//orangenoise: //veracious EP
In maintaining this little music blog, we keep no running count of various parts of the world from which musicians send morsels of their audio craft to our email inbox or front door. In the case of...
View ArticleTwo If By Sea
Connecticut-based label February Records is off to a swift clip for 2011 in releasing both a retrospective 2010 compilation, titled One Year Of Original Music, and downright lovely new offering from...
View ArticleLeaders Off: Giant Guitar LP
In receiving press releases directly from artists or labels, there are often times we make the mistake of reading outside biographies and reviews that don't exactly match up with our own conclusions...
View ArticleQuiet Lights: No More Canyons
Although new singles and demo tracks are often a staple of our daily listening regimen, we usually find patience enough in waiting for a full-length release to arrive before spilling the sounds. In the...
View ArticleBull Thieves
After an absence of nearly 10 years, Austin, Texas label Ojet Records decided to emerge from their prolonged hibernation and we are certainly fortunate they did so. In launching, or rather...
View ArticleColour Bük
Walking into a record shop during the early 1980s was almost always a risk worth embracing. With only a few dollars in pocket, no local college radio station or any clue what to expect, music purchases...
View ArticleThe Sunshine Factory: Sugar LP
Although any thought of ourselves being quick off the mark in finding a new release makes for sweet dreams in MML-land, a swift nudge from friends is often required to guide us in the right directions...
View ArticleLast Remaining Pinnacle
Presenting the side-projects of various artists from previously featured bands on MML has always been a treat worth sharing, but when the primary musician involved also happens to be the owner of a...
View ArticleSilent Sleep: The Scissor Disaster EP
Almost exactly one year ago, in February 2010, we featured the lovely electronic pop of Liverpool, UK collective Hallo... I love You! Since our last mention, contributing multi-instrumentalist Chris...
View ArticleThe Gary: El Camino EP
Much like our experience during the first few months of last year, ongoing searches and listening for new music to send 2011 swimming along finds us sorting through a number of incredibly good EP...
View ArticleArchitecture: When We Were Young (EP)
Eyes and ears have reopened as we finally have the chance to breathe life back into this, our favourite little spot for music. In making a belated return to MML, we've found an appropriate track that...
View ArticleRed Dwarf: World Rock (EP)
Keeping in touch with, and frequently visiting the music of artists we've featured previously is one of the most satisfying aspects of maintaining this music blog. Today, we have the fortune of...
View ArticleThis Scarlet Mourning
Existing in various forms since 1990, long-time turned long-distance shoegaze band Skylight continues as a beautifully relevant, yet occasional endeavor we've been fortunate enough to follow in recent...
View ArticleCollider: Vaede EP
In the spirit of doing some much needed catching up, while also updating MML with new music from a band we only began to adore early last year, our latest listening session presents two songs to give...
View ArticleSeveral Girls Galore: The Noise We Make (EP)
Although this particular band name might bring to mind the swirling result of multiple effect pedals, visions of surreal on-stage light shows and a following of seaweed dancing teenagers from 1988 to...
View ArticleCourtney E. Smith - Record Collecting for Girls
One long-ago day in 1995 I was sitting in the Cafe Iguana with my friend Dulcie, washing down lunch with a pint, when she asked me if I’d read High Fidelity yet. This was the first time I’d heard of...
View ArticleThe Never Setting Suns: Meet Me There
Nearly two years ago, in March 2010, we presented an introduction to a favourite (sadly now defunct) music venue that included tracks from a local band we had just discovered. Two short months later,...
View ArticleLUFF: Maybe It's Just Sleeping (EP)
It's almost impossible to believe that nearly five years have passed since we first opened our battered old mailbox to find an envelope containing the music of today's featured artist. Originally...
View ArticleSilo Halo: Night And The City (LP)
Keeping in loose touch with some of the record labels who have graciously donated sounds of their artists has certainly kept us ear-deep in lovely music for more than a few years. A blessing indeed,...
View ArticlePurplespace + Starring Me
We have a fairly long history of being smitten with the music of Jacksonville, Florida trio Starring Me. First mentioned on MML with an introductory post in October 2007 and then again in July 2009 for...
View ArticleThe Sugarettes: Destroyers Of Worlds (LP)
It's been quite some time since we've had the opportunity to listen in on the musical offerings and impressive lineup of Eindhoven, Netherlands-based label Subroutine Records, but now there is a new...
View ArticleWe Run
We Run is a Brooklyn, New York trio consisting of musicians Alexander Gruenburg (guitar, vocals), Martin McDonald (bass guitar, synth) and Jeremy Duvall (percussion) who only recently formed to create...
View ArticleFree Electric State: Monumental Life (LP)
Admittedly, we are hardly ever punctual in mentioning new records that become available to us, but in this particular instance a date has arrived and the listening is more than a bit splendid. Alarm...
View ArticleCold Blue Kid: Mimic (EP)
Where more recently released music is concerned, traces of influence from various artists or genres, both past and present, are not all that uncommon for us to notice. Mentioned or otherwise, we...
View ArticleBring Me The Fucking Riot... Man: Solidarity Died And So Did We
Over five years have passed since our first mention of today's featured artist, in January 2007, so we were more than a bit tickled when opening a recent email to discover a brand new album was at...
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