Our regular weekend collection… this week seven new releases gathered for your edification and listening pleasure. Enjoy. Beach House – Elegy To The Void The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Laid (James cover) Soldiers of Fortune – Campus Swagger Coromandelles – New Ordain Palm Honey – Bewitched Sea Pinks – Depth Of Field Sune Rose Wagner – Donna (Richie Valens cover) … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Cave Singers and Lightning Dust have been two mainstays of Mad Mackerel over the years, so when we discovered that Cavies guitarist Derek Fudesco and the Dusties vocalist Amber Webber had combined as Kodiak Deathbeds we were more than just excited. Their self-titled debut album is an absolute gem of acoustic, fingerpicked folk and hauntingly beautiful vocals. It is available from Bandcamp here, and … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 18: Kodiak Deathbeds
Worn Out Skin is the newest album from Annabelle’s Curse, a genre-busting five-piece alternative folk band that deftly sways from haunting and ethereal melody to unflinching and unforgettable rhythm and riffs. Place them in whatever genre you will, but it is perhaps simplest to say that they are true originals, offering a beguiling blend of folk, bluegrass, and even rock. Have a listen to Lovedrunk Desperadoes and … Continue reading MM Shorts 787: Annabelle’s Curse
Quiet Hollers’ new album is one we’ve been looking forward to immensely and it is officially out today (available to buy via Bandcamp). To mark the occasion, the band has shared a new video for Aviator Shades, reminiscent of the early 90s golden age of MTV, it is one of the earlier singles, and the opening track on their self-titled new release. Watch it … Continue reading New Video: Quiet Hollers – Aviator Shades
Savages are back with a new song, a new video and in January a new album, Adore Life (pre-order here). Watch the video for The Answer here. Continue reading New Video: Savages – The Answer
Denver’s In The Whale are a high energy two-piece rock band making no-nonsense, balls-to-the-wall rock songs since forming the band in 2011. Today they release Neighbor, their two-song digital single out via Red Bull Sound Select. Listen to both tracks below – we’re particularly loving the heavy, hard hitting Pray for the Prey. Continue reading Introducing >>> In The Whale
After a bit of a gap due to too much life interrupting, we’re back with instalment 6 of Nickel In The Jukebox. Ten new songs, you decide how good they are… Miners – Better Instincts [RIYL: Folk-rock, Lord Huron, The Head And The Heart] Futurekids – White Girl In A Wu-Tang Shirt [RIYL: Indie-rock, Wilco, Jenny Lewis] . PROM – I’ll Teach You [RIYL: … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 6)
One of the founding fathers of neo-psych back in 2000, Singapore Sling, are back with a new album, the appropriately named Psych Fuck out (just as appropriately) on Friday 13th November. Their seventh album, it is a dark and noisy exploration of rock ‘n’ roll that would make a fitting soundtrack for James Dean’s death car – bouncy go-go rhythms are overlaid with dark and noisy shoegaze … Continue reading MM Shorts 786: Singapore Sling
In January, Shearwater will release Jet Plane and Oxbow, their new full-length studio album, on CD, double LP and digital download via Sub Pop (pe-order here). Spanning the range from racing synths and hammered dulcimers all the way through to addled motorik rhythms, it promises to be both their biggest and loudest and also their most intricate and detailed record to date. Have a listen … Continue reading New From Shearwater
Finding a sweet spot between floor-shaking rhythms, hard-hitting strings, soulful vocals, shimmering synth beats and just a hint of twang, New York’s Imaginary People will release their debut full-length album entitled Dead Letterbox on November 20th. Check out lead track She Is below. Continue reading MM Shorts 785: Imaginary People
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