Yesterday we shared Protomartyr’s offering from their forthcoming split single with R. Ring. Today we have the flip side for you from the aforesaid R. Ring who feature The Breeders’ Kelley Deal and Ampline’s Mike Montgomery. Loud Underneath, is an abrasive slab of simmering lo-fi garage angst, and we like it a lot. The single, A half of Seven is out on limited vinyl on the 16th June … Continue reading R. Ring – Loud Underneath
Time for our ad-hoc Friday collection of excellent new (and some not quite so new) videos. From the beautiful and poignant (Courtney Barnett, Chris Staples, Wilder Daze) to the pulsing animation of Slaves pummelling punk, via the humour of Weird Womb and Abjects. And plenty more besides… . . . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up
U.S. Girls (aka Meghan Remy) returns with her 4AD debut of more outsider, weirdo pop full of experimental leanings and some pretty uncompromising lyrics. None more so than on the pulsing Damn That Valley, telling the story of a soldier’s widow’s perspective on the pointlessness and crushing loss of war. Watch it here. Continue reading U.S. Girls – Damn That Valley
We’ve already posted one track, Sagres, from the forthcoming new album by The Tallest Man On Earth. Now we have the second, Dark Bird Is Home is the title track of the album and it is an absolute stunner. “Suddenly the day gets you down but this is not the end no, this is fine” Stream it below. Pre-order the album here. . Continue reading Another From The Tallest Man On Earth
Ah Vomitface, let us count the ways we love your name. And your new EP Another Bad Year, too – from which we have Never Make It, another satisfyingly sludgey slab of seething punk rock that manages to blast your eardrums into submission without losing any accessibility whatsoever. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 696: Vomitface
Protomartyr have shared Blues Festival, their contribution to an upcoming split 7″ with R. Ring, due out from Hardly Art records on June 16th (pre-order here). The track was recorded late last year and features back-up vocals by Kelley Deal. Give it a blast below. . Continue reading Protomartyr – Blues Festival
We have on a couple of occasions, via Mrs Mackerel’s friend Jenny Wren, been fortunate to meet St Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell who in local parlance “lives round our way”. So when we found she is about to release her second solo album Red Kite, a mere eighteen years after her first, Lipslice, and that it was a love letter to nature and the formative music of youth, … Continue reading Sarah Cracknell – Red Kite
Despite being around since 2003, Minneapolis residents, and self proclaimed bald-headed freaks, The Blind Shake are new to us. Latest release, a mini LP titled Fly Right saw the light of day this week and is a prime slab of sweaty garage rock, with spaghetti-western twang and surf punk twinges thrown in for good measure. Thankfully avoiding the trap of sacrificing the melodies for raw … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Blind Shake
Grayson Capps’ debut solo album If You Knew My Mind turns ten this year. In light of the milestone, Royal Potato Family is honoring the now classic recording with a special 10th anniversary reissue edition to be released for Record Store Day. Kicking off with the lazy rhythms of Get Back Up, it boasts one of our favourite album openings ever, “Yesterday was a very fine … Continue reading Grayson Capps – Reissue of If You Knew My Mind
T. Hardy Morris has announced the upcoming release of his new album Hardy & The Hardknocks: Drownin On A Mountain Top, which is out on the 23rd June via Dangerbird Records. The Athens, GA based songwriter, who also also lends his talent to other MM faves Diamond Rugs and Dead Confederate, has spent the past year writing and recording the new album, the follow up to … Continue reading New From T. Hardy Morris
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