It has been too long since we last heard from Terry Malts, but after three long years, the SF punk trio have announced their third LP, Lost At The Party, will be out on the 14th October via Slumberland Records. Expanding their trademark sound of buzzing punk rock to embrace some indie jangle and power pop, the results can be heard on their tasty first single, Seen Everything. … Continue reading Terry Malts Are Back
Here is a second track from Emma Ruth Rundle’s forthcoming long player Marked For Death which is out at the end of September. Protection is a track that juxtaposes a haunting melody against swathes of guitar noise to create something that is as vulnerable as it is powerful. Have a listen. Continue reading More From Emma Ruth Rundle
Melbourne’s Tyrannamen are set to release their debut self-titled album on London’s Static Shock Records on 23rd September. Full of ramshackle yet instantly catchy punk rock but with a soulful and rock ’n’ roll underbelly, it sits somewhere between Alex Chilton, Royal Headache and Irish power pop kings The Moondogs. Check out I Can’t Read Your Mind below. Continue reading MM Shorts 873: Tyrannamen
Queens, NY-based trio Raccoon Fighter has shared a second single, Adderall, marking the release of their new EP Hover Craft. A blend of polished punk, psychedelia and lo-fi, fuzzy, garage bliss, it is a follow up to the excellent LVLR. Listen to both below. Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Raccoon Fighter
After a week’s break, we’re back with our regular round up of the best new tunes of the past seven days. It includes the return of a number of MM regulars too: No Age, The Growlers and Pop. 1280 as well a stunning new track from Annie Hardy (ex of Giant Drag) and plenty more besides. So then, ten cracking songs – dive in. Pop. … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
A couple of days ago we posted about Hazel English’s upcoming EP of delightfully blurry indie-pop, Never Going Home. Now we have a brand new track from it, I’m Fine is a dreamily, ethereal song about dealing with anxiety. She says, “It’s about struggling with something nobody else can see and trying to act like everything’s fine, when it’s really not.” Find out for yourself – stream … Continue reading Another From Hazel English
Hazel English is a 25-year-old Oakland-based artist who makes beautifully blurry indie-pop music powered by transcendent melodies and caked in layers of Californian sunshine and redolent reverb. We featured tracks from her a couple of times last year and she has now announced her debut 12-inch vinyl EP, Never Going Home, collating a brilliant snap-shot of her DIY creations to date. Those that have followed … Continue reading Hazel English – New EP
Time for some new vids methinks. So sit back and enjoy ten musical films from the likes of Slowcoaches, Freakwater, Dead Heavens, The Two Tracks, Dawes, Dan Michelson & The Coastguards, Hans Chew and Ed Harcourt amongst others. Continue reading Video Time
Luxury Death is the brainchild of boyfriend/girlfriend duo Ben Thompson (from Nai Harvest) and Meg Williams. They deliver hauntingly bittersweet lo-fi indie rock songs influenced by knowing that one day you are going to die. Radiator Face is the very good debut single – stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 871: Luxury Death
Miami, FL trio The Jacuzzi Boys will release their fourth album, Ping Pong, on October 21 on their own label, Mag Mag. The band relocated to the West Coast for an extended period to make the album, holing up in an LA studio where some of the album was written. The first single from Ping Pong is Boys Like Blood, powered by thick, fuzzed-out guitars … Continue reading Jacuzzi Boys – Boys Like Blood
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