A couple of years ago or so we featured Shaky Shrines, comparing them favourably with Black Angels and Wooden Ships, and now they are back with a new album Shaky At Best. Mixing gnarly psych-rock and full on garage riffs to excellent effect, listen to the excellent opener Close Call (Adderall Anxiety) below, and buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 788: Shaky Shrines
Our regular weekend collection… this week seven new releases gathered for your edification and listening pleasure. Enjoy. Beach House – Elegy To The Void The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Laid (James cover) Soldiers of Fortune – Campus Swagger Coromandelles – New Ordain Palm Honey – Bewitched Sea Pinks – Depth Of Field Sune Rose Wagner – Donna (Richie Valens cover) … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Savages are back with a new song, a new video and in January a new album, Adore Life (pre-order here). Watch the video for The Answer here. Continue reading New Video: Savages – The Answer
Denver’s In The Whale are a high energy two-piece rock band making no-nonsense, balls-to-the-wall rock songs since forming the band in 2011. Today they release Neighbor, their two-song digital single out via Red Bull Sound Select. Listen to both tracks below – we’re particularly loving the heavy, hard hitting Pray for the Prey. Continue reading Introducing >>> In The Whale
After a bit of a gap due to too much life interrupting, we’re back with instalment 6 of Nickel In The Jukebox. Ten new songs, you decide how good they are… Miners – Better Instincts [RIYL: Folk-rock, Lord Huron, The Head And The Heart] Futurekids – White Girl In A Wu-Tang Shirt [RIYL: Indie-rock, Wilco, Jenny Lewis] . PROM – I’ll Teach You [RIYL: … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 6)
One of the founding fathers of neo-psych back in 2000, Singapore Sling, are back with a new album, the appropriately named Psych Fuck out (just as appropriately) on Friday 13th November. Their seventh album, it is a dark and noisy exploration of rock ‘n’ roll that would make a fitting soundtrack for James Dean’s death car – bouncy go-go rhythms are overlaid with dark and noisy shoegaze … Continue reading MM Shorts 786: Singapore Sling
In January, Shearwater will release Jet Plane and Oxbow, their new full-length studio album, on CD, double LP and digital download via Sub Pop (pe-order here). Spanning the range from racing synths and hammered dulcimers all the way through to addled motorik rhythms, it promises to be both their biggest and loudest and also their most intricate and detailed record to date. Have a listen … Continue reading New From Shearwater
Finding a sweet spot between floor-shaking rhythms, hard-hitting strings, soulful vocals, shimmering synth beats and just a hint of twang, New York’s Imaginary People will release their debut full-length album entitled Dead Letterbox on November 20th. Check out lead track She Is below. Continue reading MM Shorts 785: Imaginary People
Boogarins began playing music together as teenagers in the central Brazilian city of Goiânia– recording psychedelic pop in their parents’ gardens. The group’s debut LP, As Plantas Que Curam, released in 2013, was an acclaimed lo-fi home recording, reviving ‘60s Tropicalismo and speaking directly to their Brazilian audience with Portuguese-sung rock and roll. Now Boogarins have returned with Manual, veering into more complex musical territory, propelled by … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Boogarins
Seven days, nine new songs, all winners. Courtney Barnett – Boxing Days Blues Revisited JEFF The Brotherhood – Radiating Fiber Plane Besnard Lakes – Golden Lion Cass McCombs – Evangeline William Elliott Whitmore – Civilisations Hiccup – Whatevs, Its Cool Powderburns – Not Right (Stooges cover) Cheatahs – Su-Pra Mothers – It Hurts Until It Doesn’t Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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