It’s been an unfortunate week on the domestic front. Water continues to leak. Holes have been dug. In the right place and deep enough, who knows? If it carries on much longer I may jump in too. I wish Colin from Thames Water would understand that I simply don’t understand the mechanics and really have no desire to do the wrong thing. And football. I … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (30th September)
Gospel Music are purveyors of fine, lo-fi indie pop in the vein of Jonathan Richman or the Magnetic Fields. The excellent This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us comes from forthcoming album How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL. Order from Kill Rock Stars. Download Gospel Music – This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us mp3 (from How To Get To Heaven … Continue reading MM Shorts 2: Going Gospel
The Animal Of Choice is a new track from The Daredevil Christopher Wright. It comes from their new, recently released EP, The Longsuffering Song and is six minutes of folk goodness that travels from a gentle acoustic start to a full-on stomp and then back again, and all the while offering up lyrics like these: “Wooly and wild, everyone that I meet thinks I’m lovable. … Continue reading New From The Daredevil Christopher Wright
Really enjoying the new single of fuzzed out garage goodness from Bleached. You Take Time is the ultra-catchy b-side to their Carter 7″. Vinyl available from Art Fag Records. Download Bleached – You Take Time mp3 (from Carter 7″) Continue reading MM Shorts 1: Bleached Take Time
No need to say anything – just get this. Order Believers from Amazon here. Download A.A. Bondy – Surfer King mp3 (from Believers) Continue reading AA Bondy Offers Free Download From Believers
Here is another track of lo-fi folky goodness from Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt’s album Tweaker In The Park – 11 tracks about crazy people, oceans, and murder. Order the CD here. Download Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt – The Down mp3 (from Tweaker In The Park) Download Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt – The Town Crazies mp3 (from Tweaker In The Park) Continue reading Another From Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt
We posted last month about Sick Figures new album – a morbid tale of two lovers, titled Two Ghosts. The album got its official release yesterday and here are two more tracks for you to sample. The brilliantly off-kilter Whiskey Song with its military beat, chaotic sounds and chanted lyrics that calls to mind a nursery rhyme composed by Charles Bukowski at his most pissed … Continue reading Sick Figures New Album Released
Hot on the heels of the superb George Harrison cover disk from Mojo magazine comes Uncut magazine’s Brian Wilson tribute. Rather than cover versions, it has collected together a group of tracks from bands that can all tip their hat to the influence of Mr Wilson. Artists include Panda Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Gruff Rhys, Volcano Choir, Girls and Caribou among others, and here are two … Continue reading Excellent Uncut Cover Disk
Here is the Dum Dum Girls new video for Bedroom Eyes – it is a gorgeous, hazy, tripped out creation from the mind of Sam Macon. a The new album Only In Dreams is out now. Continue reading New Video From The Dum Dum Girls
Watch Laura Marling spin stripped down songs from her most recent LP, A Creature I Don’t Know, and find yourself unstuck in sound and space, hypnotized by her poetic balladry. Laura Marling live video at The Guest Apartment…, posted with vodpod Continue reading Laura Marling live video at The Guest Apartment on Baeblemusic
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