Falmouth based group Holiday Ghosts will release their debut LP on 22nd September. Originally started as the solo project of The Black Tambourines‘ Sam Stacpoole the project has since evolved into a group with Katja Rackin and Charlie Murphy joining as songwriters. In late 2016 the band released the Paranoia single as part of Art Is Hard Records’ Pin Pal Club series and so, alongside the debut LP announcement, … Continue reading MM Shorts 960: Holiday Ghosts
The marvellous Micah P. Hinson has shared new track Oh, Spaceman, taken from his new album Presents The Holy Strangers, out on Full Time Hobby on 8th September. He’ll also be playing a lot of dates in the UK and Ireland in the autumn. About the song, he says “It was the first song I wrote for my boy, Wiley Tex, after he was born, … Continue reading More From Micah P. Hinson & UK Tour
David Nance, Omaha veteran of warble and hiss, returns with Negative Boogie, his new concoction of chug, throb and greasy swagger. Amongst the tracks is this cracked, nerve shredding cover of Merle Haggard’s Silver Wings. Try it on for size… Continue reading MM Shorts 959: David Nance
Ian Felice – Kingdom Of Dreams Torres – Three Futures Together PANGEA – Money On It Oh Sees – Animated Violence Prism Tats – Brainwaves A. Savage – Winter In The South Protomartyr – A Private Understanding Beaches – Void Sloan Peterson – Rats Speedy Ortiz – Screen Gem DIIV – Cow (Sparklehorse cover) Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
An appropriate companion piece to our earlier BAIT post, Meatraffle blast out a rallying cry to the proletariat to throw off the chains of mediocre, mass produced music and get down to their sweet and chaotic sonic waves. Throwing out land shanties of burning bankers, friendly local drug dealers, enduring friendship and the Russian Revolution: psychedelic, socialist, utopian, death ragga, erroneous funk, trapdoor jazz, bastard … Continue reading More From Meatraffle
We’re big fans of the noisy, post-punk and mordant black humour of Southend-on-Sea duo BAIT. The excellently named Waspy is their latest release, a thunderous cacophony of industrial percussion and pummelling riffs. Marvellous stuff. Frighten your granny below… Continue reading BAIT – Waspy
Surfing Magazines, the new garage-rock group consisting of two thirds of The Wave Pictures and one half of Slow Club, have shared New Day – the second track to be taken from their self-titled debut album, due for release on Moshi Moshi on 1st September. They say “New Day is a super quick tune. I’m not totally sure what its about. There’s some Russian dolls in there, … Continue reading Surfing Magazines – New Day
After three long years of anticipation, San Francisco’s psych-blasted, starry-eyed weirdos The Fresh & Only’s are returning with their new album, Wolf Lie Down. The brilliant title track is one of our favourites of the year so far, and now we also have the smouldering garage chug of Impossible Man for you. Stream both below. Continue reading The Fresh & Onlys – Impossible Man
Brutal noise rockers METZ are back with a new record, Strange Peace, that sees them turning in a much more nuanced, interesting set of songs, one that feels particularly indebted to Sonic Youth, Preoccupations, Fugazi and the more angular edges of the alt rock pantheon. It’s a record that is still immersed in the kind of biting social commentary they’ve often dealt in, but this … Continue reading METZ Are Back
Time for some more musical films… Hull Goth Punk outfit Lumer have released the video for their unhinged new single Gruel on Warren Records. Reminiscent of Bauhaus, Killing Joke and YAK it is a brutally thrilling cut. Spirit Valley’s expansive, primal psych-rock falls somewhere between the fuzzed out rock’n’roll of The Black Angels and the warped synths of Moon Duo check out new single Waiting For Real. Fuzz Club Records’ live session … Continue reading Welcome To The Videodome
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