Dirty Southern Love is the new EP/7″ from Emily & The Complexes. The first taste from it is the excellent, slow-rolling indie rock of Jersey City Blues complete with deceptively frank and occasionally savage lyrics, delivered over clever guitar lines and persistent percussion. Stream it here. . Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Emily & The Complexes
1. Titus Andronicus – Stranded (On My Own) 2. Cat Meat – Vog 3. Naomi Punk – Firehose Face 4. Goat – Hide From The Sun 5. The John Steel Singers – Common Thread . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The longest day has come and gone, and halfway through the year we are. It seemed a good point to reflect and share thirty of our favourite albums of 2014 so far, and so here they are, in strictly alphabetical order of course… . The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads . Amen Dunes – Love . Avers – Empty Light . Dan Baker – Pistol In … Continue reading Favourite Albums of 2014 (So Far)
Jessica Hernandez and her band the Deltas will release their debut album Secret Evil in August via Instant Records. They draw on influences from cabaret and vaudeville to modern day indie rock via experimental folk and smoky jazz. The results are an intense and smouldering cauldron of songs that are just as notable for Hernandez’s sublime vocals that enchant and entreat in equal measure. Have a listen … Continue reading MM Recommends… Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
Here is Hurray For The Riff Raff performing a gorgeous version of album standout The Body Electric on Letterman. . . Continue reading Video: Hurray For The Riff Raff – The Body Electric (On Letterman)
1. Delta Spirit – From Now On 2. She Keeps Bees (featuring Sharon Van Etten) – Is What It Is 3. Lilac Daze – Knives 4. Woods – Tomorrow’s Only Yesterday 5. Destruction Unit – Dust 6. The Cambodian Space Project – Here Comes The Rain . . . . . . . Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Montreal’s The Barr Brothers have announced details of their new album, Sleeping Operator, out on October 6th, through Secret City Records. The thirteen songs explore the far reaches of folk, laced with West African influences, hypnotic modernist pulsing and beyond. Yet while the record extends into cinematic and other-worldly territories, it still manages to maintain a campfire-like intimacy throughout. Listen to the brisk, talking-blues influenced album track … Continue reading New Album From The Barr Brothers
Houndstooth return with their intriguing blend of dark indie pop and edgy Americana on a new album later this year. While the record is, as yet, untitled they have shared the video for the first taste from it in the shape of Yellow Stone. . Continue reading New Video: Houndstooth – Yellow Stone
The brilliant Hiss Golden Messenger (aka M.C. Taylor) will release Lateness of Dancers, his fifth studio album, on September 9 in the US and September 18 worldwide on Merge Records. Known for expertly weaving Americana, psychedelia, blues and folk into sparse, yet gripping tales, the new record is set to be a more direct, more confident affair. The record takes its name from a Eudora Welty story … Continue reading Hiss Golden Messenger To Release Lateness Of Dancers
A nice collection of new videos spanning the Americana and folk of long standing MM fave Justin Townes Earle and Dry The River to the post-punk of Street Eaters by way of Circa Waves’ classic indie rock and the wonderfully downbeat melancholia of Pete Fij / Terry Bickers. A veritable musical potpourri…have a rummage. . . . . Continue reading New Videos: Justin Townes Earle || Circa Waves || Dry The River || Street Eaters || Pete Fij / Terry Bickers
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