Two of the better (in our opinion) most-hyped-bands-of-2010 have just released new tracks. Husband and wife duo Tennis play a winsome style of indie pop that is very of the moment. Take Me Somewhere comes from their planned debut Cape Dory, due for release in early 2011. Visit their MySpace here. Download Tennis – Take Me Somewhere mp3 (from Cape Dory) Likewise Cloud Nothings self … Continue reading New from Tennis & Cloud Nothings
What Would Jesus Drive have released a new free mp3, Your Awful Kids, which is a little change in direction from last month’s The Girls Are In Charge EP (which is currently standing very near the pinnacle of Mr Popper’s top ten of 2010). The electro-punksters take a darker indie-pop edge, this song displays the band’s rockier influences and really shows they’ve got balls with … Continue reading New track from What Would Jesus Drive
The album Public Strain by the un-Googleable (if such a word exists) Women is one of those that has nagged away at us, slyly skulking around looking for ways to infiltrate our subconsciousness. On first, second, and subsequent listens it becomes a little bit more familiar, a little bit more impressive, a little bit more essential until suddenly you realise that it is an album … Continue reading New from Women
Well as if by magic as Mr Benn used to say…no sooner do we post a new track from the excellent Grass House than we also get a new track from their label mates The Sunderbans. Death Stalks The Forest is another top notch slice of classic UK indie – these boys really do know how to put a song together and this one maintains … Continue reading New from The Sunderbans
A while ago we posted about new band Grass House and their excellent debut EP Plough More Sky. In fact we said the lead track A Cockroach was a dark-hearted and sonic delight and so it was – proving to be one of our favourite songs of the year, and Joe’s bedtime track of choice…every single night. Now they have returned with an excellent new single … Continue reading New single from Grass House
We were introduced to Canadian band The Sheepdogs via Hear Ya, and having put their song I Don’t Know on to a CD for the car, it has promptly become Joe’s new favourite track and is pretty much on repeat for every journey we make. The song, which is a real twangy, country infused singalong, seems to have been around for a while and comes from … Continue reading Introducing…The Sheepdogs
The chief export of Leeds’ Whole Sky Monitor is sonic shock. Their latest effort, Twisted Little Piggies, released at the start of November, is a brilliantly discordant and vaguely political body of energetic (and possibly upsetting) rock and roll blasts that smokes and sweats bullets. They boldly come wearing influences such as The Fall, Wire and The Wedding Present on their sleeves, and replete with … Continue reading Introducing…Whole Sky Monitor
We’ve long been fans of the Young & Lost Club and their regular offering up of corking tracks for free download. Indeed MM faves The Sunderbans were discovered this way as well as a whole host of other up and coming bands. The latest release is this indie gem from Aussie teenagers Gold Fields that joyfully bounces along as though the sun were still shining … Continue reading Latest from The Young & Lost Club
Perhaps Angie Mattson was destined for a life in music when her mother named her after her favorite Rolling Stone’s song. She is an adventurer and free spirit who has no shortage of inspiration; moving to North Carolina with a lover at 18, traveling and living in an old blue school bus selling her art, then moving to Tokyo to work as a model. Not … Continue reading Introducing…Angie Mattson
Other than our darling daughter’s birthday, a fair smattering of fireworks, and shorter autumnal days, the eleventh month signifies the fine tuning of the MM top ten for the year. I’m already playing and re-playing favourite tracks and wondering where and what will be the common songs in each lovingly crafted submission. Sometimes there’s even a late surprise which creeps in when no-one was expecting … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
