In the spring of 2012, The World War 1’s released their first full length, The Bite and The Boogie. We have only just got hold of it, but it has grabbed our attention with its full-on uptempo blend of garage-punk, surf-rock, rockabilly echoes and mighty fine songwriting. They are currently recording our second full length which is due out in October of this year. Visit their … Continue reading Introducing >>> The World War 1’s
Criminal Hygiene are releasing a third single, Alan, I’m In Love, off their debut LP, CRMNL HYGNE (buy it here via Small Smile Records). The track (along with Grady Get Angry) may well be our favourite from the album. It is a self-loathing number that bass player and songwriter, James Pratley Watson explains, “is a song about thinking you’re in love with someone, and then … Continue reading More From Criminal Hygiene
Chris T Popper reviews Strand of Oaks at St. Pancras Old Church, London, Friday 22nd February 2013 Apparently the oldest place of Christian worship in England (it has believed to have existed since AD 316) St Pancras Old Church in central London was a beguiling if somewhat confusing venue for a music gig. Convinced we were in the wrong place we had almost turned to … Continue reading Live Review: Strand Of Oaks
Brave Baby is an indie rock band from Charleston, South Carolina. Their debut album Forty Bells, which was released last month on the Hearts & Plugs label, centres on the long-lost-but-never-forgotten feelings discovered in childhood and early encounters with love. Vocally it brings to mind the arresting urgency and honesty found in the voice of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. It is backed by solid, propulsive timekeeping and some … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Brave Baby
Taken from the forthcoming release White Mountain by Úlfur, So Very Strange, features enchanting vocals by Alexandra Sauser-Monnig of Mountain Man. Continue reading MM Shorts 322: Úlfur
Videos to enjoy today come from Scarlett Parade and their acoustic version of the achingly beautiful Call The Waves, (then click through on the Soundcloud link to grab a download of the equally good March of the Fallen). We have rootsy Americana from Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer with a video for a stunning live version of their standout track Serotiny (May Our Music), then … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Scarlett Parade || Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer || Valerie June || Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
Lapland, the engrossing and introspective folky project of Josh Mease, has made another track available from his self-titled debut album, which is due out at the end of March. Mixing styles from electronica to jazz, soul and indie, this track Where Did It Go? is a sweetly hypnotic strum in classic Fleetwood Mac style. See our previous post featuring Lapland here. Continue reading MM Shorts 321: More From Lapland
We’re not quite sure what to make of this by Aan…the more we play it the more we like it, but it kicks off like a weird slice of freak folk before morphing into something much more edgy and direct yet still with an experimental feel. Then just as abruptly it becomes like a nightmare nursery rhyme and then… Well just listen and make your … Continue reading MM Shorts 320: Aan
Watch a brilliant video from Field Report to accompany their track I Am Not Waiting Anymore, Crushed Beak’s new video for their track Breakdown, and Esmé Patterson’s video for My Young Man featuring another MM fave in Nathaniel Rateliff. Finally we have the soaring indie-pop of Scottish six piece The Maginot Band and their new video for recent single Sombre Fayre. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Field Report || Crushed Beaks || Esmé Patterson || The Maginot Band
We start with apologies aplenty for the lack of interesting and cogent words to accompany this post of many new, and excellent tunes. We are regularly afflicted by an internal conflict as to whether we use our time to write the original, erudite prose some of the songs we are sent deserve (as many of the much better, and smarter blogs than ours do), but … Continue reading MM’s (Slightly Lazy) Friday Round Up
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