Not much information available about Aussie duo Wing Defence. Aside from the netball connotations, they have delivered a sublime single of indie pop with Stuck. An infectious melody of major earworm quality is shot through with a core of wonderfully bitter lyrics. Ones to watch. Stream it below. Continue reading Introducing >>> Wing Defence
Dead Meadow have shared Nobody Home, a new track from their forthcoming album, The Nothing They Need. It is a classic, riffed up, behemoth of fuzzed up psych rock. Stream it here. Continue reading Dead Meadow – Nobody Home
Portland based band Horse Feathers have announced the release of their forthcoming album Appreciation, out on the 4th May via Kill Rock Stars. It is a mixture of strutting ‘70s-style country-pop, supple soul and folk ballads. The first single from the album is Without Applause. It is a singularly upbeat song which shows off their Northern Soul sensibilities in a swirl of Hammond organ, strings, and horns, while the … Continue reading New Album From Horse Feathers
The Moondoggies – Sick In Bed Margaret Glaspy – Before We Were Together Spielbergs – We Are All Going To Die Yo La Tengo – For You Too Iceage – Pain Killer (feat. Sky Ferreira) Wand – The Gift Laura Veirs – Watch Fire (feat. Sufjan Stevens) The Voidz – All Words Are Made Up A Place To Bury Strangers – There’s Only One Of Us … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
New Jersey maverick four-piece The Nectars have landed with their brand new single I Want It. It’s a sub-two minute succulent slice of indie-punk, topped with a heavy dose of rock attitude and sweet pop sass. Give it a whirl… Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Nectars
Downey To Lubbock, is a collaboration between Dave Alvin (the founder of seminal punk roots band The Blasters) and Jimmie Dale Gilmore (of the pioneering country-folk trio The Flatlanders). It is a twelve-song collection that takes on a diverse range of American music spanning nearly one hundred years. Along with ten covers, Alvin wrote two originals for the record: the autobiographical title track and the fantastical Billy The Kid … Continue reading Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Billy The Kid And Geronimo
We’re big fans of Table Scraps’ fuzzed-up, scuzzy rock’n’roll that draws as much from Dinosaur Jr as it does the Cramps or even Suicide. Excellent new single I’m A Failure (from just released, and also excellent long player Autonomy), comes with a top notch sock-puppet video. And frankly anyone who doesn’t love a sock puppet doesn’t have a soul. Watch it here. Continue reading New Video: Table Scraps – I’m A Failure
The Holy Knives is the sonic vision of brothers Kyle and Kody Valentine, a band that infuses the sultry sounds of rock’n’roll with a tinge of desert psychedelia. To Be Me is a first taste from the duo’s upcoming debut EP, due later this spring, and provides a tantalising glimpse into their sonic possibilities. Drawing inspiration from acts like Morphine, The Afghan Whigs, and Sun Kil Moon, the band hones a … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Holy Knives
The final entry in our MM Shorts series (which started with Bleached back in September 2011) comes in the shape of the wonderful Cold Spell, the first taste from RF Shannon’s upcoming long player Trickster Blues. It is an exquisite blend of dusky Western and spectral psychedelia and you can stream it below. You can also order the album here. Continue reading MM Shorts 1000: RF Shannon
Among Horses is a wonderful collaborative project from the Son Canciones label. They put two musicians who do not know each other in a horse farm in the middle of nowhere in the north of Spain (the label is based in Barcelona), and they get one week to get to know each other, become pals, write six songs and record them, surrounded only by pine … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Zoe Boekbinder & Dustin Hamman
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