This time last year we were excited by Middle Brother, the indie ‘supergroup’ of sorts that featured Deer Tick, Delta Spirit, and Dawes. This year it is Diamond Rugs, another indie supergroup of sorts and this time featuring representatives from Deer Tick, the Black Lips, Dead Confederate, Los Lobos and Six Finger Satellite. The common denominator being Deer Tick’s John McCauley. We loved their festive release, … Continue reading New From Diamond Rugs
It is time for us to offer up eight more new songs for your listening pleasure. We have a Madonna cover from Magic Wands, and a Nirvana cover from Dive. We have tracks from garage rockers Black Lips, garage-pop from The Creepy Crawlies and some fuzzy indie jangle from The Memories. Tiger High keep up the overriding theme of the day with some truly excellent garage-psych … Continue reading Wednesday Means Eight More Of The Best
Back in December we posted about Cardiff based noiseniks My Pet Monster and as we drove past same said city yesterday it seemed appropriate that we should post about their new five track EP Trudy Superstar. It is available now via their Bandcamp page for the princely sum of £3 – or you can download a free taste below if you fancy it. a Continue reading The Return Of My Pet Monster
We’ve long had a soft spot for Canadian indie rockers Wintersleep. Resuscitate is an intriguing first taste from forthcoming release Hello Hum, which is due to see the light of day on June 12th. Download Wintersleep – Resuscitate mp3 (from Hello Hum) Continue reading Free Download From Wintersleep
We’re really enjoying Saints, the single from Little Legend’s forthcoming self-titled EP. It is as good a slice of full-on, no holds barred, heart-on-its-sleeve indie rock as we’ve heard in a long time. A band to to keep eyes and ears on… Download Little Legend – Saints mp3 (from Little Legend) Continue reading MM Shorts 137: Little Legend
We first came across A Silent Film supporting Barry-Sean’s faves Echo & The Bunnymen at the Carling Academy in Oxford. Then again at Truck Festival when oldest Mackerel sprat purchased a A Silent Film T-Shirt (or more accurately had one purchased for him). They are yet another product of Oxford’s ever fertile music scene, and have a new album titled Sand & Snow due out … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> A Silent Film
Communist Daughter’s excellent 2010 release Soundtrack To The End seemed to get overlooked for some reason and didn’t receive the pandits and acclaim it perhaps should have at the time. The album has been re-released on limited edition white vinyl and is available from Insound here. Grab yourself the relentlessly catchy and upbeat folky strum of Not The Kid. Download Communist Daughter – Not The … Continue reading MM Shorts 136: Communist Daughter
We have posted before about the haunting, fragile beauty of White Pines hushed folky tones. Joseph Scott is the heart of the band and having swapped the wilderness of Michigan and the non-stop hustle of New York city, he is now making Akron, Ohio and its associated hardships and desolation his home. New EP Plume of Ash will be released on Yer Bird Records … Continue reading New EP From White Pines
We have posted a number of times about Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters and their outstanding latest album of sometimes fragile, sometimes eerie, sometimes warped and sometimes wistful Americana. This is the fourth single from Lungs, Dirts & Dreams and is titled Restless Roads End. It is a more muscular track, a song that slowly stretches, flexes and simmers over five minutes while the band keep … Continue reading More From Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters
Having seen his brothers (and former bandmates) in Birmingham not much more than three weeks ago, last night it was the turn of eldest Felice brother, Simone, playing at the start of his lengthy UK tour at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern. Simone Felice is a songwriter of rare talents, someone who has experienced considerable highs and lows in his relatively short career and whose two close … Continue reading Live Review: Simone Felice
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