Nashville based four piece The Gills will release their self-titled third album sometime this year. They have shared Lemonade from it, a hectic, jerky slab of power-pop that melds an anthemic chorus with coruscating lyrics in a wholly satisfying whole. One for the highway with the windows down and the volume turned up to 11. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 68 – The Gills
Justus Proffit toys with electronic sounds, dreamy melodies and harmonies to create the sonic background for his lyrically heavy EP, Magic. Driven by personal struggles, and with songs referencing depression, self-knowledge and self reflection, his subject matter focuses on the human condition. But even while the guitar and drums sound dissonant, Proffit’s vocal melodies remain dreamy, catchy and thoughtful. Listen to the fuzzed up, punkish swirl … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 67 – Justus Proffit
Theo Verney followed his excellent Brain Disease EP with another typically catchy and high octane offering in the shape of Sailed Long. With a brilliantly retro glam rock feel it is another fine example of his spikily irresistible songwriting prowess. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 66 – Theo Verney
Austin band My Golden Calf’s new single Either is taken from their forthcoming album Perfume Brute. It’s a catchy track with some pleasingly sinister undertones as interchanging guitar melodies combine with a droning Wurlitzer and unique vocals. Have a listen. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 65 – My Golden Calf
Farewell Teddy is an indie-rock duo from Atlanta, Georgia. The Ferris Wheel EP is a four-track precursor to their forthcoming debut album, Brave New World’s Fair (Part 1), which is due to be released independently early this year. For now check out the country twang and vintage rockabilly rumble of I’m Not Afraid Of Torture. You can download the EP for free from NoiseTrade here. … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 64 – Farewell Teddy
With his diverse blend of folk, bluegrass, and country, singer-songwriter Josh Gray jumps back and forth through the decades drawing inspiration from a vast array of musical influences. With echoes of Johnny Cash and Townes Van Zandt as well as modern day troubadours like Joe Pug, his debut self-titled EP is a delight of finger-picked storytelling, heading off the beaten track whilst still covering the age … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 63 – Josh Gray
Light Years, Dark Years is the debut EP from Denver’s Plum, a band that seamlessly fuse the vintage psychedelic 60s aesthetic of Cream with more modern sounds reminiscent of bands like The Strokes and even Foxygen. Stream the EP’s lead track here. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 61 – Plum
East Coast psych-pop trio Museyroom have shared their single Ballad, the first taste of their long awaited full length debut, Pearly Whites. Due out (after a wait of close on six years), on March 25th via Grind Select. Ballad is a sweetly judged slow-burner, building to a yearning climax and awash with melancholy. Dive in… 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 60 – Museyroom
As Caviare Days would put it, take some North American surf, South American tropicalia, psychedelic fuzzy guitars, floating vocals and a tough-to-beat kinda groove, mix it all in and what you get is pretty much exactly what this band is all about. It is definitely what is being heard on new single More Than One out now on label259. Listen here. 100 Posts in 100 … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 59 – Caviare Days
Norway might seem an unlikely home for traces of the golden psychedelic reveries of the 60s and the lyrical and scenic prog-rock of the 70s, but these are alive and kicking in Electric Eye’s music. Moreover, their new album Different Sun also adds a dose of motoric, German sounds, plus Indian drone music and over 40 minutes take the listener on seven journeys, all drenched … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 58 – Electric Eye
The Mad Mackerel 