Suburban Birds are a new band from Salt Lake City. Their debut self-titled release is up on Bandcamp and is an intriguing mix of psychedelia, experimental pop and indie rock. Check out our favourite track from the EP, Eat You Alive below. Ones to keep a close eye on! . Continue reading MM Shorts 727: Suburban Birds
Jesse Payne stems from a soil deep in the Southeastern region of the United States. He nests in scenic views of trees and mountains blending into valleys of skyscrapers and barns. Alabama and the Appalachian trail provide the canvas for his yellow shade of timeless polaroids transposing over lake and swing. New album Heirloom will be released on 14th August via Capture Music, and the … Continue reading Jesse Payne – Heirloom
Hunters are a six piece band from San Francisco that have just released their third album, We All Go Up the Mountain Alone Together. Have a listen to the rolling, countrified rock of Ghost Town Blues with its touch points of Death Cab For Cutie and Wilco, but distinguished by Rosa del Duca’s crystal clear vocals. Buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 726: Hunters
We’ve already shared Daddy Issues’ marvellous track The Bruise from their Ugly When I Cry cassette release via Infinity Cat (out 30th June). Now we have the second single, Unicorns & Rainbows (Boyfriend), which might just be their best yet as a potential boyfriend is given short shrift over one of the best guitar refrains we’ve heard in a punk song for a good long while. Order from Infinity … Continue reading Another From Daddy Issues
Boston’s Tomboy exhibit all the verve, energy and sass that you could ever want from a screw-you, all-girl punk group. New seven track release Sweetie is full of come-ons and put-downs, coyly cooed harmonies and vicious, scorching guitars. Anti-creep opener Tomboy Anthem is a 90 second call to arms whilst the righteous fury of I’m In The Fucking Band is a metaphorical punch in the face … Continue reading Introducing >>> Tomboy
We’re loving this new single from SF’s Happy Diving. It is the follow up to the excellent short, sludgy punk of last year’s Big World debut long player. You can stream So Bunted below, a song that somehow manages to match a purposeless, melancholy feel to an energetic, purposeful riff and make the juxtaposition work perfectly. Buy from Topshelf Records here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 725: Happy Diving
This week we have collected no less than ten new releases for your listening pleasure. Every one a winner! 1. Ausmuteants – Echo Beach (Martha & The Muffins cover) 2. Bueno – Assed Out 3. Day Wave – Drag 4. The Foetals – Fine 5. Nathaniel Rateliff – S.O.B. 6. The Lighthouse And The Whaler – I Want To Feel Alive 7. The Creeping Ivies – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Stiff Cats are a psych-rock band with one foot firmly, and unapologetically set in the more acid-fried end of the swinging sixties. Thankfully the other is embedded in more contemporary times allowing them to pay their dues to their influences without slipping into pastiche or parody. Watch the videos for Electric Velvet (the title taken from a quote from Tom Wolfe’s counter-culture classic The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test. The … Continue reading Introducing >>> Stiff Cats
On the day that we lost screen legend Sir Christopher Lee it seems fitting to share this new video from Scots Trembling Bells for Sweet Death Polka, imbued as it is with a real undercurrent of bucolic menace that resembles Lee’s own favourite film, the 1971 pagan horror classic The Wicker Man. It is nothing less than you’d expect from a band that delight in feverish … Continue reading New Video: Trembling Bells – Sweet Death Polka
Brighton’s Slum Of Legs have released their second single via Tuff Enuff Records. Renowned for their exhilarating live shows, risk taking and uncompromising attitude, Doll Like is a brilliant, pummelling motorik punk track that comes across like some kind of freakish amalgamation of Sons & Daughters rhythms with the joyous sleaze of the Fat White Family – it is a clarion call echoing the vibrant queer DIY scene flourishing around the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Slum Of Legs
The Mad Mackerel 