We seem to have a bit of a ‘black’ theme going on with recent posts on Black Hay, the Black Angels, Blackbird & The Storm and Blackwater Fever. Entirely appropriate then that we should bring you the video for the new single from South London’s Black Manila titled Shake That Thing. The band have featured on MM a few times over the past year and there can … Continue reading MM Shorts 324: New Single From Black Manila
The video for Blackbird & The Storm’s track Broken Wings was shot on Super 8 last summer in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. It perfectly suits the samples of crickets, toads, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, hummingbirds, songbirds and wings-in-flight which are mixed alongside musical instruments and Marie-Juliette Bird’s intoxicating voice. We also have the irreverent and effervescent indie rock of Crash & The Coots and their video for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Blackbird & The Storm || Crash & The Coots || The Blackwater Fever || Loch Lomond
We are hugely impatient for the release of Indigo Meadow, the new album from The Black Angels due on the 2nd April. The band have now offered up a second song from the record, Evil Things focuses on a man and a woman on opposite sides of a conflict who meet on a war-torn battlefield. This one pushes at the furthermost boundaries of the bands sonic cannon, … Continue reading New Song From The Black Angels
If you follow a route to an intersection where garage rock meets jazz, where rockabilly meets gothic and where country meets punk, you might well see Black Hay sitting roadside ready to scrounge a cigarette and tell you a few stories. Stories that you might subsequently find on their Nightsong EP. Stories that are shadowy – skewed romantica if you will – with echoes of Nick … Continue reading Introducing >>> Black Hay
Videos today from Yukon Blonde and some stunning visuals to accompany the ethereal indie-pop of their new single Guns. Then there is Cat Martino’s entrancing video for Yr Not Alone, which comes from her much anticipated forthcoming album of the same name. We have some beautiful folk from Hot Feet with Pine Needle Blues from their recent Songs for the Shed session (also check out … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Yukon Blonde || Cat Martino || Hot Feet || The Blackhearts
The press ‘blurb’ we receive at MM can often be, as you might imagine, somewhat repetitive. The Arcade Fire and Fleet Foxes references seem still to be de rigueur as it were – whether it bears any resemblance to the music or not. Not so with JP Whipple… “Things had gone to black. The money ran out. Prospects were grim. I was (and probably still am…) … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…JP Whipple
“I was drunk in a bar in Austin, but I could of sworn it was in Seattle” So starts Road Song, the opening track on Quiet Holler’s forthcoming debut album I Am The Morning, and while it clocks in at less than two minutes it is clear that this is going to be a record with tales to tell. A record of extremes – of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Quiet Hollers
Here is an animated video of eggs committing various murders and other violent acts to the tune of The Scintillas Say What You Like. We also have Harry George Johns’ new video for Tie Your Own Noose featuring a street preacher having a revelation of his own, and some classic space-rock psychedelia with accompanying b&w movie monsters from Ride Into The Sun. Lastly watch the video … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Scintillas || Harry George Johns || Ride Into The Sun || Straw Bear
The Oyster Murders will be releasing Lost to the Birds as a single. Originally available on the US version of their album Winter of the Electric Sun, the song originally started out with an acoustic guitar and an ambient chorus which contained the title lyrics. They ended up taking these lyrics out of the chorus when they started singing a more upfront melody in rehearsal. … Continue reading New Single From The Oyster Murders
We’re a bit late to the party with this, but what the heck, Videotape by Ghost Carriage Phantoms is as good a piece of off-kilter, freakout pop as you’re going to hear in a long while. Frankly it was too good not to post even if Ghost Carriage Phantoms released their debut album The Boy Lives back in November. Continue reading MM Shorts 323: Ghost Carriage Phantoms
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