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Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> Patrick Kinsley & A Fistful Of Dollars

Taking his cues from the greats such as Merle Haggard right through to southern rocking legends like the Drive-By Truckers, Patrick Kinsley & A Fistful Of Dollars play outlaw folk and country that is shot through with a raw, burning integrity. These are blue collar stories of truck drivers and bartenders, too much whiskey and too little luck, bad choices and good intentions, hopeful long odds and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Patrick Kinsley & A Fistful Of Dollars

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> The Treacherous French

The Treacherous French are an eclectic rock band hailing from all corners of the San Francisco Bay Area. Their newest collection of music is a recently released self-titled debut full-length album, which spans the band’s range of indie folk, alt-country, and alternative rock. With influences including The Head and The Heart, The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, and Of Monsters and Men, we are particularly enamoured of … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Treacherous French

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Post Punk

Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> Slow Riot

Brooding post-punk trio, Slow Riot, are releasing their debut single, City Of Culture, via Straight Lines Are Fine on the 10th July. A three minute blast of angular, relentless, chiming guitars and half spoken / half shouted vocals, the song is a sardonic paean to the cultural status their native Limerick was awarded in 2014. Its a more unorthodox take than usual in an overcrowded … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> Slow Riot

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Alternative, Americana, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Another From Lady Bones

Having shared a couple of tracks last month from Lady Bones’ upcoming long player of self-described ‘ugly pop’ titled Dying, we now have a third tune of skewed Americana and dissonant indie rock from it to share with you. Stay is a break up song, a discordant, unhappy break up song. A break up that is as bitter as it is painful. Share the pain … Continue reading Another From Lady Bones

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Alternative, Garage, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

MM Shorts 732: Kill West

Argentinian five piece Kill West will release debut long player Smoke Beach, digitally and via limited edition pink cassette (order here). It is eight tracks of prime psych-rock: fuzz drenched, distorted and reverb laden. It will dismantle your mind in ways you wouldn’t know possible and put you back together like Martini from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. If you’re lucky… Stream Out To The … Continue reading MM Shorts 732: Kill West

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Telegram Cover Brian Eno

London four-piece, Telegram will release new single Aeons on their own Gram Gram label on the 10th of July. Channelling their love of Roxy Music, Syd Barrett, krautrock and late proto-punk to great effect, we’ve already posted the A side here, and the flipside is the band’s unique take of Needles In The Camel’s Eye, from Brian Eno’s classic 1973 album Here Comes The Warm Jets. … Continue reading Telegram Cover Brian Eno

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Folk, Music

Introducing >>> Albin Eidhagen

Albin Eidhagen is young songwriter from Sweden whose main influences are Bright Eyes, Glen Hansard and Jeff Buckley. Recently he and some friends carried down a harmonium, a 1940s guitar and some recording equipment to the river where they used to live – Pite Älv. They recorded a couple of songs and the chilly video for the six minute White Frozen Fingers is well worth a watch. . Continue reading Introducing >>> Albin Eidhagen

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Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 731: Dog

The presumably unGoogleable trio of Dog hail from rural Devon and deal in a lovely line of melancholic indie-pop songs. No better proof could you need than new single All Dressed Up Not Dancing that brings a new definition to exqusite misery. Listen below, and order one of the strictly limited edition hand cut records from the wonderful Hardly Art Records here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 731: Dog

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Alternative, Garage, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

The Castillians – You & Me

First formed in 2010, Birmingham’s The Castillians long awaited second album You & Me, will be released on vinyl and digital in late October. The album takes a slightly more soulful direction than much loved (and recently re-released) incendiary debut Show Your Teeth that fused garage, punk and psych rock into one perfectly unholy whole, but keeps up with the energy and hooks. Check out the blistering title track … Continue reading The Castillians – You & Me

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