Surf influenced garage rock four-piece Daddy Issues (but not the same Daddy Issues we posted about late last year!) have just released their debut EP Double Loser. Confused? Don’t be! The EP opens with Sex On The Beach with its fabulous harmonies and thumping percussion, and then swerves into a risqué love song of sorts with the infectious and irrepressible So Hard (love the fact they’ve added the … Continue reading Debut EP From Daddy Issues
1955’s new EP is called The French Had A Name For It and was released earlier this month. A copy just arrived at MM Towers… It’s raw rock and roll without any processed shellacking – lean, tight songs with a stripped back garage rock feel and with a lovely, simplistic clarity to them. Lead single is Upside Down. Watch the video for it and download … Continue reading MM Shorts 667: 1955
Mojo magazine have put together an excellent cover album of Led Zeppelin’s seminal Physical Graffiti. It will be available as the free cover CD on the April edition in the UK, and it will also be released on a limited edition double vinyl format of 5,000. Fifteen artists including Laura Marling, Syd Arthur, Sun Kil Moon, Duke Garwood, and Michael Kiwanuka have delivered their own interpretation of … Continue reading Physical Graffiti Redrawn
Here, a little later than usual, is our collection of the tunes that, by rights, you should have already heard this week. They include the return of Sufjan Stevens and Crocodiles and new songs from together PANGEA and Eula. Enjoy. 1. Waxahatchee – Under A Rock 2. Sufjan Stevens – No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross 3. Crocodiles – Crybaby Demon 4. Jacco … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
A whole host of excellent new videos have come our way recently. Check out new musical films from Laura Marling, Spector, Stealing Sheep, The Rebel Light, Skinny Lister and Run Rabbit Run. . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round-Up
We were big fans of Jackson Scott’s 2013 release Melbourne and his sophomore full-length release Sunshine Redux is out in April via Bloodmoss Records. This track is PRPLMTV, a brilliant excursion into sonically charged psych-pop that submerges hazy vocals beneath a viscerally slow guitar burn. He says, “PRPLMTV is inspired by some kids I used to hang with in college. My generation loves apathy. There’s a secret message … Continue reading Jackson Scott – Sunshine Redux
Metz are following up their excellent self-titled debut on Sub Pop with the rather unimaginatively titled Metz II. That’s where the predictability ends though, as proven with the first taste Acetate, a crushing mix of post-hardcore intensity and good old fashioned punk rock that will bring your speakers out in hives. . Continue reading Metz – Acetate
We posted a few days ago about the return of Beth Jeans Houghton, her new moniker of Du Blonde and her change of direction musically. Here is Black Flag, a super-charged sonic change of direction that kicks off her new sound with thunderous drums, rumbling bass, heavy guitars and a vocal that burns with visceral rage. Listen below (turn it up to 11), and get a … Continue reading Du Blonde – Black Flag
Obviously, we needed the right kind of track for our six hundredth and sixty sixth post in our “Shorts” series, and Bay Area quintet Culture Abuse’s delivery of scuzzy post-punk at it’s most primal seemed nigh on perfect, especially with Nicotine, the lead track to the band’s upcoming Spray Paint The Dog 7″. So if chaotic noise rock, deviant garage punk, and elements of hardcore are … Continue reading MM Shorts 666: Culture Abuse
Wild Pacific embraces a sound as raw as the garage/surf music of yesteryear with music encompassing oceanic views from rugged coastlines to tourist friendly, southern beaches. Apart from driving through the sunshine listening to London Calling with cigarette haze heavy, the band’s time was spent writing and practicing their first selection of songs. It is these very tunes that will be featured on the band’s debut … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wild Pacific
