Creating an intriguing mishmash of musical styles – soundtrack surf, weird pop and Americana, Surfing Magazines are a new garage-rock group consisting of two thirds of The Wave Pictures and one half of Slow Club. Declaring that they intend to ‘rock out and blow your mind, and then mellow out and soothe your mind, then rock out again’, they have more than lived up to their promise … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Surfing Magazines
Chest Pains come from the Leeds non-profit / DIY scene (called CHUNK) making confrontational punk tracks drawing on awkward social interactions and the frustration of their home-town frozen in deep conservatism. We’re loving their first single, Petrified that has got a real throbbing Protomartyr / Holograms feel to it. Stream it below or get on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 953: Chest Pains
NOTS are still that punky, wild guitar band that we saw and loved at the Great Escape last year, but move into a whole new level of potency on their upcoming Cruel Friend / Violence 7″ due out on Goner later this month. In fact Violence creepy crawls without guitars in a synthier, stealthier attack, whilst Cruel Friend combines excellent riffage with near-Hawkwind levels of linear … Continue reading New From NOTS
Waxahatchee’s forthcoming album is titled Out In The Storm and this track Never Been Wrong opens the record. Powerful stuff too, built on a grungey 90s guitar riff and full on percussion, it tells the tale of a disintegrating relationship with unflinching, unsparing lyrics. A break-up anthem par excellence. Stream it below. Continue reading New From Waxahatchee
We’re a little late to this one, but having heard The Garden Is Overgrown yesterday on 6 Music decided it was well worth sharing for anyone else that had yet to come across this gem of cascading indie jangle from Isle of Wight based duo Champs. Stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 952: Champs
The lush, melancholy world of Monk Parker is located in the dark, hidden places of America. Empty midday honky-tonks, fogbound north-woods diners, and the shadowy, aging cinemas, libraries & museums wherein Saul Leiter, David Lynch, Bruno Schulz, Anselm Kiefer, Dennis Johnson and Wong Kar Wei yet reside… these are his natural home. Parker’s sophomore effort Crown of Sparrows is due to be released August 4th … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Monk Parker
Guantanamo Baywatch – Video Slaid Cleaves – Drunken Barbers Hand The Districts – If Before I Wake Marika Hackman – Cigarette The Orielles – I Only Bought It For The Bottle TOPS – Further Muertos – Spin Tom Williams – Get High Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Stockholm quartet Les Big Byrd are back with new music after a two year absence with their new single Two Man Gang, via Stockholm label PNKSLM Recordings. It is a pop inspired piece of cinematic krautrock that builds up to a wholly satisfying coda…stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 950: Les Big Byrd
Theo Verney has announced his debut album. One Small Piece will be released through Cannibal Hymns on Friday 7th July. The record melds influences from Neil Young to Pink Floyd onto his already distinct style to create eight perfectly crafted songs. The album will be proceeded by the single Mind Fire which is out tomorrow, and you can stream it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 949: Theo Verney
Glassmaps is the solo project of Joel Stein, lead guitarist in the much-loved Howling Bells. After four successful albums with the band, the UK-based Australian has embarked on a new endeavour with the result, an album titled Strangely Addicted, due out later this year. The record delivers melodic, punchy, pretty, infectious tunes coupled with fascinating psychedelic soundscapes. Autobiographical lyrics speak of universal themes of life, love and loss. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Glassmaps
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