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Alternative, Indie, Music, Post Punk, Rock

Evans The Death – Suitcase Jimmy

London five piece Evans the Death have announced Vanilla, their most ambitious and experimental album to date that sees the band veer in a more adventurous direction: ever more aggressive, extroverted and raw. Check out the first track from it below. Suitcase Jimmy has a no wave party vibe, a semi-improvised portrait of a fictional down-at-heel actor built around a Wilko Johnson-ish guitar part. Vanilla is out on the … Continue reading Evans The Death – Suitcase Jimmy

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MM Shorts 847: Posture

We featured surf-rockers from the semi-fictional Sour Coast Posture in our last Nickel In The Jukebox post with the reverb cloaked guitars of single I Just Can’t Wait To See My Girl. We’ve been playing it a lot here at MM Towers and now we the b-side for you. This is  Dreamin’ – a far more retrained number that finds the four-piece in a simmering and sentimental mood. … Continue reading MM Shorts 847: Posture

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Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It’s that time again…our regular round-up of rollicking (and not-so-rollicking) new tunes from the previous seven days. This time we have the welcome return of Cass McCombs alongside the infectious psych-rock of White Room, the scrappy, confrontational punk of MOURN and the new collaboration between Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando, folksinger Marciana Jones and the wonderful Willy Mason called TSP plus six more. Have fun. Cass … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde Revisited

As this month’s free CD, Mojo magazine are giving away another one of their excellent cover versions of a classic album – this time Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde is revisited in all its glory. Amongst the delights on offer are Steve Gunn taking on Visions of Johanna, Marissa Nadler’s fabulous version of Absolutely Sweet Marie and Night Beats’ tackling Obviously Five Believers. Other artists … Continue reading Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde Revisited

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Health&Beauty

Health&Beauty have signed to Wichita Recordings, who will release their sixth full-length studio album, No Scare on the 5th August. The Chicago-based three-piece have shared the first cut from their new record, a track entitled Wartime. The original version of the song featured a lyric and melody borrowed from Neil Young’s Hey Babe (from American Stars and Bars) but they could not get consent to use it … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Health&Beauty

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Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 18)

Still wading through a massive backlog of high calibre new tunes. Here are ten more of all shapes and sizes for you to check up on and decide hit or miss…   Mud Howlers – Magic Place  [RIYL: Desert-Blues, Led Zeppelin, Richie Valens ]   Mark McGowan – Fugazi  [RIYL: Soulful country, Johnny Cash, Otis Redding]   Casper Skulls – Mink Coats  [RIYL: Noise-punk, Screaming Females, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 18)

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Welcome Back… Howling Owls

It is nearly five years since we have heard from Howling Owls, still one of our favourite ever discoveries in the ten years of MM. A hugely underrated band, we thought Florida’s finest had slipped back into the everglades… So it was quite a surprise, and an unexpected pleasure to get a short e-mail announcing a new single with the typically excellent title Same Circus, … Continue reading Welcome Back… Howling Owls

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Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It can never be seen as a bad week when you have brand new songs from Okkervil River and the Low Anthem to share. And not only that, we have seven other new tunes for you as well from the likes of Father John Misty, Psychic Ills and The Gotobeds. Dig in. Okkervil River – Okkervil River R.I.P. The Low Anthem – The Pepsi Moon Father John Misty – … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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The Great Escape – Day 3

A final day building up the step count trudging between venues. This time choosing to start at a free all day gig at Bleach which was not an official GE event, and was nearly 3,000 steps away, but worth it all the same for Nots and Nap Eyes. The former, a blistering all-female foursome from Tennessee, peeled what paint was left from the walls and the … Continue reading The Great Escape – Day 3

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