What else is there to do on a cold, windswept evening on the eastern streets of Oxford, but to head down to a temporary gig space/arts centre just off the Cowley Road. The Old Bookbinders (not to be mistaken with its namesake over in Jericho) is a bit like gate-crashing a student house party: fairy lights, garlands and bunting, old sofas, chairs, and a smattering … Continue reading Heavenly Recordings Showcase: Live Review
Moon Duo have finally released details of their debut album titled Mazes. It will be out on the 18th April on Souterrain Transmissions. We have the title track for you here, and this record is a must for any fans of psychedelia, drone-rock, stoner riffage or anything similar. Featuring the not inconsiderable talents of Sanae Yamada and Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson it promises to be … Continue reading Moon Duo Announce Debut LP
We’ve posted a couple of times about the new album from The Asteroid #4. Hail To The Clear Figurines is the sixth album by these Philly psychonauts and is officially released today. To mark the occasion the band have made a new track available for free, and it is one of our stand-out favourites from the record. Album opener Wicked Wire may only be just over two minutes … Continue reading The Asteroid #4 release new album today
The label Swill Children sent us a couple of releases recently. One, a 7″ split between Brooklyn based Hunters and Montreal based Dead Wife is proving increasingly popular here at MM. Hunters are charged with wild energy, hailing from Brooklyn, NY and led by the duo singers/guitarists, Derek Watson and Isabel Ibsen. The tribal beat and brilliant riff on Deadbeat is a perfect combination of … Continue reading Introducing…Hunters
Still giddy and intoxicated from our Wooden Wand interview (see yesterday’s post) we sat down to watch a quality night of live music, and we weren’t to be disappointed. First to take the stage was Alisia Casper, who gave us some great English tinged folk tunes sung with a sublime, haunting voice. Next up was Conquering Animal Sound, When electronica like this is done live … Continue reading Wooden Wand: Live Review
In common with many other folk who have music blogs, there are certain words that you pick out when a song or album arrives in your in-box. The truth is some like “remix”, “electro”, “synth-pop”, “house”, “drum & bass”, and similar are unlikely to make it to the top of our pile anytime soon – not because they’re necessarily bad, not by any means, it … Continue reading Introducing…Old Death Whisper
Upon your first listen to this record you may think that you’ve just stumbled onto some lost nugget from 1968. The Paperhead take their name from a lyric in July’s golden-age psychedelic single My Clown, and while the record may have a vintage sound, it was written and recorded in the summer of 2010 by three 18 year old kids from Nashville, Tennessee. Neo-psych fans … Continue reading Introducing…The Paperhead
Last week we were lucky enough (in our eyes) to have James Jackson Toth, aka Wooden Wand play a couple of dates in the UK. Although for various reasons the London dates fell through, Christy-Popper and Dr Roddy headed up North to York to catch him live and to have a chat with one of MM’s all time favourite performers. Arriving in York after a … Continue reading An Interview with Wooden Wand
On Saturday we streamed Get Older by Tom Williams & The Boat, which is rapidly becoming our tune of the year so far. So we were delighted to see that they have just produced a video to accompany the song. You can buy the EP, and pre-order the forthcoming album from their website here. Continue reading Tom Williams & The Boat: Get Older Video
Creepoid is a great name for a band. However, a name is not enough…if you’re called Creepoid you need tunes to fit with the moniker, and most importantly, tunes that are of a style and content that allow you to live up to the name. Thankfully, they more than deliver on both counts. Following on from their debut 7″ last year (Yellow Life Giver) comes … Continue reading Introducing…Creepoid
The Mad Mackerel 