Asylums know intimately the tiny pleasures that can be found despite walking the poverty line. Their new single Joy In A Small Wage may as well be the band’s manifesto – a fierce DIY ethic with homemade videos and self-released records. The single comes across like Orange Juice gene-spliced with Mudhoney, all pop hooks wrapped in barbed wire and wry social commentary. Listen here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 715: Asylums
Nine new, and excellent, songs from the past seven days neatly packaged for your listening pleasure. 1. Jeffrey Lewis – Train Song 2. The Sandwitches – Our Toast 3. Ultimate Painting – Break The Chain 4. John Vanderslice – Midnight Blue 5. Destroyer – Dream Lover 6. Heather Woods Broderick – Wyoming 7. DRINKS – Hermits On Holiday 8. Spoon – TV Set (Cramps cover) … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Indie folk singer/songwriter, Austin Basham, recently released his new five track Linton//Oslo EP. From Austin, Texas, his music draws influences from classic folksingers like Bob Dylan, but also shares a contemporary feel with artists such as Joe Pug and The Tallest Man On Earth. Recorded in Norway, the record is a culmination of warm southern nights and cool Norwegian atmosphere and showcases an imaginative range and combination of instruments and lyrics that … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends: Austin Basham
Eastbound Jesus have announced details for their third studio album, Hollerin’ that sees a release on the 30th May. A unique hybrid of rock, country and bluegrass, the album is an authentic ode to life in rural Upstate New York through all its changing seasons. Check out the first single, Keep On Hollerin’ below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 714: Eastbound Jesus
Stockholm trio Magic Potion trade in warped out, slacker pop of the best kind, recorded on an old reel-to-reel and produced by the band itself. Their debut EP Melt is due on 1st June, via Beech Coma. Preceding the EP is lead single Booored which received much praise when it premiered earlier this month, and it’s now also gotten the video treatment in the form a … Continue reading New Video: Magic Potion – Booored
Steady Sun, the five-piece psychedelic outfit who have featured a number of times on MM, has returned with their first single in two years, Lover Knows. It is taken from forthcoming album Flora and kicks off as a gently pastoral excursion into the dreamier end of the psych-spectrum. Midway through it flexes its muscles briefly before settling back down to meander to a sweetly hazy conclusion. Groovy stuff, … Continue reading MM Shorts 713: Steady Sun
We were alerted by a much trusted friend in the PR world about a southern-psych band from Louisville performing under the name of Old Baby. He mentioned that we’d undoubtedly heard of some of the member’s other bands, thought they’d rather we not know who they are. So, all we can tell you is: yes, Old Baby is from Louisville. Yes, Old Baby is filled with … Continue reading Introducing >>> Old Baby
Here is the third and final single from Emmett Drueding’s upcoming EP, Strange Bruise, which will be released in its entirety on July 16th. Foaming and Screaming is another mighty fine example of his idiosyncratic, Americana that skates along at a sweet and steady lick, but at its heart and within its lyrics conceals something just a little peculiar, a little warped maybe… And that’s what we … Continue reading Final Single From Emmett Drueding’s Strange Bruise EP
The Pack A.D. have released a 4-song EP called Meta Animal. The EP (available here) features previously unreleased tracks, including a cover of Thee Oh Sees’ Night Crawler. The duo have also shared the official music video for Animal, which appears on the EP and their 2013 album, Do Not Engage. It was filmed in Vancouver and comes complete with all the makings of a classic horror film: … Continue reading New Video: The Pack A.D. – Animal
Brooklyn-based psychedelic trio Sunflower Bean’s new single I Hear Voices will be released on Fat Possum on the 24th July. They have taken their garage-rock and psych sounds, spiced them up with some sweetly melodic riffs and smothered it all in hazy vocals. It is a more than worthy follow up to their self-released debut EP, Show Me Your Seven Secrets, at the end of 2014 … Continue reading New Single From Sunflower Bean
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