New Orleans Square was one of our favourite tunes of last year and now Tough Age have shared a new video of expertly compiled retro footage of Disneyland that looks more unsettling/borderline creepy than anything else. It suits the surf-punk riffing perfectly. Watch it here. Continue reading New Video: Tough Age – New Orleans Square
Here is Palehound’s excellent new video for Molly. It follows the surreal (and slightly tragic) story of EggGuy, and the woman who eventually eats him. Continue reading New Video: Palehound – Molly
Another bumper round-up of new releases for you this morning. From the return of The Kills to Sturgill Simpson to the always brilliant Black Mountain by way of BEAK>. Ten new tracks – enjoy! Sturgill Simpson – Brace For Impact (Live A Little) Black Mountain – Florian Saucer Attack BEAK> – Timeshare Mitski – Your Best American Girl The Kills – Doing It To Death Fear Of Men – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Angel O is the latest single from Neighbors’ upcoming long player Very Rare Expensive Jewelry. It is another expertly crafted slice of catchy-as-hell, indie-artrock that jerks and writhes like the fish on the end of a line, as crunchy, dueling guitars bounce back and forth between the left and right channels. It sits somewhere between Talking Heads and Killing Joke’s Wardance! Resistance is futile… Stream … Continue reading More From Neighbors
Brooklyn’s Journalism will release Faces in early March. The quartet’s debut blends boisterous indie rock, fuzzy krautrock, reverberating post-punk, and big hook-fueled pop songs to create anxious and contemplative art-pop. First single Watching & Waiting is the band at their most immediate, a straight forward look into the swirling world of the band’s melodic immersion. Listen here. Continue reading MM Shorts 826: Journalism
Following the release of their well received debut Horse Dance ate last year Sweden’s Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation return with a brand new edit of album track Sunny Afternoon. Taking a tribal Can meets Adam and the Ant’s’ like beat, fuzz bass, heavy synths and piano they create a gothy, psych pop groove that is hard to resist. Try it on for size. Continue reading Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation – Sunny Afternoon
With her much anticipated fourth album Crab Day due for release 15th April on Turnstile Records, and some live UK dates coming up, Cate Le Bon has today unveiled a video for new single Wonderful. Shot in Berlin, the video features Le Bon performing an idiosyncratic freeform dance-cum-exercise routine. Of the video, she simply says: “‘Wonderful’ is an awkward love song accompanied by an equally awkward video. … Continue reading New Video: Cate Le Bon – Wonderful
Hit Bargain are a Los Angeles punk outfit, and progenitors of a new genre — “queencore“, the intersection of queer, queening and hardcore. They have shared the second track from their forthcoming self-titled debut EP, out on the 25th March. Song For Fainting literally tells the tale of someone collapsing in the street, but from both the passerby’s and the fainter’s perspectives. It was inspired by a real-life … Continue reading Hit Bargain – Song For Fainting
In May, Arbor Labor Union (formerly known as Pinecones) will release I Hear You worldwide via Sub Pop. It is gnarled motorik punk in the vein of Protomartyr, Wipers, Hüsker Dü and Pissed Jeans and on the evidence of excellent first single Radiant Mountain Road we are looking forward to the full album immensely. Stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 825: Arbor Labor Union
We’ve previously posted a couple of tracks from Stockholm garage rock combo Pinemen. Following on from their six-track debut EP Pleasant Pain, which found the band exploring garage rock, lo-fi pop and psychedelia, in a summery sound with a Scandinavian twist, the band is currently recording their debut LP. The album is scheduled for a autumn release this year, but in the meantime they’re releasing the stand-alone single … Continue reading Pinemen – Predictions
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