New Orleans Square was one of our favourite tunes of last year and now Tough Age have shared a new video of expertly compiled retro footage of Disneyland that looks more unsettling/borderline creepy than anything else. It suits the surf-punk riffing perfectly. Watch it here. Continue reading New Video: Tough Age – New Orleans Square
Another bumper round-up of new releases for you this morning. From the return of The Kills to Sturgill Simpson to the always brilliant Black Mountain by way of BEAK>. Ten new tracks – enjoy! Sturgill Simpson – Brace For Impact (Live A Little) Black Mountain – Florian Saucer Attack BEAK> – Timeshare Mitski – Your Best American Girl The Kills – Doing It To Death Fear Of Men – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Hit Bargain are a Los Angeles punk outfit, and progenitors of a new genre — “queencore“, the intersection of queer, queening and hardcore. They have shared the second track from their forthcoming self-titled debut EP, out on the 25th March. Song For Fainting literally tells the tale of someone collapsing in the street, but from both the passerby’s and the fainter’s perspectives. It was inspired by a real-life … Continue reading Hit Bargain – Song For Fainting
In May, Arbor Labor Union (formerly known as Pinecones) will release I Hear You worldwide via Sub Pop. It is gnarled motorik punk in the vein of Protomartyr, Wipers, Hüsker Dü and Pissed Jeans and on the evidence of excellent first single Radiant Mountain Road we are looking forward to the full album immensely. Stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 825: Arbor Labor Union
No less than ten marvellous tracks gathered up in the Mad Mackerel butterfly net this week to share with you. From the pulverising ferocity of Future of the Left and White Lung’s blistering power-pop to the fragile Mothers and sweet Americana of Radical Face. Enjoy! White Lung – Hungry Future Of The Left – If AT&T Drank Tea What Would BP Do? Mothers – Mother … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Fuzzy London noiseniks Slowcoaches have revealed a music video to accompany their new single Ex Head, which is out today via Leisure & District. The second half of it features vocalist/bassist Heather Perkins eating her own head in cake form! The video’s concept is a cathartic realization of the song’s theme – “The title refers to two things; having someone on your mind all the time … Continue reading New Video: Slowcoaches – Ex Head
UK/Canadian hybrid four-piece Velcro Hooks will release their self-titled debut album on 1st April 2016 on Howling Owl Records. They have shared the video for the brilliant buzzsaw spectacular that is Severin The Mind (with appropriate amount of chainsaws), and which is one of our favourite tracks of the year so far. Watch the video and also stream Mid of May from the album too. … Continue reading New Video: Velcro Hooks – Severin The Mind
Parquet Courts have shared the video for new song Berlin Got Blurry from forthcoming long player Human Performance. It tells a tale of existential nausea, confusion, and finding oneself in a place you don’t recognise and is one of the band’s most accessible songs yet, a jangly affair with a serpentine guitar lick that’s as dizzying as it is memorable. Watch it below. Continue reading New Video: Parquet Courts – Berlin Got Blurry
The mighty Meatbodies are back with a new 7″ single via Famous Class / LAMC. On the A side they’ve given us the brilliantly weird, psych masterpiece Valley Girl, and on the flip side they channel their inner Numanoid on the equally excellent Hibernation. Listen below. Continue reading Meatbodies – Valley Girl
Big Ups will release new long player Before A Million Universes on the 4th March. They have shared a new track from it – the ferocious Hope for Someone, which conjures a striking middle ground between the all-out attack of Hoover or Drive Like Jehu with the driving proto-punk of Wipers at their most propulsive – and all in less than two and a half minutes. … Continue reading MM Shorts 823: Big Ups
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