Ceremony are fast becoming one of our favourite new bands. They are proper punk as our friend Rob would say back at the beginning of the 80s. They are loud, fast, uncompromising, but with tunes you’d want to hear more than once. And so it is with new release, the searing Adult from forthcoming album Zoo (out on the uniformly excellent Matador label on 6th March). … Continue reading MM Shorts 103: Ceremony
Like most music blogs we get a lot of music submissions. Sifting through them becomes, after a while, a process that is akin to shortlisting candidates for interviews. Sometimes we get minimal information “I’m Billy-Bob a singer-songwriter from Arkansaw, folks call me Bubba, I think you’ll like my music” and sometimes we get huge long press releases with photos, reviews, and lists of influences that … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Shamefaced Sparrows
Teitur is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter from the Faroe Islands. His last album The Singer was released in 2008 and was an unexpected treasure of a discovery, full of personal and personable tales. He has returned with a new album, Let The Dog Drive Home, inspired and influenced by his experiences in America. The title track is an old song he wrote in the US a … Continue reading New Album From Teitur
We are loving Haters, a new song by Baby Baby released as a digital single last week on Gospel Rhythm Recordings. It is a no holds barred, adrenalin fuelled onslaught on the senses that overdoses on energy and a good time vibe. This is rock’n’roll as it was meant to be played – simple, loud, and raw with big fat guitar riffs, clattering drums and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Baby Baby
The new Wooden Sky album Every Child A Daughter, Every Moon A Sun is released on Black Box Recordings on February 28th. This track Malibu Rum is the second we’ve heard from it and is a beautifully paced folk ballad tinged at the edges with the faint wisp of melancholy – lovely. Download Wooden Sky – Malibu Rum mp3 (from Every Child A Daughter, Every … Continue reading MM Shorts 102: Wooden Sky
The experimental Americana of Lungs, Dirt & Dreams, the new album from the exceptional Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters. is officially released today via Adair Park Records. To mark the event here is a free download of the title track from the record; a downtempo slow burn of barely picked electric guitar washes over sighed vocals that gradually swell to an appropriately lugubrious and … Continue reading Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters Release Lungs, Dirt & Dreams Today
Belle Adair began as a weekend recording project between four friends living in different Alabama cities. About a year ago they self-released an eponymous, six song EP, on which you’ll find slow-building songs composed of a diverse set of instruments and sounds. Over twenty minutes, the band moves from the airy acoustic folk of No Reply to the swirling, suite-like Happy to Pretend. Now they are … Continue reading Introducing >>> Belle Adair
Here is another in our semi regular round-ups of new tracks that have found their way into our iTunes library via our inbox, some of our favourite blogs, and the internet. So eight artists and ten tracks to check out. Jump in. Be our guest. Have a browse. Pick and choose. Take what you want. Its all yours. Let us start with one of our … Continue reading Tuesday Means Eight Of The Best
London bands Crushed Beaks and Torches have announced the release of a split download single featuring cover versions of each others songs. Torches’ version of Crushed Beaks’ Close-Ups is the first to be released, with Crushed Beaks’ version of Torches’ VTOO appearing online very soon. However, appearing first with their lurching cover, Torches reweld the original’s upbeat urgency into something far more dark, brooding and synonymous … Continue reading Crushed Beaks / Torches Split Single
Wet Nuns release their truly thunderous new single Throttle on March 5th, from which date it will also be available for free download at their website. Watch the video for some ideas on how to use power tools, hacksaws, knives and axes to good effect or for the fainter of hearts, stream it below. Either way, you want this baby loud. Go on, do some damage. a a Continue reading MM Shorts 101: Wet Nuns
