Australia-via-Los Angeles garage punks, The Gooch Palms will shortly be releasing their sophomore album, Introverted Extroverts. They have recently shared the second single from it, Ask Me Why, and it’s everything you’d expect from the irreverent punk duo, plus more; anthemic, gritty and blisteringly fun. Spin it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 850: The Gooch Palms
It’s that time again…our regular round-up of rollicking (and not-so-rollicking) new tunes from the previous seven days. This time we have the welcome return of Cass McCombs alongside the infectious psych-rock of White Room, the scrappy, confrontational punk of MOURN and the new collaboration between Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando, folksinger Marciana Jones and the wonderful Willy Mason called TSP plus six more. Have fun. Cass … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
A final day building up the step count trudging between venues. This time choosing to start at a free all day gig at Bleach which was not an official GE event, and was nearly 3,000 steps away, but worth it all the same for Nots and Nap Eyes. The former, a blistering all-female foursome from Tennessee, peeled what paint was left from the walls and the … Continue reading The Great Escape – Day 3
If one thing really irritates me then it is the bloke (it is always a bloke) at the back of the gig who, at the end, opines how the band “were a bit too samey”, or they “didn’t quite get it”, or it “was OK, but nothing special”, or they’ve “seen it done better by other bands” and then goes on to list a load … Continue reading The Great Escape – Day 2
I travelled down to sunny Brighton in the company of Test Match Special for a second visit to The Great Escape – sadly this time without the company of Chris T Popper, or anyone else for that matter. After parking in a dingy basement NCP, which could easily have been the setting for a murder in a gritty crime drama, I arrived at my (admittedly budget) hotel … Continue reading The Great Escape – Day 1
Having previously shared the twisted indie-punk of No Sleep by Cambridge’s Grieving last month we now have Ownership for your listening pleasure. If anything, it is even better with needling guitars and raw, dual vocals. Have a listen. Continue reading More From Grieving
We seem to have posted a lot of tunes this week with three Nickel In The Jukebox round ups and here are twelve more – all newly minted this week. From the return of the Stone Roses to the gothic blues of Adia Victoria and the indie rock of Catfish & The Bottlemen and taking in songs about Bob Dylan, God and a cover of the … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
No less than three Nickel in the Jukebox posts this week. Check out ten more songs from all walks of life and decide… hit or miss. Third Sound – Never Catch Her Again [RIYL: Psych-rock, Jesus & Mary Chain, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ] Hot Showers – Boys (Neighborhood) [RIYL: Garage-psych, Smith Westerns, Harlem] Magic Potion – Jelly [RIYL: Slacker-pop, Mac DeMarco, Kurt Vile] Spain – … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 17)
Outblinker – Farrokh Bulsara [RIYL: Modern Krautrock, CAN, Fuck Buttons] The Weeping Willows – River of Gold [RIYL: Gothic Americana, Tom Waits, Brown Bird] Rick Redbeard – Wild Young Country [RIYL: Folk, Bill Callahan, Leonard Cohen] Otherkin – Yeah I Know [RIYL: Punk, The Ramones, Slaves] L.T. Leif – Fine Dust Rising [RIYL: Indie-folk, The Microphones, Angel Olsen] Peach … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 16)
No less than ten more new tracks compiled for your listening pleasure including three covers by Mountain Goats (taking on War’s Summer), Fidlar’s version of the Beastie Boys stone cold classic Sabotage and Yuck’s tribute to Elliott Smith. Not only that, but newly discovered and reissued tracks from garage punks The Hunches and cult 70s folkie Bob Brown, and of course the return of Radiohead plus plenty … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Mad Mackerel 