The songs at the foundation of Jus Post Bellum’s forthcoming sophomore album Oh July are bathed in the idyllic voices of Geoffrey Wilson and Hannah Jensen. The first taste comes with Gimme That Gun – banjo, drums, country twang – fabulous. The album is out on the 12th November. Continue reading MM Shorts 456: Jus Post Bellum
The Warlocks release their first new album in five years, Skull Worship on November 26, through Zap Banana. The Los Angeles-based band’s eighth album, they construct a dense, more elaborate web of sound, layers of distortion and the occasional synth as well as expanding the band’s oeuvre into acoustic territory recalling T Rex. Other songs turn to Hawkwind, Neu! and experimental rock for inspiration. So … Continue reading New Warlocks Album
Turn the speakers up to 11 – videos today come from the brilliant Parquet Courts and one of our favourite songs of the moment, You Got Me Wonderin’ Now and from heavy retro garage-pysch rockers Sleepy Sun for (another of our favourite songs of the moment) 11:32. We have longstanding MM stalwarts and fierce blues duo The Pack A.D.’s new video for Big Shot and finally … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Parquet Courts || Sleepy Sun || The Pack A.D. || Mikal Cronin
Auckland quintet and longtime MM faves Ghost Wave will shortly be heading over to the USA for a tour and in preparation for the dates, the band has made available for download, their cover of The Buckingham’s song, Kind of a Drag. As if we needed to tell you…it is well worth grabbing. Continue reading MM Shorts 455: Ghost Wave
Videos to enjoy today from Public Service Broadcasting, The Visibles, Whales In Cubicles and Wolf Alice. Public Service Broadcasting’s Night Mail takes its subject matter from the eponymous film of 1936, a pioneering documentary film produced by the General Post Office and the Royal Mail Group. Setting the original words of the documentary – including the much loved Night Mail poem – to a song … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Public Service Broadcasting || The Visibles || Whales In Cubicles || Wolf Alice
Next week sees the release of Better Days by the Harmed Brothers, and if the evidence of these two tracks is anything to go by, it is going to be a real joy. Mixing folk and bluegrass with a wistful twist of poignant melancholy, Love Song For The Assumed is as sweet and as simple a song of heartbreak and longed for resolution as we’ve … Continue reading The Harmed Brothers – Better Days
Suitably enough, the taster track from San Francisco duo Callow’s forthcoming album Blue Spells is called Strange. For somewhat strange Callow certainly are. It is not the influences so much (ranging from the Velvets to Pink Floyd to Nina Simone to Pavement) as the way they are combined – strong vocals, minimal instrumentals, haunting melodies, sombre tones, and poetic lyrics work perfectly together to create a sense … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Callow
Recently we posted the video for Cloud, a hard hitting track from the new album, How The World Ends by Killing Fields Of Ontario. Now we have Our Place To Drown for your listening pleasure – another outstanding track, and quite possibly our favourite from the album… Have a listen. Continue reading New Track From The Killing Fields Of Ontario
Jazz Mills has lent her angelic vocals to recordings with over 30 bands and performed with even more, collaborating with artists such as long standing MM faves The Black Angels, The Kills, Cowboy and Indian, Leopold and His Fiction, Gemini Dreams, and The Indie Annas. Influenced by the likes of Nancy Sinatra, Fleetwood Mac, Classic Disney, and the sounds of the 60s, she takes on the beachy, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Jazz Mills
Videos to start the week from Cheatahs and some blurry, blown-out landscapes to accompany the psych-swirl of new single Cut The Grass, and from Indianapolis sisters Lily & Madeleine comes their studio set video for gorgeous single Devil We Know. From Roadkill Ghost Choir we have some stunning cinematography to match the emotional resonance of standout track Beggars Guild from their Quiet Light EP, and lastly the darkly … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cheatahs || LIly & Madeleine || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Pincers
