Goodbye Labrador’s new EP A Thousand Times Before was released this week and is an other-worldly, guitar-driven collection of skilfully textured melodies and thoughtful lyrics that belie the band’s relative infancy – this is only their second release. Try the darkly beautiful and sombre Memoir from the EP, and buy the whole thing from their Bandcamp page here. a Continue reading MM Shorts 204: Goodbye, Labrador
We’re a bit late to the party, but Brooklyn’s Railbird is a musical collective featuring a stunningly talented cast of multi-instrumentalists led by lead vocalist Sarah K. Pedinotti, whose haunting voice has drawn apt comparisons to luminaries including Bjork and Kate Bush. Their unique blend of experimental psych-pop has found a home with fans of Grizzly Bear, the Dirty Projectors and Massive Attack all of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Railbird
Here are six crackerjack new tunes for you. No messing – everyone a winner! Kicking us off in fine style are the reverb loving, fuzzed up, drone psych specialists Moon Duo with Sleepwalker from the upcoming Circles long player, and the Wavves contribution to the Adult Swim Singles Programme, Hippies Is Punks. We have some stunning, woozy, heroin-pop brilliance in the shape of the Lollipops, which comes from … Continue reading Wednesday Means Six of the Best
Wisconsin’s excellently spooky Americana duo Blessed Feathers return with a new release, Peaceful Beasts In An Ocean Of Weeds on 9th October. It will be available as hand-numbered, limited-edition digital vinyl discs and all pre-orders of the album will receive a free copy of the new Summer/Fall 2012 issue of frontman Donivan Berube’s literary zine, Sleeping in a Torn Quilt / Dreaming of Gold. The forthcoming issue … Continue reading New From Blessed Feathers
San Francisco’s Philistines wonderfully mangled pop takes well established songwriting rules and gleefully contorts them into something entirely new until they either give in, or shatter into musical shrapnel. Drums, melodic and addictive. Bass, propulsive and charging at one moment, quiet and claustrophobic the next. Guitars, spiraling leads transformed into gnarled ditties that zigged when they wanted to zag. Sour notes linger, until that note no … Continue reading Introducing >>> Philistines
Conner Youngblood has released a new ‘single’ from forthcoming album Sketches Pt. 2, which is released on the 28th August. It is our first real introduction to him, and The Warpath is a imaginative blend of folk and electronics that combine into a genre-bending, ultra-smooth whole, topped off by his laid-back nonchalant vocal that fits the mood perfectly. Grab it below. Visit his Facebook page … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Conner Youngblood
Ghost Wave is a rock ‘n roll band from Auckland, New Zealand. Inspired by skate vids, persian rugs and the music of Little Richard. 2012 will see the release of an eponymous EP on August 21st, via +1 Records. A debut full-length is slated for release in 2013. Well, so far so good. What that doesn’t tell you is what a damn fine band Ghost … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ghost Wave
American folkies Dark Dark Dark will release their new album Who Needs Who on 1st October in the UK via Melodic. They will also be heading out on a big UK tour in support. Single, and taster track Tell Me is a gorgeously melancholic, piano led lament for a lost lover and bodes extremely well for the full album. Have a listen, check the tour … Continue reading New Album & Tour From Dark Dark Dark
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