Protomartyr have followed up the storming Dope Cloud with the bleakly brilliant I Forgive You which piles a wordy, lyrical onslaught on top of insistent, jumpy guitars. Listen below. . Continue reading Protomartyr – I Forgive You
Binary is the excellent new single from DIY-punk-pop quartet The Spook School, taken from their brand new album, Try To Be Hopeful (out on 9 October via Fortuna POP!). A triumphant queer pop song, exploring gender and identity, Binary bursts with noisy energy and a maddeningly catchy tune that blends together influences ranging from Buzzcocks, to T-Rex and the noisier end of C86. Here is the … Continue reading New Video: The Spook School – Binary
Still riding the sonic wave of the electric 60s, four-piece band The Tailbreakers formed in 2014 in Toronto. With a mission to deliver to their audience the pioneering sounds of underground rock and roll, garage-beat and psychedelia, their self-titled album is just out and recalls the vintage days of analog, live-off-the-floor recording techniques and reintroduces the listener to familiar tape hiss, slap-back echoes and reel to reel’s … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Tailbreakers
This weekend, why not relax with our regular pick of the best new releases and tunes of the past seven days. Father John Misty – The Memo Israel Nash – The Fire & The Flood Joanna Newsom – Leaving The City Bruising – Emo Friends Mount Moriah – Calvander Wytches – Darker Waters – Up Up Up Jacuzzi Boys – Wildflower Hazel English – Fix … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The new Gun Outfit album Dream All Over (out next month) has been one of our most enjoyable new discoveries. A dusky, canyon-cult blues fueled by melodic dual-guitar weaving and seductive male/female incantations. It’s the nocturnal sound of desert-damaged L.A. burnout, soured American surrealism, white line fever, paint fume flashbacks, a stranger wading out alone into the black surf. They have shared a new video for their third … Continue reading New Video: Gun Outfit – Legends Of My Own
Tedo Stone’s new album Marshes is an enthralling fusion of throwback southern vibes, indie rock hooks and a wall-of-sound resonance. Landing somewhere between Dinosaur Jr’s wailing guitars and Neil Young’s raw emotion, and shot through with T. Rex-styled big amp fuzz and soaring post-rock solos, it is a record of deep grooves and assured writing that is well worth checking out. Listen to the excellent Mind Wasted below and buy … Continue reading MM Shorts 779: Tedo Stone
With their imminent second album Mythologies due on 30th October, Cheatahs have announced a new single Signs To Lorelei through Wichita Recordings. An early highlight of the album, the single is reminiscent of a 70s Sci-Fi soundtrack, easing into view before evolving into a glorious, cascading swathe of sonic beauty. Have a listen. . Continue reading New Single From Cheatahs
It is Wednesday, so that means it is time for ten new tunes from the virtual jukebox and for you to decide on their merits…or otherwise! Holy Esque – Strange (RIYL: Post-punk, The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit) . Mainland – Not As Cool As Me (RIYL: Surf-rock, Weezer, The Clash) . Debris Of Titan – What’s In My Cocoon (RIYL: Psych-rock, Tame Impala, Mac … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 4)
On first listen, Philadelphia based indie rockers PALMAS manage the not inconsiderable feat of taking you back through time, straight to the stage of a 1950s tiki dive bar. It’s a place where locals and outsiders find themselves dancing close under glittering lights, surrounded by a fog of slow-swirling cigarette smoke. Here, women in thick cat eyeliner melt into mysteriously dark silhouettes. With influences spanning the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… PALMAS
FOURS are a female fronted indie-pop band based in Shepherds Bush, West London. The band’s influences vary from the art-rock and indie of the present – Foals, Bloc Party and Bombay Bicycle Club – through to an unashamed love for the classic guitar work of Lindsey Buckingham and Andy Summers. Have a listen to a couple of indie anthems in waiting, Stranger and Damage. Both … Continue reading MM Shorts 778: FOURS
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