Smoke Fairies have announced the release their first album for four years. Darkness Brings The Wonders Home will be released on January 31st coupled with new tour dates for the band. In the making of the new record, the duo drew inspiration from mysteries both real and imagined: sea monsters, flocks of crows taking flight in extravagant formation, strange creatures dwelling in the mud near … Continue reading Smoke Fairies New Album & Single
We’re big fans of Drahla’s queasy, hypnotic psych rock and their choice to cover Psychic TV’s 1985 gem Godstar seems like a match made in musical heaven. A homage to Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, I remember buying the original 7″ in Woolworths, and playing it on repeat. Times change, but this version more than does justice to the original. Give it a spin. … Continue reading Drahla cover Psychic TV
California husband and wife duo My Little Hum will release their sophomore album, Pioneer on the 18th October. The fabulous artwork featured on the cover was created by master illustrator Wayne Brezinka who has done cut-out-style artwork for numerous top-selling albums. The eight tracks on the record glitter and shimmer with upbeat, breezy indie-pop, that is packed with lush female harmonies, bubbling bass lines and catchy melodies. … Continue reading Introducing >>> My Little Hum
LA-based band, Kills Birds, have released their self-titled, debut album via KRO Records. A fuzzy, incendiary record of jagged guitar-driven melodies and slow-burning dynamics, they have marked the occasion with a brand new video for Volcano. Watch it below and check out the previously released singles, Jesus Did, Worthy Girl and Ow. Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Kills Birds
Vetiver have shared Swaying, the second single off their upcoming release Up On High. It’s a sweet, jangly banger that songwriter Andy Cabic calls an homage to his early heroes R.E.M. and The Feelies. Enjoy… Continue reading Vetiver – Swaying
Lightning Dust have shared another track, Run Away, from their forthcoming album Spectre, due out on the 4th October, via Western Vinyl. “Run Away explores the hardships of change — when our minds resist it. It’s the battle between logic and emotion,” explains the band, multi-instrumentalist Joshua Wells and singer/guitarist Amber Webber. “A tense and sonically deranged one in which a backward pulse blips into … Continue reading Lightning Dust – Run Away
Toronto art-punks Deliluh will return with Beneath The Floors, their second album of 2019. It will be released 15th November on Tin Angel Records. For listeners familiar with the band, Beneath The Floors reaffirms their knack for story telling. It’s also fitting that the album is slated for an early winter arrival, as a second act following Oath Of Intent’s fiery blaze, but what most differentiates … Continue reading Deliluh – Lickspittle (A Nut In The Paste)
Ezra Furman has released a video for Thermometer, one of our favourite tracks from her brilliant Twelve Nudes album, released last month via Bella Union. Throughout Thermometer, Furman’s vocals are defiant and ragged, matched by loud, lively instrumentation. An anthem for these troubled times, the video shows Furman in various settings – shaving her legs, riding her bike across town, reading a book – with … Continue reading Ezra Furman – Thermometer Video
Nashville-based storyteller Jeremy Ivey has released his debut album The Dream and the Dreamer today. Until now he has operated in the background, for years performing in bands like Secret Handshake and country-soul group Buffalo Clover with his wife, celebrated country-rock luminary Margo Price. At 40, Ivey is ready to take a step into the spotlight and on the evidence of this record it is … Continue reading Jeremy Ivey – The Dream And The Dreamer
Petrol Girls’ latest single No Love For A Nation explores the band’s inherent abhorrence of nationalism and borders in general. Vocalist Run Aldridge says “This track is our anti-nationalist anthem. As a band, we come from three different nation states – Austria, Lithuania and the UK – and hold no love for any of them.” It is a pulverising slab of meaty, anthemic punk rock. … Continue reading Petrol Girls – No Love For A Nation
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