Time to start the week with a few choice musical films… ten to be exact. So come with us a follow a path from the brilliantly louche, disaffected punk of Dilly Dally to the off-kilter urgency of Velcro Hooks by way of the mediative melancholy of Daniel Martin Moore, the energetic alt-country blues of Alex Culbreth, and the tripped out psychedelics of the Lucid Dream and plenty … Continue reading Video Round Up
Off to Wembley today with 34,000 other fans to cheer on Oxford Utd in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final… Come on you yellows… Continue reading Come On You Yellows
A mighty fine collection of new tunes for you this week including, amongst others, the very welcome return of Psychic Ills, a Waylon Jennings cover from Mark Kozelek that also features the talents of Will Oldham and Low’s Mimi Parker, some brash, urgent punk rock from the Virginmarys and some typically laid back folk from guitar virtuoso Steve Gunn. Enjoy. Psychic Ills featuring Hope Sandoval – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Squeeki Tiki is the latest single taken from The Coathangers upcoming album Nosebleed Weekend, which is out on the 15th April. It is another perfect example of their infectious, fizzing, garage-inspired punk. A song that buzzes and careers all over the place like a kid waving a piece of barbed wire in a kindergarten! Enjoy. Continue reading Another From The Coathangers
Carter Tanton assembled Freeclouds, his first collection of songs in 2012, which we thoroughly enjoyed and posted about on a few occasions. A couple of years later, Tanton moved to England where he wrote all of the songs on his new album Jettison the Valley. This change of environment, and his rediscovery of early British influences including Richard Thompson, Nick Drake and John Cale sparked a powerful … Continue reading Carter Tanton – Jettison The Valley
Bad Bad Meow’s new EP Pretty Famous People is a sweet collection of acoustic tinged indie rock that brews together elements of Americana, folk, some psychedelia and even a soupçon of garage rock. Listen to Hear You from it below and order from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 835: Bad Bad Meow
Versus is Athens GA duo Eureka California’s third album in three years – a white-knuckle ride through a tattered psyche and a brain that just won’t shut up. Too smart for self-pity and too drunk to think clearly, it is endlessly self-referential and endlessly self-destructive, stuck on a non-stop treadmill of tension and release, of megalomania and doubt. Versus is agoraphobic fight songs, songs about loving television more than … Continue reading More From Eureka California
The music of L.A. WITCH is raw and bloody, echoing of bad decisions through a thick, smoky haze of reverb. Veering between moody post-punk and blues-punk ballads, new single Drive Your Car is an exploration far beyond 2014’s fuzzed-out, lo-fi Get Lost. Explosive drumming and heavy basslines set the mood for reverb-drenched spaced-out guitar, and vocals reminiscent of a darker, more rebellious Mazzy Star. Often compared to … Continue reading MM Recommends… L.A. WITCH
Surely our cup overfloweth this week with pristine new tunes of all kinds. To follow yesterday’s collection of tracks culled from the past week, here are ten more for you. Just too many to choose from… MOURN – Evil Dead Audacity – Lock On The Door Car Seat Headrest – Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales Woods – Morning Light A Dead Forest Index – Myth Retraced Great Lake … Continue reading Ten More Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Peyote Coyote hail from southern Florida and their debut five track self-titled release is out next month. It is a swirling, heady mix of retro-psychedelia, garage rock, and fuzzed-up pop that is a real treat. Check out the live video for lead track Evil Things and stream the equally good Follow Through below. Order from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 833: Peyote Coyote
The Mad Mackerel 