We’re loving the slow pace and unsettling, woozy Americana of Stone Jack Jones’ State I’m In and Black Coal, both brilliant tasters from his third album Ancestor. The descendent of four generations of coalminers and rejected from seeing service in Vietnam, he became a wandering musician and by the time he eventually put down some roots in Nashville he had had worked as a carny, an escape … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Stone Jack Jones
HeadShy have released a debut triple-EP, La Belle Epoque that consists of The Head Chord, which has an acoustic quality, The Heart Chord, which has a trip hop quality, and The Base Chord, which is simply bigger and more complex. Confused? Don’t be, just immerse yourself into the airy, space-rock drift, aural psychedelia and ambient dream-pop stylings that make up this intriguing release. Buy here. . . Continue reading Introducing >>> HeadShy
Experimental four piece Eyes & No Eyes met at art school in Brighton and developed a shared passion for explosive noise, surreal lyrics, folk-rock, driving motorik beats and free improvisation. This hedonistic mix ends sitting happily somewhere between Sonic Youth, Portishead and Liars. They will be releasing their self-titled debut album in March via Willkommen Records and also heading out as tour support to longstanding … Continue reading Introducing >>> Eyes & No Eyes
London’s Cheatahs have unveiled a brand new single from their forthcoming self titled debut album. Get Tight is set for release on 24th Feb via Wichita Recordings. The band’s long-awaited and self titled debut album is a blend of ecstatic noise, ambient drone and visceral, resounding alt-rock, combined with lyrics that touch on the complexities of relationships, nature, the city, memory, dislocation and self-identity. Listen … Continue reading New Cheatahs Single
Dead Heart Bloom recently released their second EP, We Made It, which melds dream pop with ambient folk and indie rock to more than good effect. Buy from their Bandcamp page here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 496: Dead Heart Bloom
Cherry Tree Carol is one of the oldest known traditional songs related to Christmas (dating back to the 15th Century). Arborea have a rather special version of it that showcases a rather eerie side to their lovely psychedelia infused folk, at the end of the new album Fortress of the Sun. Continue reading It’s The Christmas Posts – No 6: Arborea
In typical Savaging Spires fashion we were sent a Soundcloud link and very little else (i.e. nothing at all) to herald their new long player We Should Be Dead Together. From what little we have been able to glean, the album consists of eleven new tracks and will be released as a limited CD at the end of this month and out in January in … Continue reading New Savaging Spires Album
Marijuana Deathsquads will release their debut album Oh My Sexy Lord on 20 January, and new single Ewok Sadness is tortured pop of the best kind – all glitchy electronics, synths, and processed vocals. Stream it here. See them in the UK in February Feb 06, O2 Academy, Bristol Feb 07, Arches, Glasgow Feb 08, The Ritz, Manchester Feb 10, All Saint’s Church, Brighton Feb 12, The Troxy, … Continue reading Marijuana Deathsquads Debut Album
The slow core Americana of Lo Fine’s latest album Want Is A Great Need has slowly grown on us, infiltrating, seducing, overcoming any resistance with its dark melancholy and occasional sonically malevolent world view. Grab All We Need Is Hell below. You can get previous track Lie In White from our Round Up post here. Continue reading MM Shorts 464: Lo Fine
Back at the turn of the year we included the intimate folk and ambient electronica of Malpas in one of our Round-Up posts. At the time they were promising a whole album of material later in the year and some of that is now imminent. As a taster they’ve offered up the first single from their new Promise EP, this is the otherworldly and subtly … Continue reading New Malpas Single
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