Taking influences from the likes of Mac DeMarco and Surf Curse, KATZ are a three-piece band from Manchester, who span surf punk, garage, and indie. Their new six track EP Dumb Songs was recorded entirely on a four track cassette recorder and is well well worth checking out. Listen to Dumb Song below and click through to order. Continue reading Introducing >>> KATZ
Round these parts we love Spray Paint who seemed to have carved out a completely unique sound and niche in the crowded post-punk arena. Since 2016’s Feel The Clamps long player, the band have shared their collaborations with Protomartyr, Ben Wallers, Ben Mackie, and Dan Melchior but not released anything new of their own. That’s about to change with Into The Country, a new album … Continue reading Spray Paint Announce New Album And Share Cleaning Your Gun
Following our earlier Dune Rats post, we’re keeping the Antipodean theme going with Melbourne four-piece Parsnip. When the Tree Bears Fruit is their debut album of playful, poetic, propulsive indie rock and follows on from two 7-inches in the last two years. They have shared a new single Taking Me For A Ride, an oddball pop gem laden with soft grooves, wide-eyed melodies and psychedelic hooks. … Continue reading Parsnip – Taking Me For A Ride
Our favourite fucked-up Aussie muckers are back with a new record! The mighty Dune Rats have shared Rubber Arm, and happily they have shown absolutely no musical progression at all, sticking with their tried and tested hyperactive, stoned punk rock with another mighty shout-a-long chorus. Great video too. Welcome back boys. Continue reading Dune Rats – Rubber Arm
She Drew The Gun have announced a brand new single Trouble Every Day released via Skeleton Key Records. It is a reinterpretation of Frank Zappa’s original, and with the blessing of the Zappa estate, She Drew The Gun frontwoman Louisa Roach has updated the lyrics to reflect our troubled times. She says, “I heard Trouble Every Day and thought it would make a great cover, Frank Zappa … Continue reading She Drew The Gun – Trouble Every Day & Live Tour Dates
Vetiver are back with a new album Up On High (out in October) and will be playing live in the UK in December. Have a listen to the acoustically styled, lush folk of To Who Knows Where with its lovely pastoral psych-pop flourishes. Gorgeous stuff. Live Dates 7 Dec 19 – Liverpool @ 81 Renshaw 8 Dec 19 – Manchester @ YES 9 Dec 19 – … Continue reading Vetiver – To Who Knows Where
MM faves and mighty Hull outfit LIFE have shared a new single from their forthcoming album A Picture Of Good Health. It is the wonderfully entitled Bum Hour. They say “Bum Hour is the isolation when you shut your door. Bum Hour is about not being at ease on your own. Bum Hour is ‘that’ pattern and routine broken. It’s the need to live again … Continue reading LIFE – Bum Hour
Beijing-based art punks Gong Gong Gong (who we got quite excited about last year) have shared their brilliant new single Some Kind of Demon 某一種惡魔. This new track is a meditative slow-burner with lyrics and a vocal melody that creates a flowing framework for internal reflection. It is the second single from the duo’s debut LP Phantom Rhythm, and follows on from the shimmering and hypnotic Notes … Continue reading Gong Gong Gong – Some Kind Of Demon & Notes Underground
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s METZ cover of Gary Numan! Today it is a foot-stomping cover of Plastic Bertrand’s 1970’s classic Ça Plane Pour Moi, by psych-pop Mancunians Whyte Horses. It is a song which always puts a huge smile on my face whenever I hear the original or any of the many cover versions and adaptations of it. This one is no different. Enjoy… … Continue reading Whyte Horses Cover Plastic Bertrand
Humanist is the music of multi-instrumentalist Rob Marshall. An album is due via Ignition Records and features a number of guest vocalists including Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, Mark Lanegan and RIDE’s Mark Gardener, amongst others. English Ghosts is the first official single from the album and has a stirring vocal performance by iconic post-punk front man, John Robb of The Membranes. The nine minute track unapologetically … Continue reading Humanist – English Ghosts
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