Wavves are back with their first new music since 2017’s You’re Welcome long player. The new single, Sinking Feeling, finds Wavves collaborating with TV On the Radio’s Dave Sitek on three minutes of infectious pop-punk that deals in existential dread and negativity that seem to follow you wherever you go. Check out the video for it below. Continue reading Wavves – Sinking Feeling
Lots and lots of good new stuff this week…lucky thirteen in fact! Courtney Barnett – City Looks Pretty Father John Misty – Disappointing Diamonds Are The Rarest Of Them All T. Hardy Morris – Be Fidlar – Alcohol Okkervil River – Famous Tracheotomies Wavves – All Star Goth Tancred – Queen Of New York Iceage – The Day The Music Dies Mazzy Star – Quiet, … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
San Diego’s Wavves will return to the UK this summer for a short run of live shows in support of last year’s excellent You’re Welcome release, which ran the gamut from the brazen indie-punk of No Shade to the fuzz-tinged glam of Million Enemies. The run takes in London, Leeds and Manchester before the band head off for a further run of European dates. To … Continue reading Wavves Cover Electric Prunes + UK Tour Dates
75 Sleaford Mods – Moptop 74 Silver Torches – If I Reach 73 Idles – Divide And Conquer 72 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Rattlesnake 71 King Krule – Dum Surfer 70 Naomi Punk – Chapter II 69 The Reptaliens – If You Want 68 Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – French Press 67 Ron Gallo … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks Of The Year 75 – 51
From A Charlie Brown Christmas, here is Wavves cover of the Vince Guaraldi classic Christmas Time Is Here. Enjoy. Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No. 13: Wavves
Spray Paint with Ben Mackie – Friendly Moving Man Wavves – The Lung Destroyer – Tinseltown Swimming In Blood Nervous Dater – Bad Spanish Holiday Ghosts – Can’t Bear To Be Boring The Lemon Twigs – Why Didn’t You Say That Joana Serrat – Trapped In The Fog Pansies – Feels Like Yesterday SaveSave Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It’s been ages since we’ve posted a round up of some of the new music videos we’ve liked. Here then is a Sunday treat for you…eight of the best. Kevin Morby’s title track off his forthcoming record, City Music nearly hits the 7-minute mark and challenges what fans may have come to expect from him. The song builds like a slowly accelerating subway train, as does this … Continue reading Video Round Up
We’ve really liked what we’ve heard so far of Wavves new album You’re Welcome (out on the 19th May). The latest track to be shared from it is No Shade, a breakneck two minute track featuring Nathan Williams’ signature drawl over quick guitar riffs and a furious drumbeat. Play loud methinks… Continue reading Wavves – No Shade
Car Seat Headrest – That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore  (Smiths cover) Royal Blood – Lights Out Iggy Pop – Asshole Blues Hurray For The Riff Raff – Be My Baby  (Ronettes cover) YAWN – Hum Land Of Talk – Loving (featuring Sharon Van Etten) Kevin Morby – Aboard My Train Wavves – Million Enemies Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Watching Wavves at SxSW a few years ago, whilst boiling alive in the crush under the relentless Texas sun is one of my all time gig highlights, so news that Nathan Williams is back with a new album and has now extricated himself from Wavves’ publicly strained relationship with Warner Bros Records, which boiled over around the release of their previous album V can only be … Continue reading Wavves Announce New Album
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