It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 3: D. D. & The Flakes

D. D. and the Flakes release their festive single Here It Is, Christmas Again on 9th December through Philophobia Music. D. D. and the Flakes is the collective name for drummer Dan Stringer (Retarded Fish, the Michael Ainsley band) and whichever of his friends are available to help him record at that given time. Here it is, Christmas Again, unlike Mistletoe and Wine, Saviours Day, … Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No. 3: D. D. & The Flakes

Videos of the Day: The Loomis Fargo Gang || Underwater Country Club || T54 || Clara Berry & Wooldog

Videos this morning start with the wonderfully unhurried Americana of the Loomis Fargo Gang, indie rock featuring a rather funky panda from Underwater Country Club, and the menacingly catchy Return of the Worm from T54. Lastly we have the lovely indie-pop of Air Traffic Control from Clara Berry & Wooldog. . . .   . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Loomis Fargo Gang || Underwater Country Club || T54 || Clara Berry & Wooldog

MM Shorts 482: Darlia

We recently picked up on Darlia’s debut EP Knock Knock, which is a thrilling combination of brash energy, righteous anger, and downright chaos. With echoes of the past with Fugazi and Nirvana and the present with Parquet Courts and Eagulls, this is a mighty promising debut of grungey punk, and bodes well for their first full length release in 2014. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 482: Darlia

Videos of the Day: Catfish & The Bottlemen || Shovels & Rope || Brilliant Beast || Sweet Gum Tree || Dinosaur Bones

Plenty to enjoy today as our videos come from boisterous up and coming indie-rockers Catfish & The Bottlemen, the punked-up raw country of Shovels & Rope, and the fuzzed up psychedelia and krautrock from Brilliant Beast. We also have the refined, vintage pop of Sweet Gum Tree featuring MM fave Isobel Campbell, and lastly the dark pop and grandiose hooks of Dinosaur Bones. Fill yer boots. . . … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Catfish & The Bottlemen || Shovels & Rope || Brilliant Beast || Sweet Gum Tree || Dinosaur Bones

Sharkmuffin – Quarter Machine

We first posted about Sharkmuffin almost exactly a year ago, and in that time their star has risen considerably and the buzz shows no sign of abating with their latest EP 1097. We’ve already given you Foul Play from it, and the second single is Quarter Machine – and it is a 90 second slab of noisy swagger, punk attitude and some mean musicianship. Continue reading Sharkmuffin – Quarter Machine

Introducing >>> Vladimir

We’re loving this track Come Over from Scottish four-piece Vladimir. It is thrilling, sonic mayhem – distorted, savage, bleak, nihilistic. Vladimir is appropriate, because in less than four minutes they’ve rammed a stake through the heart of paint-by-numbers indie rock, and then stubbed their fags out on its still twitching carcass. Listen here. Like Interpol being buried alive. Best of all, Come Over will be released on the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Vladimir

Videos of the Day: Beachwood Sparks || September Girls || Talmud Beach || DZ Deathrays || Wild Ones || Caravan Of Thieves

We have no less than six excellent videos and songs to help you begin to welcome in the weekend. First up is Beachwood Sparks and their 70s inspired home footage homage is a perfect fit for track Make It Together. By way of contrast, the video for fuzzed-up indie rockers, September Girls new single Heartbeats, draws on influences of old Hammer Horrors and photographers such Ryan McGinley and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Beachwood Sparks || September Girls || Talmud Beach || DZ Deathrays || Wild Ones || Caravan Of Thieves