Matthew Mansell likes to listen to music, eat Strawberry Pop Tarts and is also Cornish.
Here are my most recent posts
Dope Body – Baltimore, Maryland, USA. We’re back in Baltimore. Dope Body and their relationship with noise can be melodic in it’s own way, with ‘Powder’ from their 2012 album Natural History for example. On the other-hand, Kicking the 90’s throwback train in the shins is ‘Day by Day’ from their 2014 album Lifer. And...
Whether it’s Black Flag or Black Sabbath you hear when listening to Obliterations, you most definitely choke on your JD and Coke when you realise that Lemmy (see ‘Shame’ below) is on vocals. Obviously Lemmy isn’t on vocals (instead we get a glorious modern Punk rattle) but the anti-capitalist grainy...
Super Thief – Austin, Texas, USA. Article cover photo credit – Jacqueline Lege Austin‘s Super Thief take all that you love from the classic Steve Albini records, and wreck it by way of Fugazi. What I mean of course is that their etching of Post-Hardcore and Noise Rock, isn’t a washy shot of water – because you’re...
Television Villain – Bath, England, United Kingdom. Editor’s/Co-author’s note: Having both seen Television Villain play live, and having met vocalist Dan Stothard on numerous occasions, myself an fellow MF writer, Matthew Mansell, decided we would combine efforts to review the band’s debut EP, Signal Lost. It’s not something we do on Musically...
California X – Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.A. I got into the sounds of California X‘s slacker-Swamp Rock in early 2013 when they released their self-titled debut on Don Giovanni Records, which is also home to another personal favourite, Screaming Females. Overall, the release had some killer catchy singles, but was heavily bogged down by the...
Guantanamo Baywatch – Portland, Oregon, USA Have you seen the show Portlandia? Yeah, it’s pretty weird, but it makes fun of the “hipster” culture that’s out there. That’s cool. You know what else is cool? Sleater-Kinney (Click Here – we’ll wait…). Now you know who they are, you know what else is cool?...
Fat Spatula – York, England, United Kingdom. York based Spatula-shaped Low-Fi-Punk–Alternative Rock-Sleaze. Sitting around drinking beer and slacking off is always that “typical” image of what your average DIY band is normally doing on a weekday. But Fat Spatula live up to their “slacker” image in that perfect, Northern greasy fry-up way –...
