Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Here are our selections from the week’s new releases. Tracks from UK indie royalty such as Jamie T, Slaves, and TOY, some brilliant Dylan-esque protest folk from Kyle Craft, three very different covers from Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop, St. Vincent, and Katy Goodman & Greta Morgan, jerky, infectious punk rock from Sex Stains, and more raw country from Lydia Loveless. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Jamie T … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

MM Shorts 868: SeaWitches

SeaWitches most recent single is the double A-side Tempest / Skylight. It is the sound of The Velvet Underground, Joy Division, The Doors, Public Image Ltd and re-imagined by LCD Soundsystem main man James Murphy, the two tracks showcase the band’s sulphurous post-punk jaggedness and propulsive grooves to dazzling effect. Have a listen.           Continue reading MM Shorts 868: SeaWitches

Introducing >>> The Tumbling Wheels

The Tumbling Wheels formed in New Orleans about eighteen months ago out of a love for classic country sounds including clear melodies, lush vocal harmonies, and good storytelling. They have an album, The Tumbling Wheels Play The No Counts, due out this September through United Bakery Records and have shared a couple of tracks from it. With echoes of the Milk Carton Kids, Patsy Cline and Bessie … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Tumbling Wheels

Great American Canyon Band Deconstruct Crash

Anyone who has visited MM on more than an occasional basis is likely to know how much we liked Great American Canyon Band’s debut long-player release Only You Remain. Crash is one of our favourite tracks on the record, and they have stripped the song down and let their 90s Mazzy Star, spaghetti western influence shine through. Have a listen.   Continue reading Great American Canyon Band Deconstruct Crash

Emma Ruth Rundle – Marked For Death

Mining feelings of loss, defeat, heartache and self-destructiveness, singer/songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle has announced her sophomore solo album, Marked For Death, which will be released on 30th September via Sargent House. The title track is a past-tense, apocalyptic treatise on doomed love and blooms into a cascading murmuration of guitar and strings. Stream it here.   Continue reading Emma Ruth Rundle – Marked For Death

The Wytches – C-Side

The Wytches have shared a new single, C-Side, taken from their forthcoming second album, All Your Happy Life (out on the 30th September). The album is touted to be a black-hearted set combination of heavy comedown psychedelia and bilious, nihilistic baroque ‘n’ roll. On the evidence of this that might well be true. Stream the single below.   The band have also announced a headline UK tour in November which includes … Continue reading The Wytches – C-Side

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Despite it being the height of the holiday season we’ve still collected together ten new songs for you from the past week. They include the return of Warpaint as well as more new tracks from Cass McCombs, Cheena, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, and JEFF The Brotherhood, and some lovely folk from Lisa / Liza. Explore away… Cass McCombs – Medusa’s Outhouse of Montreal – Let’s Relate … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week