Originally from Berlin and now based in London, Ulrika Spacek initially formed under the joke that the music would sound like Wooden Shijps trying to cover Television. In reality, their first track up on Soundcloud, I Don’t Know, is a most promising slab of heaving, pulsating, spaced out psych-rock that suggests they should be setting their sights a whole lot higher – for the heart of … Continue reading MM Shorts 668: Ulrika Spacek
There is something undeniably great about a new band playing their guitars really, really fast and really, really loud. This is exactly what you get on Hyena’s debut single Mental Home, three minutes of pure, pissed-off aggression and adrenalin – it will see a release on the legendary Stiff Records label on 9th March. Watch the new video for it below. . . . Continue reading New Video: Hyena – Mental Home
Surf influenced garage rock four-piece Daddy Issues (but not the same Daddy Issues we posted about late last year!) have just released their debut EP Double Loser. Confused? Don’t be! The EP opens with Sex On The Beach with its fabulous harmonies and thumping percussion, and then swerves into a risqué love song of sorts with the infectious and irrepressible So Hard (love the fact they’ve added the … Continue reading Debut EP From Daddy Issues
1955’s new EP is called The French Had A Name For It and was released earlier this month. A copy just arrived at MM Towers… It’s raw rock and roll without any processed shellacking – lean, tight songs with a stripped back garage rock feel and with a lovely, simplistic clarity to them. Lead single is Upside Down. Watch the video for it and download … Continue reading MM Shorts 667: 1955
Mojo magazine have put together an excellent cover album of Led Zeppelin’s seminal Physical Graffiti. It will be available as the free cover CD on the April edition in the UK, and it will also be released on a limited edition double vinyl format of 5,000. Fifteen artists including Laura Marling, Syd Arthur, Sun Kil Moon, Duke Garwood, and Michael Kiwanuka have delivered their own interpretation of … Continue reading Physical Graffiti Redrawn
Here, a little later than usual, is our collection of the tunes that, by rights, you should have already heard this week. They include the return of Sufjan Stevens and Crocodiles and new songs from together PANGEA and Eula. Enjoy. 1. Waxahatchee – Under A Rock 2. Sufjan Stevens – No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross 3. Crocodiles – Crybaby Demon 4. Jacco … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve already posted a track this week, just a couple of days ago in fact, from Tom Brosseau’s forthcoming long player Perfect Abandon, the sweet folkish ramble of Take Fountain. However, as soon as we heard Hard Luck Boy, we knew we had to share this too. It is a tale of casual, yet wholly deliberate abandonment, told in an autobiographical style. Conversational, matter of fact, … Continue reading Tom Brosseau – Hard Luck Boy
We are pleased to bring you the premiere of Ten Ton Man’s new video for latest single Lifesaver. Concentrating as they do on the darker side of life with themes of addiction, alcoholism, loneliness and despair the band are a pretty much hand in glove fit for Mad Mackerel, and have featured in posts a few times in the past. With echoes of the great Johnny … Continue reading Video Premiere: Ten Ton Man – Lifesaver
A whole host of excellent new videos have come our way recently. Check out new musical films from Laura Marling, Spector, Stealing Sheep, The Rebel Light, Skinny Lister and Run Rabbit Run. . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round-Up
We were big fans of Jackson Scott’s 2013 release Melbourne and his sophomore full-length release Sunshine Redux is out in April via Bloodmoss Records. This track is PRPLMTV, a brilliant excursion into sonically charged psych-pop that submerges hazy vocals beneath a viscerally slow guitar burn. He says, “PRPLMTV is inspired by some kids I used to hang with in college. My generation loves apathy. There’s a secret message … Continue reading Jackson Scott – Sunshine Redux
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