Another Tale From Another English Town heralds the return of the dreamy, haunting folk of Lanterns On The Lake and is taken from their forthcoming new album Until The Colours Run, that will see a release via Bella Union. It is typically beautiful, cinematic and orchestral, with strings and vocals that rise and fall as though they were swelling waves, but the lyrics are sharper … Continue reading The Return Of Lanterns On The Lake
Enjoy videos from Brazos and their track Charm, from Arborea with Pale Horse Phantasm filmed on location at Acadia National Park in Maine, from The Night Jars who use edits of episodes of the old Defenders of the Earth cartoons for their 60s garage inspired Drones, and from Lars Bygden, a truly brilliant animation for his dark and sorrowful track The Hole – not to be missed. … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Brazos || Arborea || The Night Jars || Lars Bygden
Broken minor keys, cracked vocal harmonies, fireside percussion, and tv static dreams. The Kindling make sad, strange and beautiful music. Drawing influence from the uncompromising recording spirit of Sparklehorse, Mount Eerie, and Tom Waits, The Kindling were formed to breathe supernatural life into the songs of singer Guy Weir. After their debut EP From Out Of The Wreckage, the band’s second EP Half Light is a … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Kindling
Arborea has a new album Fortress of the Sun coming out on April 30th on the NYC label ESP-Disk. At the vanguard of the avant-folk scene, they effortlessly combine the delicate and fragile with the traditional, weaving together a beguiling mix of ambient sounds with gentle psychedelia, Appalachian folk and indie rock. Take a listen to a selection of tracks from the album below. Order it here. Continue reading New Album From Arborea
Videos today to enjoy from Primal Scream, then get immersed in Quickbeam’s melancholic beauty and in The Hosts melodramatic indie-pop. . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Primal Scream || Quickbeam || The Hosts
We’re still rounding up all those new releases, new tunes, good tunes, and more to keep your day as varied and joyous as ours…Ha! And so we have another ‘cop-out” post prompted by another fearsome backlog, which has once again kickstarted our anxiety over (a) failing to keep up, and (b) failing to give the appropriate time and text that these releases deserve and (c) … Continue reading More Rounding Up To Be Done
Wickerbird (self-described as a “small, small folk project“) started out in the wilds of Washington State. His debut record, The Crow Mother, was wrought in seclusion and his latest, the five track EP, The Westering, serves as a spiritual addendum to its predecessor, a quiet post-script, long lost and forgotten in the frost. With ambient washes and echoes of dream pop, this record is the dying sun, … Continue reading MM Shorts 338: Wickerbird
White Woods is the project of Julia Kugel, better known for her work as the guitarist and vocalist for Atlanta’s riotous garage rockers The Coathangers. Under her solo moniker, Kugel delivered a heartfelt blend of golden-oldies and subdued Americana with her debut single on one of our favourite labels, Suicide Squeeze last year. Now she is back with another offering, exploring the same kind of sultry … Continue reading New Single From White Woods
Here is our selection of the best of our February downloads together with a few brand new tracks to dig into. So go on. Knock yourself out. Blank Realm – Cleaning Up My Mess Sitting somewhere between the melancholic churn and burn of Mercury Rev and the noisy squall of Sonic Youth, the four-piece gleefully meld psychedelia with punk and pop and even a smattering … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: February 2013
The video for Blackbird & The Storm’s track Broken Wings was shot on Super 8 last summer in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. It perfectly suits the samples of crickets, toads, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, hummingbirds, songbirds and wings-in-flight which are mixed alongside musical instruments and Marie-Juliette Bird’s intoxicating voice. We also have the irreverent and effervescent indie rock of Crash & The Coots and their video for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Blackbird & The Storm || Crash & The Coots || The Blackwater Fever || Loch Lomond
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