Metz are following up their excellent self-titled debut on Sub Pop with the rather unimaginatively titled Metz II. That’s where the predictability ends though, as proven with the first taste Acetate, a crushing mix of post-hardcore intensity and good old fashioned punk rock that will bring your speakers out in hives. . Continue reading Metz – Acetate
Obviously, we needed the right kind of track for our six hundredth and sixty sixth post in our “Shorts” series, and Bay Area quintet Culture Abuse’s delivery of scuzzy post-punk at it’s most primal seemed nigh on perfect, especially with Nicotine, the lead track to the band’s upcoming Spray Paint The Dog 7″. So if chaotic noise rock, deviant garage punk, and elements of hardcore are … Continue reading MM Shorts 666: Culture Abuse
Hailing from way Down Under, Perth to be precise, the excellently named punk band Hideous Sun Demon have just shared with us their video for latest single Flex, which is taken from their debut LP Sweat. To call the video nightmarish would be an understatement…slime oozes, dribbles and is vomited, faces are eaten, blood and gore abounds and all in a colour scheme that would give … Continue reading Video Premiere: Hideous Sun Demon – Flex
Check out the new single from Nai Harvest who have shared Sick On My Heart, a fervid and hazy slice of garage punk taken from duo’s forthcoming album Hairball which is set for release on 28th April via Topshelf Records. It is an altogether more energetic and feedback-laden grunge sound then we’ve heard from them previously… . Continue reading MM Shorts 664: Nai Harvest
Slaves are back with another fabulously abrasive, foul mouthed rant in the shape of Mantaray. “Feed the Mantaray“. Enough said. . Continue reading Slaves – Mantaray
Much like yesterday’s Monday morning round-up post, we’ve now selected just a few of the excellent videos that have arrived in our in-box over the past few days and weeks for your viewing (and listening) pleasure. So without further ado start with the wonderful old time banjo of Willie Watson at Pickathon, and by way of Andy Shauf, Darren Hayman, The Asylums, Streets Of Laredo, The April … Continue reading Tuesday Morning Video Round Up
2:54’s cover of a Doors classic, No Ages’s cover of a Black Flag classic and the welcome return of Other Lives heads our biggest ever weekly round up of the songs you really should have found some time to listen to already. But if not, here they are in one neat package for you. 1. 2:54 – Take It As It Comes (Doors cover) 2. WATERS … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Building upon the interest that was provoked by last year’s tracks XXX and Swarm, two kraut-engined, lazer-guided garage rock missiles which introduced The Bohicas as a formidable new force of both brain and brawn, here is the video for their next single To Die For (out on March 2nd). Watch it below, and check out the earlier tracks too. . . . Continue reading Video: The Bohicas – To Die For
A veritable plethora of tunes to pick through this week – tunes that, by rights, you should already have been spinning… 1. Lower Dens – To Die In L.A. 2. Isobel Campbell – How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees cover) 3. Akron/Family – Everyone Is Guilty 4. Los Angeles Police Department – Insecurity 5. Gal Pals – Here’s To The Gals 6. Rye Pines … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Post-punk five-piece La Bete Blooms have released a free download of their latest single Stay Away and a striking collage video of guitars, teeth and blood, filmed at one of the Hull band’s favourite hangouts, Früit. It is the third and final single to be taken from the group’s debut self-titled EP, a barrage of guitar feedback, distorted bass and snarling vocals, reminiscent of the likes of … Continue reading New Video: La Bete Blooms – Stay Away
The Mad Mackerel 