The howler monkeys in Alouatta was a great discovery in the early days of this blog. Now they’ve finally presented a follow-up, the EP “DIY”. And more, they also promise a new full length album in the near future.

And they don’t disappoint me. It’s head-on, energic, messy rock, maybe with some more retro vibes from the early seventies than before, and with Karl Buhre’s special vocals in the front, like he’s a kind of frenetic reincarnation mix of  Hendrix and Lynott.

You can find Aloutatta on Facebook and you can listen to the EP together with the older tracks on Spotify.

DIY

The Marcel Prostitutes was presented here on Meadowmusic a year ago. They write that they will start recording their debut album in the Autumn, and are counting on a release next Spring, in 2012.

They’ve been kind enough, though, to send us some tracks that give us a hint of what they’re up to. Even if I recognize some part of the sound from before, they show us quite a few new tricks in these new songs. Listen for yourself here below.
You can find The Marcel Prostitutes on Facebook.

Rape a Little, Talk a Little
Break Up Insurance

The Rumble have finally released a follow-up to their debut album from last year. Three tracks on the EP “Expectations” are now available, and to some extent we meet a different sound.

The pumping bass is gone and instead they drag us into an energic blues rock in the first track “Expectations”. In the following tracks they calm things down (at least from a The-Rumble-point-of-view) and they serve us a couple of smooth, bluesy songs with a lot of souly rock feeling. A great follow-up and I don’t think The Rumble-fans will be dissapointed with this.

You can find The Rumble on Myspace and on Facebook. Listen more on Spotify et. al.

Liquor and Champagne

Here’s the debut single from a new, young indie rock band, The So’Mores.

If you like it you can follow the band on their Facebook page.

The Last Time

Here’s a new single from Chris Michols, whom you may remember from last Fall when he released his album Scar Trek. You can follow Chris on his site.

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