Los Angeles’s The Dream Syndicate have announced the release of These Times, their second album of new music since their 2012 reunion nearly thirty years after they first influenced California’s Paisley Underground scene. We’re (sadly) old enough to have known and loved them the first time round and so we’re happy to share the first single from the record. It is the kaleidoscopic late night psychedelics … Continue reading The Dream Syndicate – Black Light
Formed in 2017, four schoolmates became The Gallery. They dipped into their collections of genre defining albums by Joy Division, Nirvana, Jeff Buckley and David Bowie to formulate a musical vocabulary with which to express their discontent with the music, politics and social issues of our times. Their manifesto is driven by their love for inventive guitar, distorted bass hooks and the injection of energetic … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Gallery
Pet Shimmers – Feels Hz (featuring Goat Girl) Sleaford Mods – O.B.C.T. William The Conqueror – Thank Me Later Wye Oak – Evergreen The Regrettes – Pumpkin Weyes Blood – Everyday Sparrow Steeple – Roll Baby Tacocoat – Grains Of Salt Bench Press – Respite Hand Habits – what lovers do Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Danish band PowerSolo are apparently Donkey-Punk legends! We don’t even know what that means, but we like the sound of it and happily enough their brand new 7″ release Transfixing Motherfucker is a raw blast of primordial proto-punk that fair blew the cobwebs out of our ears and our speakers. We have lead track Backstab for your listening pleasure below. They’ll be in the US … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… PowerSolo
Sabrina is Not in This Chat is a three-piece experimental rock band from Los Angeles. Combining influences from Lightning Bolt and Primus to Slint and Don Caballero, the band have disregarded the rules of genre, tempo and songwriting, to make a sound that is uniquely challenging but also familiar. Their sprawling debut record Not Recommended for Sensitive Skin, is out now on L.A. DIY collective label Penniback … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sabrina is Not in This Chat
LA trio Together PANGEA will release a new EP Dispassionate at the end of May. Bet You Wish I Would Call is the first track from it and finds the band in a mellower, sunnier mood than usual, tapping into an easy going back porch feel and some 60s pop vibes. Kick back and enjoy an advance taste of summer! Continue reading Together PANGEA – Bet You Wish I Would Call
Flat Worms – Surreal New Year The Uranium Club – Man Is The Loneliest Animal Ånge Teenage Angst – Ånge Teenage Angst A Merge Group Plays “Heroes” – V-2 Schneider (David Bowie cover) Esther Rose – Don’t Blame It On The Moon W.H. Lung – Simpatico People MELTS – Echoes Wand – Scarecrow Sharon Van Etten – Never Grow Old (James Cleveland Moore, Sr cover) Laura … Continue reading Fourteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Our favourite band of the moment are back with a new single and release details for their debut album. Ahead of their sold-out UK headline tour in April, Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. have announced their highly-anticipated debut album, Dogrel, which is slated for release on 12th April (the day after MM’s birthday doncha know) via Partisan Records. Alongside the announcement of their new album, the band … Continue reading New single From Fontaines D.C. & Announce Debut Album
Taking boredom, frustration, and mid-20s malaise as their starting points, New York three-piece Patio have shared the excellent first single, Boy Scout, from their debut album Essentials, due out on the 5th April on Fire Talk Records. A track of minimal, affecting post-punk, the song is a ninety second, perfectly targeted gut shot – straight to the point and a perfect introduction to their sparse melodic … Continue reading Patio – Boy Scout
We posted Arre! Are!’s excellent track Anthem a couple of weekends ago, and now the Malmö, Sweden based quartet have shared a second track from upcoming long player Tell Me All About Them. I Feel It All is another explosive statement of intent – showcasing the band’s unique brand of feminist rock ’n’ roll, with influences from surf, garage rock and punk. Stream it here. You … Continue reading Arre! Arre! – I Feel It All
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