Tu Fawning are one of those bands that defy conventional descriptions. Following their acclaimed debut Hearts On Hold, comparisons varied wildly from Portishead to Tom Waits to the Liars and even Jay Z. What is obvious is their love and flair for both the antique and the modern, for big band jazz and crooners of the 20s, for hip hop and rap, for Hawaiian and … Continue reading The Return Of Tu Fawning
What better way to start the weekend than with almost eight minutes of heavy riffage from the mighty Black Mountain. This track, Mary Lou, comes from their soundtrack to new film Year Zero. The album is out on Jagjaguwar on the 4th March. Download Black Mountain – Mary Lou mp3 (from Year Zero Original Soundtrack) Continue reading MM Shorts 99: Black Mountain
Here is another taste of migratory folk troubadour Guy Capecelatro III’s excellent new album North For The Winter. Girlfriends is the latest offering from it and it is another example of Capecelatro’s sly observation and mischievous lyrics as he ponders whether his old girlfriends still behave in the way they used to (drive their father’s fancy cars, drink peach schnapps and take their dresses off … Continue reading More From Guy Capecelatro III
Hardcore enthusiasts Hold Your Horse Is have made the lead-off single from their forthcoming new album available for free download. The appropriately named Title Track is ninety seconds or so of classy mayhem. Watch it. Download it. a a Continue reading MM Shorts 97: Hold Your Horse Is
We’re currently away for a few days so apologies for the paucity of detail with this post, but here are six tunes that tip the scales on the noisy side for you to enjoy (and scare the cat with). First up we have the full-on stoner onslaught of psych-rockers White Hills with a taste from forthcoming album Frying On This Rock and a perfect companion piece … Continue reading Thursday Means Six Of The Best
The Creepy Crawlies will release their album Get Buried on April 10th. It is a sparkling, shimmering collection of catchy indie pop on the one hand and a spiky wall of sound on the other – a bit like a snowball packed with razorblades. Grab the title track and hear for yourself. Download The Creepy Crawlies – Get Buried mp3 (from Get Buried) Continue reading MM Shorts 96: Get Buried
Just over a year ago we posted about the “twisted carnival folk” of Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands and so now, 13 months on, we are pleased to bring news of the release of second album Muses & Bones. It will be released on March 27th. Taster track is the startling Especially Your Mother, vocals swoop and whisper while the melody gallops along on … Continue reading Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands Prep Muses & Bones
It’s Valentines Day. Love it or hate it, you can’t deny it. I will, of course, effortlessly be showing Mrs M just what a lucky catch I was. And for the rest of you, by way of a massively contrived link, let us cover you with love too. Here is a tasty little mix of covers we’ve picked up to follow on from yesterday’s Bad … Continue reading It’s Valentines Day…
We posted a couple of times last autumn about good time garage rockers Turf War and their rowdy debut album Years of Living Dangerously and now they will be heading out on tour (with fellow MM Faves The Boom Bang) in support of the record. To mark the occasion they have made available this typically raucous cover of the Creedence classic, Bad Moon Rising. Download Turf … Continue reading Turf War Cover Bad Moon Rising
Winter is the first taste from the forthcoming Maps & Atlases record Beware And Be Grateful. It is typically tight and dense, but still catchy indie-pop and according to the band, “The song contrasts memory and the perspective of winter as a season of possibility and creativity with the bleak, stillness of winter nights in the Midwest.” The album will be available via FatCat from … Continue reading MM Shorts 95: Maps & Atlases
