This is the debut double A side single from Tidal Wars, to be released next month on Howling Owl Records. The tracks are a most pleasing, and a most promising, combination of post punk howl and shoe gaze guitar shred. Have a listen. a a Continue reading MM Shorts 199: Tidal Wars
Or should that be S T E A K H O U S E? Either way, this San Francisco five-piece borrows from early 70s krautrock bands like Neu! and Kraftwerk, and throws in some tasty art-rock moves on top (think Wire or Gang of Four). Add to that some classic artifacts of modern America’s first native music, Country & Western, and you have the rough outlines … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Steakhouse
Here is our regular round-up of the recent best of the inbox, blogs and internet for you to peruse, scrutinise and download for your undoubted listening pleasure and aural delight. First up is a second taste from the forthcoming Two Gallants long player The Bloom And The Blight. While previous offering Broken Eyes was a gorgeous, folky delight, My Love Won’t Wait indulges the band’s … Continue reading Wednesday Means Eight of the Best
No sooner had we posted the excellent Nassau from Grassfight’s new release Icon, EP 2, then they offer up another track from it for free. This is Look Homeward, Heathen and has more of the urgent, wall of sound feel that we liked so much about Nassau. Download Grassfight – Look Homeward, Heathen mp3 (from Icon, EP2) Continue reading MM Shorts 198: Another From Grassfight
Today the brilliant Timothy Showalter aka Strand Of Oaks releases new album Dark Shores. To celebrate that fact, he has also made previous album Pope Killdragon available for free download in its entirety via Noisetrade. This is what is says on the Noisetrade page about Pope Killdragon: “In Strand Of Oaks songs, lovers get divorced, murder John Belushi’s drug dealer, go bowling with mythical giants, … Continue reading Strand Of Oaks Offer Up Pope Killdragon For Free Download
Freedom Fry is the French & American duo of Marie Seyrat and Bruce Driscoll. Based between Paris and Los Angeles, the pair met when Marie worked as a stylist on a video for Bruce’s other band, Blondfire. After being blown away by hearing Seyrat sing with her whispery, unique, French accented vocals, Driscoll asked her if she’d be interested in writing some songs together. The … Continue reading Introducing >>> Freedom Fry
We’re loving Nassau by New York trio Grassfight, taken from new release Icon EP 2, which was officially released yesterday. With shades of Interpol in the hypnotic, propulsive percussion, echoes of Dinosaur Jr in the swirling guitar, and a classic indie deep, monotone vocal, the track successfully ticks all the necessary boxes for a post-punk extravaganza without slipping into pastiche or becoming derivative – no mean … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Grassfight
As many folk will already know, after nine years on the newsstands, the current issue of The Word magazine is to be the last. I used to subscribe to The Word, along with Mojo, Uncut and Q. I stopped about a year ago, although I have kept up the other three (Q is hanging by the skin of its teeth mind you as it gets … Continue reading Farewell to The Word
