Train Robbery Low Life – The Pitts Weyes Blood – Andromeda The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Cannot Be Saved Grim Streaker – A.D.D. Potty Mouth – 22 The Cowboys – Somethings Never Change Arre! Arre! – Anthem Shana Cleveland – Face Of The Sun … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Having been fortunate enough to cross the pond for SxSW a couple of times, I got a surreal case of deja-vu when I arrived at Coventry Central Library on Saturday night. In Austin, seemingly every available venue than can host live music is utilised and I saw gigs in churches, restaurants, shops, cook-out BBQs, and even front rooms. Entering the library felt just like that, … Continue reading Live Review: Fontaines DC (Coventry Central Library)
Back with a bang – no less than fifteen corking new tunes to check out from last week… Sleaford Mods – Kebab Spider The Coathangers – Bimbo Mercury Rev featuring Norah Jones – Okolona River Bottom Band Ryan Adams – Manchester FIDLAR – By Myself Meat Puppets – Nine Pins Stella Donnelly – Old Man Beirut – Landslide PRIESTS – The Seduction Of Kansas Cherry … Continue reading Fifteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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