Welcome to our first Nickel in the Jukebox feature of 2017. Ten recent, and not-so-recent, tunes scooped up over the past couple of months from our bulging in-box. We have everything from noisy punk to swamp-blues and mellow folk and all points in-between. Something for everyone as the cliche goes – and you decide hit or miss! EAT FAST – Sand Drone [RIYL: Fuzz … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 26)
New London noiseniks Dead Pretties have announced their debut single in the shape of the rasping, coruscating, Social Experiment, the inaugural release from newcomers Nice Swan Records, available via limited 7” vinyl and digital on 10th February. Whilst pulling inspiration from an assortment of artists, think The Velvets, The Cramps, Sonic Youth, Joni Mitchell, and The White Stripes – it’s the band’s essential biting of the fabric of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Dead Pretties
The Proper Ornaments – the project of James Hoare (Ultimate Painting, Veronica Falls) and Max Oscarnold (Toy) will release their second album Foxhole through Tough Love Records on Friday 20th January. With a gentler, sparser sound than their debut Wooden Head, have a listen to Bridge By A Tunnel, the third track they have shared so far. Continue reading The Proper Ornaments – Bridge By A Tunnel
We’re back with our regular weekly round-up of the best new releases of the past seven days. As might be expected a slightly slow start being our first of the year, but still seven tracks for your listening pleasure including tasty covers from Flo Morrisey with Matthew E White and Gooch Palms, some brutal, hardcore noise from Uniform, another taster from their new albums from Rainbrother, The … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Old Nobodaddy is a New Orleans based songsmith and his latest single Gun is Coming is brooding, gospel-noir of the highest order. Swampy blues with a stomping revivalist rhythm that leans towards the dark – think Nick Cave meets a dust covered Father John Misty – it is a fabulous taster for his soon-to-be-released, The Pretty Plea’s EP. Listen here. Get it for a pay-what-you-want deal here. Continue reading MM Shorts 905: Old Nobodaddy
We’re really enjoying this track, I See You from Detroit four piece Bonny Doon. Shambling along like a car with wobbly wheels, the world-weary vocals bely tender years and are matched with an uncommon mastery of restraint and melodically vulnerable songwriting. Its essence is floating, folk-ish rock that summons the tossed-off grandeur of early Smog or the Silver Jews boombox tapes, and the dead-eyed poignancy of Eels. … Continue reading Introducing>>> Bonny Doon
Jens Lekman’s long awaited follow up to 2012’s I Know What Love Isn’t is called Life Will See You Now, and it is out on 17th February via Secretly Canadian. The first single is the lyrically melancholic, yet tropically upbeat What’s That Perfume That You Wear? Listen below. Continue reading New Album and Single From Jens Lekman
Fun With Muesli are a two-piece indie group from Finland. Their debut release, Houseboat EP, gets an official release on iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp on the 31st January. Listen to Ghost below which has a nice Wilco or Dr. Dog feel to it. Continue reading MM Shorts 904: Fun With Muesli
Let’s hope the next 365 days are a vast improvement on 2016. Fingers crossed Trump gets impeached, we somehow find a way back into the EU, Sunderland don’t get relegated, Yorkshire reach the T20 finals again, there are new albums from Wooden Wand, Deer Tick and Phosphorescent, and Neil Young and Bob Dylan manage to stay alive. That would do nicely for starters. Let us kick … Continue reading HAPPY NEW YEAR
Here is another taste from Yucky Duster’s forthcoming EP Duster’s Lament, the first release of 2017 from Infinity Cat. The Ropes is a sublime two minute of off-kilter jangle pop – a sweetly judged mix of 60s harmonies, twee indie and psych-pop, with just the right amount of woozy haziness beneath the bubblegum surface. Listen below. It is out on 13th January – pre-order here. Continue reading Another From Yucky Duster
The Mad Mackerel 