We’re loving this slice of classic, old-time Americana from San Diego duo Triumph Of The Wild’s sophomore album We Come With The Dust. California to the Crossroads opens the album and is a travelling song in every sense of the word – a powerful, foot stomping barrelhouse of a song that begs for a dusty, sun-baked open road, the windows down and the volume right up. … Continue reading MM Shorts 689: Triumph Of The Wild
Borrowing the name of the building they lived in, and guided by a deep appreciation for the folk and psychedelic pop of the sixties and seventies, Elstow draw on the sounds of bands like Jefferson Airplane, Jimmie Spheeris, and early Pink Floyd, coupled with an infatuation with nineties alt-psych idols Brian Jonestown Massacre and Mazzy Star. New single Evil Dreams matches dreamlike psychedelic overtones with a breezy … Continue reading Elstow – Evil Dreams
The Cathode Ray’s new single Resist is a sort of crazy punk rock/krautrock oompah hybrid – all spiky dischords and an infectious melody underpinning a vocal that’s both urgent yet oddly unhurried. Have a listen… . Continue reading MM Shorts 688: The Cathode Ray
Forget the eggs and celebrate Easter with a selection box of musical videos that are all pre-screened to ensure the equivalent of the orange creme hasn’t sneaked through…instead take your pick from folk, indie, psychedelia, punk, Americana…. . . . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up
The very premature loss of Brown Bird’s Dave Lamb to leukaemia was one of the saddest events of last year, and his wife MorganEve Swain has announced the release of their final record, Axis Mundi, an album the pair recorded together before his illness took a turn for the worse. Bannermen is the first track from it, a song that highlights, as Swain says, that they were … Continue reading Brown Bird – Bannermen
Following yesterday’s posting of Riverbed from Jamie T’s upcoming EP Magnolia Melancholia, you can now listen to the title track below. Once again, brilliant. . Continue reading Jamie T – Magnolia Melancholia
Easter weekend, and a bumper collection of ten songs for you to dip into that were released this week. 1. The National – Sunshine On My Back 2. Southern – Lone Driver 3. Cheatahs – Murasaki 4. Heartless Bastards – Gates Of Dawn 5. Woodpigeon – When You Look For Trouble, Trouble Comes 6. Radkey – Parade It 7. Allo Darlin’ – Half Heart Necklace … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
New additions to the marvellous Audio Antihero roster, New York duo Frog’s offering Judy Garland (with artwork from regular MM fave Benjamin Shaw no less) is a brilliant lo-fi romp through vocal gymnastics, uptempo, infectious banjo rhythms, and a fabulous falsetto chorus. Pre-order the album Kind of Blah here. . And as a bonus here is the b side for you, the non-album track Rainbow Road. . Continue reading Introducing >>> Frog
Girls With Headaches was one of our favourite tunes of last year and now six piece rock n rollers Avers have just shared a new tune titled Vampire. Listen below – it is a tripped out, psychedelic jam that comes from their forthcoming LP. Continue reading MM Shorts 687: Avers
The marvellous Jamie T releases a new six track EP Magnolia Melancholia on 6th April, with five new tracks including covers of The Replacements’ Bastards Of Young and Bran Van 3000’s Mama Don’t Smoke as well as Don’t You Find from last year’s Carry on The Grudge album. This is Riverbed and it is brilliant. Order vinyl here, or download via iTunes. . Continue reading Jamie T – Riverbed
The Mad Mackerel 