We have to confess that Kitten Grenade first caught our attention only because of a show they were playing with The Sad Bastard Book Club, a band who once (long ago) wrote a most excellent short story about MM, in which gratifyingly we died. Anyway, turns out Kitten Grenade are a duo providing a most engaging brand of ukelele led, melancholy tinged minimalist indie-pop. Rather … Continue reading Introducing >>> Kitten Grenade
Start the week with videos to contrast and compare from Big Harp, Future History, Drenge and Young Aviators. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Big Harp || Future History || Drenge || Young Aviators
Beggin’ On My Knees is the lead single from Fly My Pretties’ recently released album, The Homeland Recordings. It is six minutes of high octane infectious, rockabilly groove that will even get your grandma out of her seat and shakin’ her thang! Order from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 508: Fly My Pretties
Kent, Ohio based indie-folk band The Speedbumps spent six days at a cabin in the woods of Pennsylvania recording their latest album The Harbors We Seek. What the band lost in the isolation of a studio, it gained in the warmth and natural sound of the cabin where they recorded the album. Tracks on The Harbors We Seek even feature creaking floorboards, birds chirping outside the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Speedbumps
HeadShy have released a debut triple-EP, La Belle Epoque that consists of The Head Chord, which has an acoustic quality, The Heart Chord, which has a trip hop quality, and The Base Chord, which is simply bigger and more complex. Confused? Don’t be, just immerse yourself into the airy, space-rock drift, aural psychedelia and ambient dream-pop stylings that make up this intriguing release. Buy here. . . Continue reading Introducing >>> HeadShy
The dark-hearted gothic-country of Black Hay makes a welcome return with the release of forthcoming single, I Feel Something. It is the first single from forthcoming debut album Romantic Music For Perverts and delivers a pleasingly ominous countrified twang amidst appropriately lusty lyrics. Imagine if you will the Kills playing the Moonlite Bunnyranch in Nevada… I Feel Something is out, ironically enough, on Valentine’s Day, … Continue reading MM Shorts 507: Black Hay
Alana Amram & The Rough Gems will be releasing a new album, Spring River, on March 4 via Kingswood Records. First taste, Should I Go Now is the kind of classic country tune that conjures up images of heartbroken, wayward souls sipping on bottles of beer at the nearest hole-in-the-wall. Needless to say we like it very much indeed! Have a listen, especially if you are … Continue reading Alana Amram & The Rough Gems – Should I Go Now
Sleepy Sun have made regular appearances on MM over the past few months and Outside is the latest track to come from forthcoming new album Maui Tears. It is a seamless collision of dovetailed fuzz riffage and laconic, primordial stoner ooze. Weirdly it makes us think of Phosphorescent fronting Pink Floyd…whatever, it is one heck of a tune! Pre-order the album here. . Continue reading More From Sleepy Sun
LA based rock n rollers Rainbow Jackson have a new six-track EP, Perpetual Summer, coming on February 18th, and they have premiered the first single, Nightcrawler. It is a excellent slab of prickly, edgy indie rock that has echoes of Deer Tick through to Speedy Ortiz, which we think you’ll agree is a most promising combination. Watch the video for another of the EP’s tracks Psycho … Continue reading Introducing >>> Rainbow Jackson
Some cracking videos for you today from Hurray for the Riff Raff, John Grant, The Grisly Hand Have Gun Will Travel, and the excellently named Radar Men From The Moon. . . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Hurray for the Riff Raff || John Grant || The Grisly Hand || Have Gun Will Travel || Radar Men From The Moon
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