Alcohol soaked, southern Gothic murder ballads are the order of the day from Rhubarb Whiskey and their new album Cautionary Tales. Stories are told with a flourish and a touch of the theatrical using mandolin, guitar, accordion, fiddle and upright bass. Mixing classic American folk songs with a gypsy punk ethic works wonderfully well and chief among the highlights is a unique tale of bears and … Continue reading Introducing…Rhubarb Whiskey
We have already posted about the Buffalo Killers and their brilliant blend of retro blues swagger and fuzzed up psychedelia that made up recent album 3. Now they’ve offered up a previously unreleased outtake from the album sessions – Love Is Gold is another tasty slab of quivering riffed up rock’n’roll. You can buy the album, in various vinyl colours, by clicking here. Download The … Continue reading More From The Buffalo Killers
MM faves, Jersey’s Roadside Graves release their new LP We Can Take Care of Ourselves, inspired by S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, today via Autumn Tone Records. We’ve already given you a taste through the superb Love Me More, and to mark the album release the band have made a second track, Double Feature available for your edification and enjoyment. Buy the album here. Download The … Continue reading Roadside Graves Album Out Today
Seeing The Pack A.D. tearing up a tiny venue at SxSW in 2009 was one of the loudest, and most exhilarating gigs I have ever seen, or heard. And to this day Don’t Have To Like You remains one of my favourite songs. So thanks to the good folk Citizen Dick we discovered today that they have a new album Unpersons in the pipeline and have … Continue reading New Album From The Pack A.D.
Carter Tanton (formerly known as Tulsa and current member of Lower Dens) has announced details of his forthcoming full-length, Freeclouds on Western Vinyl. Slated for a November 1st release, the album marks four years since his celebrated Tulsa EP, I Was Submerged, and features the enchanting vocals of MM fave, Boston dream-folk artist Marissa Nadler. In anticipation of the LP, he has released his first single, … Continue reading Introducing…Carter Tanton
Fingers of the Sun are a 6 piece psych-pop group from Denver that loves communism, but prefers to sing about sunny days, lovely loves and introspective introspections. They just finished a music video for The Leaves were so Green, a track off their debut album, and will soon be embarking on a tour of the Midwest. Its a sunny slice of psych-pop focusing on the … Continue reading Fingers Of The Sun – Video
We have to confess that, although they are a favourite of Scottish Kate’s, we’ve never been too enthusiastic about Scottish indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks. This is probably the reason we’ve been a bit slow about getting round to playing their new track Act On Impulse, which precedes new album In The Pit Of The Stomach (out on October 3rd via FatCat). So better … Continue reading We Were Promised Jetpacks – New Song
Recently we posted St. Vincent’s visceral live version of Black Flag’s classic Kerosene. As part of a Tom Waits Rain Dogs tribute St. Vincent tackled Big Black Mariah at the Barbican. Watch it and then compare the two below – both are brilliant. a Download St. Vincent – Big Black Mariah mp3 (live at Rain Dogs Revisited at The Barbican) Download St. Vincent – Kerosene (live) mp3 (Big Black cover) Continue reading St. Vincent – Another Cover
MM’s brother, Uncle Mite, followed his (ill-advised) Marillion phase (Dilly Dilly) with a sustained dabble in the gothic world of The Cure, The Mission (also guilty m’Lud) and perhaps worst of all, the growling, flour covered, wild west Morricone look of Fields Of The Nephilim (unusual for the staid, new town of Stevenage in Herts). So Columboid may well be the answer to his long-forgotten … Continue reading Columboid Scratch A Forgotten Goth Itch
Portland bluesy rock duo, Bear & Moose’s will release their debut double album Bear/Moose on November 8th. The 24 tunes on Bear/Moose, which are steeped in blues, psychedelia, punk, folk, prog rock and garage band excess cover a lot of musical and emotional ground. First single, I’m Back captures the rush derived from jumping back into life with renewed vigour – vibrant guitar, simple percussion and tambourine … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bear & Moose
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