100 Songs In 100 Hours: 46 – There Is No Mountain

There Is No Mountain, ​are married duo ​who specialize in complex psych-pop​ with a healthy dose of folk rock that draws comparisons to Dirty Projectors, Buke & Gase and Fleet Foxes. Listen to new single Cat’s Away, which is full of playful vocals and fingerpicked guitars that build up reverberant layers and percussion following a sparse and reflective intro.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 46 – There Is No Mountain

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 45 – Tinnedfruit

Tinnedfruit are a three piece, independent fuzzy garage rock band from Falmouth. They draw influences from the likes of Ty Segall, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, but perhaps more strongly from T.Rex and John Lennon. Listen to the wonderfully retro sound of Oh, Jonesy here.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 45 – Tinnedfruit

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 44 – King Mud

Blues don’t come any deeper, any harder, any sleazier, or any better than this. King Mud is the new project of Van Campbell of Black Diamond Heavies and Freddy J IV of Left Lane Cruiser. Their album Victory Motel Sessions is a record of album of hard blues, blue-eyed soul, heavy rock and feedback and it is out in early February. This is Back It Up … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 44 – King Mud

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 42 – New Desert Blues

We’ve featured six-piece New Desert Blues a few times on MM and they will release their debut album To Be My Own at the end of the month. Influences range from The National to Ennio Morricone and Milk &  Honey is a hypnotically driving guitar stomper that has been part of their live set for a good while now. Listen below.   100 Posts in … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 42 – New Desert Blues

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 41 – Space Shark

Space Shark hail from Portland, Oregon and have just released their new EP Ghosts. Wow Is Me comes from it and is an irresistibly bouncy slice of indie-pop that fizzes out of the blocks and doesn’t make the mistake of sacrificing melody for energy.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 41 – Space Shark

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 40 – Koala?! And The K-Holes

Lo-fi acoustic strangenessness, weird anti-folk, oddball Americana – call Koala?! And The K-Holes what you want and you still won’t get it right. The simple truth is, these short, off-kilter songs are filled with scape sharp lyrical gems of observation, self-deprecation and humour of the blackest kind. Think Daniel Johnston or a very warped Jeffrey Lewis… Try the brilliantly named Shit Mittens below. Well I’ve been sane and … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 40 – Koala?! And The K-Holes

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 39 – Shallow Waves

Toronto based musician Shallow Waves, is releasing his debut album Situations on January 15th. Weaving in and out of various genres, involving alternative rock, surf, garage rock and influenced by shoegaze of the early 90s, it is a creatively thought out, melodically noisy and relentlessly loud. Try Tired on for size…   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 39 – Shallow Waves

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 33 – Sonic Jesus

Sonic Jesus paddle in the heavier end of the psych-rock pool and never more so than with most recent single Never In My Mind. As they say it starts off like a call to arms full of violence and energy, and continues its rampage pace like an adrenaline shot to the heart. The marching snare drum is overlaid with fuzz-heavy guitars and dark distorted vocals … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 33 – Sonic Jesus

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 38 – Weatherstate

Bristol-based four-piece Weatherstate will release Dumbstruck, their new five-track EP, via Failure By Design Records on 22nd Jan. The first single to be taken from the release is ILL – a punk-fuelled tune, driven by the punchiest of riffs. Give it a spin.   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: 38 – Weatherstate

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 36 – Washer

Brooklyn based duo Washer are set to release their highly anticipated full length debut, Here Comes Washer via Exploding In Sound Records on January 22nd. Their sound gravitates around spaced out and stripped down punk – gnarled pop songs that have a tendency to lunge and shift, picking up supercharged primal intensity one moment before slinking back into their understated demeanor the next. This is … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 36 – Washer