Waxahatchee’s forthcoming album is titled Out In The Storm and this track Never Been Wrong opens the record. Powerful stuff too, built on a grungey 90s guitar riff and full on percussion, it tells the tale of a disintegrating relationship with unflinching, unsparing lyrics. A break-up anthem par excellence. Stream it below. Continue reading New From Waxahatchee
We’re a little late to this one, but having heard The Garden Is Overgrown yesterday on 6 Music decided it was well worth sharing for anyone else that had yet to come across this gem of cascading indie jangle from Isle of Wight based duo Champs. Stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 952: Champs
The lush, melancholy world of Monk Parker is located in the dark, hidden places of America. Empty midday honky-tonks, fogbound north-woods diners, and the shadowy, aging cinemas, libraries & museums wherein Saul Leiter, David Lynch, Bruno Schulz, Anselm Kiefer, Dennis Johnson and Wong Kar Wei yet reside… these are his natural home. Parker’s sophomore effort Crown of Sparrows is due to be released August 4th … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Monk Parker
We’ve already posted a couple of cracking tunes from Swedish indie band Mount Song that absorb some lovely touches of psychedelia, folk and even on this latest track Rocket Ride a soupçon of classic 90s grunge. Fans of bands from the Flaming Lips to Grandaddy will definitely find something to like here. It comes from their self-titled debut which dropped last Friday via Suncave Recordings. Continue reading Mount Song – Rocket Ride
We’ve become big fans of Big Thief and the latest track to be shared from upcoming album Capacity (out June 9th on Saddle Creek), is Mary. It is one of the most beautiful songs drawn from their forthcoming record. Simply gorgeous. mom and dad and violins somber country silence the needle stopped the kicking the clothes pins on the floor and my heart is playing hide and … Continue reading Big Thief – Mary
Mutual Benefit, the folk project led by songwriter Jordan Lee, will release a full album cover of Vashti Bunyan’s storied 1970 debut album Just Another Diamond Day on 23rd June exclusively via Turntable Kitchen’s SOUNDS DELICIOUS vinyl subscription series. You can listen to two tracks, Jog Along Bess and Glow Worms, both of which have a wonderfully understated and reverential feel that give them a real … Continue reading Mutual Benefit Cover Vashti Bunyan’s Just Another Diamond Day
We’re loving the sunny strum and cosmic Americana of Won’t Keep Me Up At Night, a track from Sun Seeker’s debut EP Biddeford which will see a release on Third Man Records. The EP explores nostalgia, melancholy, and emotional turmoil via laid-back psychedelia pollinated with tight harmonies, classic folk songcraft, and country rock spirit. It is an ageless approach that is simultaneously archetypal, but unlike many others in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sun Seeker
Originally a country gospel group, the marvellously named Kneeling Drunkards are a five piece Brooklyn band playing original Americana that has its roots in traditional country (always a little twang in there somewhere), but with a few modern twists from the world of rock’n’roll. Listen to The Joke’s On Me below. Continue reading MM Shorts 951: The Kneeling Drunkards
Guantanamo Baywatch – Video Slaid Cleaves – Drunken Barbers Hand The Districts – If Before I Wake Marika Hackman – Cigarette The Orielles – I Only Bought It For The Bottle TOPS – Further Muertos – Spin Tom Williams – Get High Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Stockholm quartet Les Big Byrd are back with new music after a two year absence with their new single Two Man Gang, via Stockholm label PNKSLM Recordings. It is a pop inspired piece of cinematic krautrock that builds up to a wholly satisfying coda…stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 950: Les Big Byrd
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