A cutting observational slice of fervent grunged-up punk, Complex is a first taste of what’s to come from Slowcoaches on their yet-to-be-finished second album, which will be released at some point in 2018 via Leisure & District. The single will be available this side of the new year on screenprinted 7” vinyl, backed by a venomous cover of Fang’s The Money Will Roll Right In. Listen … Continue reading Slowcoaches – Complex
Brooklyn psych band Weird Owl release their new album, Bubblegum Brainwaves, tomorrow, the band’s sixth release in a decade, it explores themes of cognitive dissonance, darkness, and uncertainty and is highly informed by the current political climate. The band have shared Invisibility Cloak, which pairs catchy melodies with dark undertones to create a mysterious, otherworldly vibe. Stream it below. Continue reading Weird Owl – Invisibility Cloak
Four new videos from four of our favourite songwriters… Continue reading New Videos: Sufjan Stevens, Jen Cloher, Kevin Devine, Julien Baker
Mean Motor Scooter are a fuzzed up Fort Worth quartet of frazzled, psych-garage goodness firmly rooted in the Texas traditions of The Butthole Surfers, The Dicks, and Roky Erickson with a tab of Scratch Acid. Check out Sea Serpent from their debut album Hindu Flying Machine, which can be pre-ordered on coke-bottle translucent green 12″ vinyl here. Continue reading MM Shorts 977: Mean Motor Scooter
Stockholm-based Delsbo Beach Club are set to release their instantly charming debut single All The Way Home on Swedish label Rama Lama Records on the 11th October. With nods to the likes of Mac DeMarco, check out their fuzzy indie pop melodies, with hints of classic garage and surf rock below. Continue reading MM Shorts 976: Delsbo Beach Club
Mountain Goats – Shirtless In Hamburg OCS – The Fool U.S. Girls – Mad As Hell Patsy – Tommy, Bobby, Johnny Gun Outfit – Landscape Painter Nots – Anxious Trend Evan Stephens Hall – Burnout (Green Day cover) Adults – MSN Silver Torches – Bartender SaveSave Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Stockholm’s Gestures first appeared last spring with the debut EP Shattered Mind, a lo-fi garage punk explosion recorded, written and performed by Sick Vic in his living room. They’re following it up with The Bad Taste EP featuring three new tracks, including new single Kicks, alongside a cover of The Yardbirds For Your Love. Stream the single below, and pre-order the EP here. SaveSave Continue reading MM Shorts 974: Gestures
Stockholm artist Nora Karlsson is back with a new single with her lo-fi pop project Boys, her first piece of new music since last spring’s Love on Tour EP, as well as an early taste of her upcoming debut LP. The single is called Rabbits and it’s also her first studio recording as well, a perfectly judged, sweetly melodic slice of jangly indie-pop that’s good enough to … Continue reading Boys- Rabbits
We’ve featured the bittersweet lo-fi indie of Manchester duo Luxury Death a few times in the past and they are back with a new single that traverses some sonically darker terrain. Diluted has a bolder, more aggressive feel, influenced as it is by industrial dance music and the club scene, offering up something more hypnotic and dystopian than we’ve heard previously. Stream it here. Continue reading Luxury Death – Diluted
Sharon Van Etten originally released her excellent debut Because I Was In Love in 2009. Now she is reissuing a remastered version of it with two additional bonus tracks, entitled (it was) because i was in love. It will be released on the 17th November. Ahead of the reissue release, she has shared a new version of opening track I Wish I Knew, which you … Continue reading Sharon Van Etten Remasters and Reissues Debut Album
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