A fairly mundane week on the honorary accolades front. Nothing to report. Outstanding pasta salad awarded by Joe Sprat. Superlative nag silently attributed by Teenage Sprat. Tssk. I ask you. The hound came third in the agility group (out of a class of five) in a school dog show and failed to perform for best trick, for which I was photographed taking a sideways swipe … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (13th July)
In Some Ways sees unusual New Zealand trio Popstrangers, muscle into new sonic territories and deliver another catchy, albeit warped, pop song. Rusty guitar twangs, discordant drones and jarring rhythms diverge into hooky bridges filled with washes of hazy riffs that buoy languid, disaffected vocals. Download it via Soundcloud. a Continue reading MM Shorts 191: Popstrangers
On August 14th Concord Music Group will release Just Tell Me That You Want Me, a Tribute to the enduring popularity of Fleetwood Mac featuring covers by such MM faves as The Kills, Best Coast, Tame Impala, Washed Out, MGMT and plenty more. For more details and pre-order options just click here. Otherwise, sit back and listen to a goodly chunk of the whole album … Continue reading Listen To The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Album
Good stuff coming out of our ears from every direction at the moment. Here’s a little round-up of eight of the best of them. Download them all below. First up we have punky psych-rockers Cult of Youth with a taste of forthcoming album Love Will Prevail (out September on Sacred Bones), this is Man And Man’s Ruin. Keeping the noise levels in the red are … Continue reading Thursday Means Eight of the Best
The Black Cadillacs are a 6-piece rock & roll band from Knoxville, TN. Their sophomore album Run was released through Young Giant on 5th June. They draw upon a diverse group of influences from classic bands like The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Pink Floyd to more modern bands like My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, and Jack White. The Black Cadillacs have melded together … Continue reading MM Shorts 190: The Black Cadillacs
Sun Sister is a quartet from Fitchburg, Massachusetts. The band’s music can be described as lo-fi dreampop with warm melodies, gorgeous reverbed vocals and rough jangly guitars. They have a single out via the ever-wonderful Eardrums Pop for whom it is the latest in their series of excellent free singles. Download the whole package including the three tracks, artwork, and accompanying booklet, all beautifully put … Continue reading Free Sun Sister Single
We’ve posted a couple of times about the inventive and exuberant indie-pop of Saint Motel and yesterday they released their debut long player Voyeur. Voyeur is an album lush with stories that reveal themselves through thematic twists and turns with a narrative voice both subversive and sincere. With themes ranging from the lure of plastic surgery, to the dangers of honest feedback, to the taboo bonds … Continue reading Stream Saint Motel’s Debut Album Voyeur
