New Video: Torres: Too Big For The Glory Hole

In her new video for the cryptically titled Too Big for the Glory Hole, Mackenzie Scott of TORRES captures domestic solitude in her now-iconic cowboy boots. The song, partially influenced by Florine Stettheimer’s painting The Cathedrals of Wall Street, was recorded during the Silver Tongue sessions and featured on a free 7-inch included with the album’s Peak Vinyl edition. She says of the track, “I wrote … Continue reading New Video: Torres: Too Big For The Glory Hole

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – Blueberry Jam Phobophobes – Child Star Tomberlin – I’m Not Scared Torres – Gracious Day Waxahatchee – Chapel Of Pines Menace Beach – Crawl In Love Harlan T. Bobo – Nadine The Goon Sax – Make Time 4 Love                   Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Angel Olsen – Special Screaming Females – Black Moon Hiss Golden Messenger – John The Gun The Cornshed Sisters – Running Torres – Helen In The Woods Deep Dark Woods – Fallen Leaves Weaves featuring Tanya Tagaq – Scream Kevin Devine featuring Half Waif – I Was Alive Back Then Laura Baird – Pretty Polly                     … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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

Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Despite already sharing some great new songs this week from Deer Tick, Quiet Hollers, She Keeps Bees, Waxahatchee, Happyness and Alvvays this week, we’ve also rounded up a collection of eight more cracking new tunes for you too. Enjoy. PJ Harvey & Ramy Essam – The Camp Diet Cig – Together We Can Conquer Whatever Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Nathan Salsburg – Fare You Well, My … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

MM’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2015: 30-16

As we’re halfway through our tracks of the year (see 100-76 here, and 75-51 here) which resume on Monday, it felt like a good time to break things up with our choices of our favourite albums of 2015. Here then are numbers 30 through to 16. 30 Sarah Cracknell – Red Kite   29 Desaparecidos – Payola   28 Kodiak Deathbeds – Kodiak Deathbeds   … Continue reading MM’S BEST ALBUMS OF 2015: 30-16

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Our collection extends to no less than ten sweet new tracks for you this week, lovingly gathered up from the past seven days like shells from a beach. Or something like that… Torres – Special (Garbage cover) Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Bennie And The Jets Julien Baker – Brittle Boned Beach Baby – Limousine Death Valley Girls – Death Valley Boogie Hamilton Leithauser & … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

MM’s 5:1 Interview No 17: Torres

Back in 2013, my last trip to SXSW, I wandered into a venue to see Night Beds and exited having been completely transfixed by singer Mackenzie Scott (aka Torres) and her band. From then on tracks like Honey and Waterfall became much loved secret treasures – intense and intimate, they were songs I didn’t want to share, but rather to immerse myself in as the … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 17: Torres

Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Another day, another week, another collection of ten excellent tunes from the past seven days collected for your listening pleasure and gratification. 1. Torres – Cowboy Guilt 2. Creepoid – Dried Out 3. Loop – Precession 4. Sweet Spirit & Britt Daniel – Have Mercy 5. Left Lane Cruiser – Tres Borrachos 6. Little Wings – Where 7. Thee Oh Sees – Withered Hand 8. … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week