100 Songs In 100 Hours: 90 – The Silence Kit

Philadelphia-based post-punk band The Silence Kit have shared a new single. Undercurrents of classic bands like The Psychedelic Furs, Sonic Youth, The Cure, The Chameleons and Echo and the Funnymen, can be heard in Supermarket, the latest from their semi-monthly singles series. With a swirling, textured depth, and anchored by a solid backbeat, a driving riff, and a catchy vocal melody, it has much to commend it. Listen below, or grab from Bandcamp. … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 90 – The Silence Kit

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 89 – Songs For Walter

They say youth is wasted on the young. It’s something Walter, the late grandfather of guitar-wielding and song-writing troubadour of Manchester based Laurie Hulme, would probably have agreed with. As nom-de-plume Songs For Walter, Laurie’s eponymous debut album is a record that’s as much a brutally honest tribute to the legacy of Walter, as it is a stirring portrayal of Songs For Walter himself. The … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 89 – Songs For Walter

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 88 – Altered Hours

Part of a burgeoning Irish scene that continues to spawn young and seemingly brilliant, vital bands, psych-rockers Altered Hours may well take their place on a wider scale with latest release Silver Leather. It is taken from upcoming debut album In Heat Not Sorry which is out on the 29th January. Melodic, abrasive, dual girl-boy vocals, a Sonic Youth and White Heat-era Velvets approach to atmospherics, guitar … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 88 – Altered Hours

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 87 – End Of Love

The recently reformed End Of Love’s music reflects their love of straight up Big Star influenced pop songs, the alt-country feel of bands like Uncle Tupelo and the art rock/noise elements practiced by Sonic Youth and others. Their new album Ghosts on the Radio incorporates all of these elements and features a number of notable appearances from friends and guests like Nels Cline of Wilco, Lee Ranaldo of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 87 – End Of Love

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 86 – The Albino Eyes

Like a box of your favourite dog-eared records somehow got loaded into a cracked jukebox in some dusty Outback bar. indie rockers, The Albino Eyes’ defiantly catchy eighteen track self portrait Buchowski Kiss, is the follow up to their 2013 debut album. Listen to Southern Cross, their introspective take on life in Australia. 100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 86 – The Albino Eyes

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 85 – Murals

Louisville, KY trio Murals write record and live in a house on a hill in the not so swank part of town – the type of place that acid trips and all day jam sessions go hand in hand. The results are an ever present body of slow churning psychedelic folk that wouldn’t be so surprising in your hippie dad’s record collection or buried deep … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 85 – Murals

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 83 – Pet Sun

Canadian psych-rockers Pet Sun’s brilliant new EP Shade Driver is a doom laden, stoner garage starter kit fully equipped with some riffs, some poppy goodness, and a bit of doom. It’s a grab bag of sweets – some more sour than others. From the apocalyptic headbanger Dark Planet written for a stoned Darth Vader to Zenifer, their bite sized good vibes pop track which clashes a … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 83 – Pet Sun

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 82 – Street Chant

Auckland trio Street Chant have shared the third single from their forthcoming album Hauora – due out on Flying Nun/Arch Hill early this year. Listen to the driving, tense guitars and pulsing rhythm of Never below, another excellent example of their sinewy, guitar rock.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 82 – Street Chant

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 81 – Baby Bry Bry

Since 2013, Baby Bry Bry has been making a strong impression in the Washington DC’s punk and indie scenes with his brand of raw garage punk meets crooning soul. Cricket Cemetery has released The Way Things Was, a collection of Baby Bry Bry’s many rare singles and home recordings. The record provides a glimpse into the often contradictory world of this distinctive entertainer. With many disparate influences ranging from … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 81 – Baby Bry Bry