Apparently Kurt Vile is a real name and not a simply a made up pop star moniker, which meant from an early age the chap only had two career choices – musician or pantomime villain. Thankfully he went for music and last year’s spacey, psychedelia tinged Childish Prodigy was a fave of MM’s. Now he is back with a new EP titled Square Shells which is … Continue reading New from Kurt Vile
A while ago we posted Settler’s Song by a New York duo called Uncles. Over the past few weeks the play count on this one has just gone up and up, and we’ve grown to truly love the track – lyrically you’d be hard pressed to find a more literate or engaging song so far this year. Their album Replacing Words With Other Words is … Continue reading Our favourite Uncles return…
In support of their forthcoming US tour, melodic psychedelic rockers Morningbell have released a new track from 2009’s excellent Sincerely Severely album. The album is the band’s best, most mature work yet. The breadth of influences, lyrically and musically, is vast. From Haitian proverbs (Dancing in the Jaws of a Lion) to the Book of Revelation (Soul Ma’am) to abstract art (Hello, Dali) to American … Continue reading New track from Morningbell
Outlaster is the title of seminal American singer / songwriter Nina Nastasia’s first album in three years Recorded once more with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Nina engaged Los Angeles musician and arranger Paul Bryan to adapt her songs into a score for a small orchestra. Burnished with lustrous horns and reeds bolstered by a string ensemble, the record marks a distinct shift … Continue reading New album from Nina Nastasia
The Shabby Rogue album By Hook And By Crook has proven to be one of our unexpected delights of the year so far. From the surf-stomp riffage of first single My Life As A Secret Agent to the southern Rock feel of The Mountain, the whole album delivers in spades. They have a new single from the album, Old Man due out on June 7th (available … Continue reading New single from Shabby Rogue
So apparently our authorised posts, our freely available mp3s (usually supplied by a record label or a PR company) were falling foul of the new draconian Google Blogspot rules – with no room for negotiation. So here we are starting again. A year’s work and effort, and a year’s great music wiped. Are we downhearted. Too right we are. But Mrs Mackerel says don’t give … Continue reading We’re Back…
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