Taken from his forthcoming album Magnificent Ram A, alt-country artist Don DiLego releases a new single, the rollicking West Side Oak on 15th June. Watch the lyric video below and also stream Different Man from his previous release, the excellent Drive Like Pirates 10″. Continue reading MM Shorts 852: Don DiLego
Originally from Australia, but now split across continents, The Valery Trails’ debut album, Ghosts and Gravity was released in 2012, followed up by Buffalo Speedway in 2014. The band’s third release, Chameleon Bones, is due out August 5. Channeling hazy guitar rock with some shoegaze leanings and a ‘90s revitalisation, the first single is the undeniably catchy OK. Stream/download it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 851: The Valery Trails
Offering up a particularly infectious, yet satisfyingly warped take on classic 70s glam and post-punk, Melbourne, Australia’s TERRY have shared their new single Third War, which is taken from their upcoming debut long player TERRY HQ. Following up the previously shared, and thoroughly excellent, Don’t Say Sorry, it is a song that juxtaposes a serious theme – violence on a grand scale – with high-spirited psych-tinged guitars, and it … Continue reading New Single From TERRY
Purveyors of catchy, smart, and spirited rock n’ roll ditties, Peach Kelli Pop have shared the new video for the lead track from their new 7″ single Halloween Mask. Watch it below. Continue reading New Video: Peach Kelli Pop – Halloween Mask
In 2006, the then 20-year-old Adam Torres released his idiosyncratic, varied, and beautiful debut album, Nostra Nova. A DIY self-release, the album became a closely-held, sleeper favorite in the close-knit music scene of Athens, OH and over the years grew to a ‘cult classic’-like status. The album has a song on it called Breakneck Jane’s Fifteen Minute Escape, which is one of our favourite ever tracks, and … Continue reading New Album From Adam Torres
We’ve been lucky enough to get a copy of the new Felice Brothers album Life In The Dark, which is out on the 24th of this month. It is a gem of a record and has been on heavy rotation ever since we got it, and the band have shared a video for a new track from it, the raucously brilliant Plunder. Created from re-purposed stock … Continue reading The Felice Brothers – Plunder
A bumper week for new tunes, many with an Americana flavour, including songs from The Head & The Heart, Lydia Loveless, Frankie Lee, The Low Anthem and Band Of Horses. We have a tasty REM cover from The Districts as well, and the return of Beck and of Montreal amongst twelve new tracks for you to delve into. Enjoy! Band Of Horses – Whatever, Wherever The Head & The … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Following on from their much acclaimed debut Empty Light, Richmond based band Avers are releasing their upcoming record Omega/Whatever via EggHunt Records on the 29th June. They are a band that freely swap roles: songwriting, bass, guitar, and vocal duties are all interchangeable, and who confidently use this freedom to make top notch 60s inspired psych and garage rock music. Have a listen to Everything … Continue reading New From Avers
Australia-via-Los Angeles garage punks, The Gooch Palms will shortly be releasing their sophomore album, Introverted Extroverts. They have recently shared the second single from it, Ask Me Why, and it’s everything you’d expect from the irreverent punk duo, plus more; anthemic, gritty and blisteringly fun. Spin it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 850: The Gooch Palms
Hater are a brand new quartet based out of Malmö in the south of Sweden who are introducing themselves to us with their debut single Radius due out on the 8th July via Stockholm’s PNKSLM Recordings. They have a sound equally influenced by current day indie pop stalwarts like Alvvays, The Radio Dept. and Melody’s Echo Chamber as by classic acts like Violent Femmes and The Pretenders. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Hater
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