The Fiery Furnaces: I’m Going Away
The Fiery Furnaces sound like a band that will keep on going anyway and might, therefore, hit the mark more often than I know.
All Time Low: O2 Academy, Newcastle
All Time Low were flawless throughout their set, and mixing up tracks from both oldest and newest albums meant there was something for everyone.
Sergeant: Sergeant
It's easy to nod your head along to it, and the songs are short and sweet enough to hold your attention.
Introducing: The Humour
Today it's the turn of the Humour to introduce themselves to TMM. The Wakefield four-piece tell us about how they got started.
Cornerstone will be next Monkeys single
It will be released on November 16, and again the band will collaborate with Oxfam for the method of release.
Fanfarlo: Bodega Social Club, Nottingham
Things are more than all right. They’re positively joyful when bands like Fanfarlo are around.
Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue
With masterful production from Nick Raskulinecz, and excellent musicianship throughout, Black Gives Way To Blue is a painful grieving process manifesting as a huge triumphant behemoth of a rock album.
Interview: Maps
With his second album Turning The Mind released this week and a tour fast on the approach, TMM chatted to Maps about Mercury Prizes, misappropriation… and erm, Eminem.
Boo blog: Autumn #3
"I haven’t always been a work-shy puffy-sleeved singer/songwriter, you know. Although these days I am paid to express my feelings through a nascent folk beard there was a time when I knew the salty sting of manual labour."
Nephu Huzzband: Elementary
I imagine seeing Nephu Huzzband at a live show would easily trump anything they could ever lay down on tape, as visceral punk with this amount of verve should be something witnessed first-hand.
Elvis Perkins In Dearland: Doomsday EP
In a lot of ways, when I think of Doomsday EP, I’m reminded of Primal Scream’s Riot City Blues record. Both lent themselves to bitch-slaps at the hands of pretentious dirtbags across the world, and both acts probably knew this would be a fairly universal reaction.
