Brink of the Clouds is the title of a new UK compilation of indie, alternative and lo-fi acts due out on September 20th on Art Is Hard Records. It features nine tracks from bands in the south west, amongst them the excellent Desert Dessert by Colours which we have previously posted on MM. Other bands featured include Dutch Husband, They That Cried Wolf, and True Swamp Neglect amongst … Continue reading New Brink of the Clouds compilation
Here at MM we always have a soft spot for good new singer-songwriters and we have another one for you today. Utah Green is a troubadour and underground poet, and has just released her debut album via label The Royal Potato Family. The songs on ForTune are full of gorgeous natural imagery of mountains, rivers and valleys and injected with a bold sense of humour … Continue reading Introducing…Utah Green
White Dress are led by vocalist Arum Rae and hail from Austin, Texas – she describes her music as lounge Country and noir rock and lists Mark Lanegan as a major influence…a combination that was more than enough to pique our interest. We have been listening to their self-titled EP which can make for some wonderfully tense listening – the songs are taut and quivering with … Continue reading Introducing…White Dress
We Are Animal (another Welsh band, see yesterdays post on the awesome White Noise Movement) release their second single, Black Magic, on September 13th (preceding debut album Idolise out a week later) and it is quite simply ace (as we used to say in the playground). It is a catchy song, very catchy, but has an enormous amount going on that all seems to fit … Continue reading Introducing…We Are Animal
Already Mrs M is getting highly excited about the forthcoming Mumford & Sons gig in Hammersmith in October. So when we came across their cover of the White Lies track Unfinished Business we thought it would be churlish to keep it to ourselves…a dark, gloomy goth-rock anthem turned into a banjo led folksong… It is from a recent trip to Australia and a session they … Continue reading Mumford & Sons Cover White Lies
We’ve already posted Tweak Bird’s superb A Sun Ahh Ahh, which is certain to feature in our end of year Best Of list. Now the Illinois based brothers have made a second track available for free download in advanced of their self titled album which is released on August 30th. Lights In Lines is another excellent example of their space travelled themed psych-rock and further … Continue reading More from Tweak Bird
We’re absolutely loving this sonic blast of intense, hypnotic pyschedelic rock from Welsh sextet White Noise Sound. It comes from their debut self-titled album (out on 21st September) and it is no surprise to discover the band had assistance with the record from no less than Pete Kember (Spacemen 3, Spectrum etc.) and Cian Ciaran from Super Furry Animals. Lead track is Sunset and from … Continue reading Introducing…White Noise Sound
We’ve been away for most of the past two weeks and relying on forward scheduling posts for the most part, but it means we’ve missed out on some of the more recent releases. So a first quick trawl through the in box has picked out these three for you. First up is Glitter, the first single from the forthcoming No Age album Everything In Between. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Post-Holiday Round Up
Sleep All Day Records is one of those small indie labels that it is always a pleasure to receive stuff from. It doesn’t come often, nor with oodles of PR bumf, but invariably Craig at the label picks some cracking tunes and lets them talk for themselves. And so it is with these latest releases. We have two tracks for you – infectious punk pop … Continue reading New Releases from Sleep All Day Records
Well, the family shoal is spread far and wide this Friday 13th, with me and the two youngest visiting friends in Switzerland, and MM plus the eldest in the more tropical climes of Morocco looking for wildlife, mainly of the scaly kind. I find August quite a strange month, and possibly one of my least favourites, aside from the welcome family time. (I know there’s … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
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