Mini Dresses, are a Boston-via-Austin dream pop band who we briefly featured back in October 2012, and who have recently released not one, but two new singles – Everywhere I Go and Watching You. The duo describe the tunes as finding a space between a lot of today’s shoegazey dream pop bands (Blouse, Ringo Deathstarr, Tamaryn), jangly Flying Nun bands (think Look Blue Go Purple, The Chills, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mini Dresses
Twin Cities alt-country supergroup Blood Washed Band combine classic country-gospel songs, hymns and original music in their debut album Driftin’ Along; the results are a gospel album for those who still love the taste of whiskey. Think Hank Williams, Louvin Brothers, and the Carter Family. Sounds mighty fine to us too – have a listen to a couple of tracks and order the album via CDbaby … Continue reading MM Shorts 443: Blood Washed Band
Having already shared the distorted, nine minute epic that was Fire Tapes’ Scarlet Cliffs, the band are marking today’s release of new album Phantoms with another track, Skull & Xbones for your guaranteed, listening pleasure. Clocking in at a relatively conservative five minutes, it opens with a fantastically hypnotic riff and creepy, intoned vocals from singer/guitarist Betsy Wright, before developing into a propulsive slab of … Continue reading Fire Tapes Release Phantoms – Share New Track
Bear’s Den will release their brand new EP Without/Within on 28th October, via Communion Records. Listen below to the brand new track, Sahara, that starts small, before leaving its sparse beginnings behind as it swells impressively into an expansive chorus on the back of a powerful and rousing melody. Currently touring in the US, they return home for a headline tour of their own in … Continue reading New EP & Tour Dates From Bear’s Den
Start the week with videos from Caracol and the delightful folk pop of Shiver, and SWF’s dragon-dancing film for their excellent track Black & Golden. We also have Weird Womb’s sweaty video for Pale Piss and lastly an excellent animation for Lark by Chicago’s noise-popsters The Sweeps. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Caracol || SWF || Weird Womb || Sweeps
Shinies deal in classic, melody driven guitar pop with a pleasing tendency to tip it over in to something more distorted with a warped noisy edge. Their latest EP Tangle, which came out last month, consists of four tracks that kick off with the full on riffing of Taste and the equally propulsive Salt, both of which most obviously demonstrate their MBV and J&MC influences, before we get … Continue reading Stream Shinies Tangle EP
EdTang & The Chops are an aggressive folk rock band from New Jersey incorporating elements of punk, Americana and indie rock into their new nine track release, the oddly titled Goodbye, Zen5, Sushi Dinner. For anyone with Frank Turner or Deer Tick leanings we think you’ll find something to enjoy here. We’ve picked out a couple of tracks that have caught our ears below, and … Continue reading MM Shorts 442: EdTang & The Chops
Over a year ago we posted the the very promising debut double A sided single from Bristol’s Tidal Wars. They have a new single now due for release on Art is Hard records, and The Shower Door Rattle is another step forward for the band, evolving their post punk howl into some excellent grungy, psych-tinged, indie rock. Listen here. Continue reading New Tidal Wars Single
Division Four was a band from Perth, Australia that only managed a single six-song cassette demo, released in 1983, and which is now seeing the light of day once more. While their output might be minimal, those six tracks were of menacing, top-notch post-punk that could only have been alien sounds at the time. It is re-released later this month – pre-order from Bandcamp here. … Continue reading Remembering >>> Division Four
We Are Augustines, now just Augustines, have spent the summer recording new material for the follow up to their highly acclaimed debut album Rise Ye Sunken Ships. The new album will be self-titled and the first taste from it comes in the shape of epic sounding anthem Cruel City. Have a listen. Purchase it here. Continue reading First Taste Of New Augustines Album
