Here is another collection of tunes we’ve gathered from our in-box and the internet – we’d like to have more time to do them justice, but nevertheless a cornucopia of pleasures awaits you we promise! First up is the consistently wonderful Damien Jurado with some authentic, strummed desert blues. Nothing Is The News is the first taste of his forthcoming album Maraqopa. Download Damien Jurado – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Mega Round Up
Here are a few more of the videos that we have been sent recently that have appealed to our eyes and ears. First up is Monument Valley whom we posted about recently. This is the off kilter video for Round And Round together with a download for Dear John Letters from the forthcoming Tongues EP. Download Monument Valley – Dear John Letters mp3 (from Tongues … Continue reading Video Round Up
We’re busy catching up on a few things we weren’t able to post over the past few days. So, without further ado, here are some brilliant new ones including The Mountain Goats, the languid country rock of The Futurebirds, a brilliantly intense offering from Cloud Nothings, more icy electronica from Work Drugs, indie pop from Gross Magic and the psych blues rock of White Denim and … Continue reading MM Plays Catch Up
Swedish duo Korallreven aka Marcus Joons and Daniel Tjäder (of The Radio Dept) have debuted a brand new single, Sa Sa Samoa featuring the atmospheric guest vocals of Brooklyn-based experimentalist and MM fave Julianna Barwick. They incorporate her trademark vocal loops into a deeply meditative soundscape that eventually builds to an ecstatic eruption. The single is taken from their forthcoming debut full-length, An Album By … Continue reading New Single From Korallreven
Every now and then they just appear there in your inbox, without any specific reason and with no real explanation. What we are talking about is a new track from the trio Twiggy Frostbite called In Darkness Lights Are Out. We can’t tell you much other than to mention its ethereal, fragile dream-pop quality – but that is obvious. What is it actually, truly, really … Continue reading More From Twiggy Frostbite
Critical Heights released the long anticipated self-titled debut of mysterious London duo, Savaging Spires yesterday. The album is a wonderful exercise in haunted, ambient folk, drone and hazy melancholia. By way of celebration the band have given up a new track, the twinkling, sunlit Apostrophe Lake. You can buy the album from Boomkat here. Download Savaging Spires – Apostrophe Lake mp3 (from Savaging Spires) Download Savaging Spires – Bending The Rules … Continue reading Savaging Spires Debut Album Released
Yep, it’s that time of month again. The October free Insound digital mix is up for a short time. This time there is a bonanza 25 tracks to be had including We Were Promised Jetpacks, S.C.U.M, Real Estate, St.Vincent, Girls and Forest Fire. In fact this is one of the very best mixes they’ve put up in our opinion. As usual, check out a couple of … Continue reading Insound’s Monthly Mix Again
We posted back in May about mysterious UK duo Savaging Spires and their spooky mix of freakish aicd-folk and psychedelic drone. Recently we received a copy of their self-titled debut album on vinyl which is a lovely object in itself, and a few plays has revealed plenty more delights too. There’s is a world of twilight and shadowy murmurs, of glimpses of overgrown country houses … Continue reading Savaging Spires Debut Album
Woodsman have unveiled another cut of sublime spacey, psychedelia from their forthcoming Mystic Places EP. Specdrum is one of six new songs on the new record, available October 25th – you can pre-order here from Fire Talk Records (but be quick, vinyl is limited to 300 copies). Download Woodsman – Specdrum mp3 (from Mystic Places EP) Download Woodsman – In Circles mp3 (from Mystic Places EP) Continue reading More From Woodsman
Carey Mercer’s Blackout Beach project will release a new album, Fuck Death via Dead Oceans on November 15th (14th in the UK). His description of the record is most illuminating. “The record is a sibling to the last Blackout Beach record, Skin of Evil. But the longing in Fuck Death is not romantic; these are deserter’s songs, coward’s songs. I am all for reassessing cowardice. … Continue reading New Album From Blackout Beach
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