More Primitive the new album from Seattle’s Lonesome Shack finds them exploring the depths of boogie and country blues. The trio’s sound is raw and immediate with finger-picked guitar lines, soulful crooning and big danceable grooves. Watch the rather yucky video for Wrecks – a song about lost love. . Continue reading Video: Lonesome Shack – Wrecks
We have just discovered Dan Baker’s album Pistol In My Pocket. It is a marvellous collection of skeletal, tortured alt-country and folk that tells tales of the wounded and the damaged with songs of betrayal and revenge as well as songs of love-lost and love-regained. And all delivered with Baker’s mix of wavering, unforgiving howls and whispered confessionals. Released last year, there is always one record … Continue reading Dan Baker – Pistol In My Pocket
Brilliant Mexican psych duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete have released their outstanding new album Chambers on limited red and green vinyl, CD, and digitally. They will also be playing a few UK dates in April. Have a listen to just three of our favourites from the album; from the hypnotic drones of Third Wave to the spacey, weaving melodic lines of I Can’t Feel The … Continue reading Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – Chambers
Kathleen is the excellent, reverb drenched new single all about the insanity of infatuation from up and coming indie rockers Catfish & The Bottlemen. It is out on the 14th April via Communion. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 530: Catfish & The Bottlemen
Swedish punks Holograms new video for Lay Us Down, features live footage shot in their hometown of Stockholm. Spanning just over seven minutes, the video bookends grim imagery of everyday life with eerie, gothic chants and apocalyptic clips, evoking equal senses of unease and intrigue. . Continue reading Video: Holograms – Lay Us Down
Despite tender years, Andrew St James is just eighteen, the singer-songwriter’s soulful and rather epic track A Prayer For East Oakland is one that faces some pretty grim realties head on. It is a song of murder, with lyrics formed around Psalms in the New Testament. It was originally a poem he wrote after a childhood friend was murdered during the summer of 2011 outside of his home … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Andrew St. James
Following the sad news that the Vivian Girls have decided to call it a day, we have at least received some form of compensation in the shape of La Sera’s fabulous first single, Losing To The Dark, taken from their forthcoming third album Hour of the Dawn. La Sera is the project of Katy Goodman, founding member of the Vivian Girls and All Saint’s Day, and … Continue reading La Sera – Losing To The Dark
Videos today from The Raveonettes and their contribution to the new Doors Tribute Album, A Psych Tribute to the Doors. We also have Forest and their debut video for All I Have, and from Pissed Jeans a live video for You’re Different (In Person). Lastly a video for Withered Hand’s excellent new track, Horseshoe. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Raveonettes || Forest || Pissed Jeans || Withered Hand
Vancouver band, White Lung’s brand of relentless, hard-hitting rock’n’roll has appeared many times on MM and after a couple of albums and plenty of singles on lots of labels, they have now signed to Domino Records. Their first release will be a typically catchy, oppressive 7″ single titled Drown With The Monster. You can watch below, and pre-order the single here. . Continue reading Video: White Lung – Drown With the Monster
The wonderful Sharon Van Etten’s new album Are We There is out at the end of May via Jagjaguwar. The first taste is the hazy dream-pop of Taking Chances, her gorgeous vocals drifting over a smooth, polished rhythmic backdrop. It is as close to Beach House as anything else and perhaps heralds a slightly different direction for the album. Listen for yourself. . Continue reading New Album From Sharon Van Etten
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