Hazel English is a 25-year-old Oakland-based artist who makes beautifully blurry indie-pop music powered by transcendent melodies and caked in layers of Californian sunshine and redolent reverb. We featured tracks from her a couple of times last year and she has now announced her debut 12-inch vinyl EP, Never Going Home, collating a brilliant snap-shot of her DIY creations to date. Those that have followed … Continue reading Hazel English – New EP
Time for some new vids methinks. So sit back and enjoy ten musical films from the likes of Slowcoaches, Freakwater, Dead Heavens, The Two Tracks, Dawes, Dan Michelson & The Coastguards, Hans Chew and Ed Harcourt amongst others. Continue reading Video Time
Luxury Death is the brainchild of boyfriend/girlfriend duo Ben Thompson (from Nai Harvest) and Meg Williams. They deliver hauntingly bittersweet lo-fi indie rock songs influenced by knowing that one day you are going to die. Radiator Face is the very good debut single – stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 871: Luxury Death
Miami, FL trio The Jacuzzi Boys will release their fourth album, Ping Pong, on October 21 on their own label, Mag Mag. The band relocated to the West Coast for an extended period to make the album, holing up in an LA studio where some of the album was written. The first single from Ping Pong is Boys Like Blood, powered by thick, fuzzed-out guitars … Continue reading Jacuzzi Boys – Boys Like Blood
Perfect pop polymath Ezra Furman is back with a powerful new song The Refugee, taken from his Big Fugitive Life EP out this Friday via Bella Union. The song concerns Furman’s Jewish background and is dedicated to his grandfather who fled the Nazi’s, as well as current day refugees. Having just returned from a hugely moving and affecting visit to the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam … Continue reading New From Ezra Furman
Alarms is the latest offering from GOAT’s forthcoming album, Requiem, which is out on the 7th October. This new track highlights the folk influence that runs through the album, with acoustic guitars and hand-percussion instruments driving the song, while retaining the hypnotic vocals and fuzz-drenched guitar leads the band is known for. Stream it here. Continue reading Another From GOAT
Here is a second track from Loch Lomond’s forthcoming long player Pens From Spain. Silver Felt is (yet) another fine example of their multilayered, harmony-filled orchestral folk – ensemble playing at its best, but this time with added synths and drum machines. The album is out on the 2nd September. Let this tide you over ’til then. Continue reading More From Loch Lomond
Forth Wanderers are a teen based New Jersey band who have a new EP Slop, due out shortly. The EP is an Alvvays / Pavement / Mac Demarco hybrid, and the title track is a definite keeper. Very impressive stuff. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 870: Forth Wanderers
Here is the latest instalment in our Nickel In The Jukebox series – simple proposition – ten songs, you decide… hit or miss. Have at it. Rue Snider – Blue Skies And Telephone Poles [RIYL: Americana, Bright Eyes, Billy Bragg] The Persian Leaps – See Me Unaware [RIYL: Power-pop, Bob Mould, The Ramones] Naked Giants – Ya Ya [RIYL: Garage Rock, The Sonics, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 22)
Oldermost are a new band out of Philadelphia who have shared their first single Honey with Tea and it is well worth a listen. Gorgeous lap steel anchors the song’s despairing wit and questionable advice, which buoyantly tumbles over a sea of lush strings and the steady rhythms of some focused and passionate drumming. Stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 869: Oldermost
The Mad Mackerel 