Here we go again, another collection of eight handpicked tunes released this week, including the return of the wonderful Mercury Rev, that are more than worth a few minutes of your time. 1. Mercury Rev – The Queen Of Swans 2. Wolf Alice – Freazy 3. Shannon And The Clams – Corvette 4. Weaves – Tick 5. No Age – It’s Oh So Quiet (Bjork … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is another excellent track from Hyde & Beast. Keep Moving is the title track from their forthcoming second album, which can be pre-ordered from iTunes here. The glam rock influences remain to the fore, but the vocals sound like they come straight out of Laurel Canyon circa 1970 – it is a beguiling mix of styles! . Continue reading More From Hyde & Beast
Hyde & Beast are a Sunderland duo made up of Dave Hyde and Neil Bassett. Dave (Hyde) is the drummer from The Futureheads and Neil (Beast) was in The Golden Virgins. Their highly-praised debut album, and one of our favourites of that year, Slow Down came out in 2011 on their own label Tail Feather Records. Now the long wait for new material is over … Continue reading The Very Welcome Return Of Hyde & Beast
Our final Top Ten selection comes courtesy of the lovely, and ever radiant, Mrs Mackerel. Over to you girl! It’s been a great musical year. But such a plethora of riches always presents a problem – what’s a girl to choose? Fortunately some fine contributions in the preceding week means most bases are covered. Live gigs, although few and far between this year, have been … Continue reading MM’s 2011 Top Ten Series: No 9 Mrs Mackerel
Hyde & Beast’s next single You Will Be Lonely is released on November 14th and you can watch the video now. The video follows a giant teddy bear around a desolate landscape on what they’re calling, “a journey of self discovery, on a quest to find himself, with a purgatory metaphor, on the shore of a new beginning and ultimately taking the chance and swimming towards something … Continue reading MM Shorts 25: Hyde & Beast Video
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