Ten more new tunes on the virtual jukebox for you to investigate and consider. The Lonely Wild – Hunted [RIYL: Folk-rock, Lord Huron, The Lone Bellow] Expert Alterations – You Can’t Always Be Liked [RIYL: Indie-pop, The June Brides, The Headlights] Honeymilk (feat. De Montevert) – Psychrocker [RIYL: Baggy-Indie, The Charlatans, Primal Scream] Kharlos – Dawn [RIYL: Garage Rock, Ty Segall, Thee Oh … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 7)
While the warm, mellow Americana of the Great American Canyon Band has featured a few times on MM, we haven’t heard anything from the husband and wife duo for a couple of years. Now they are back with details of their first full length album, Only You Remain, on which they expand their signature sound with a song cycle that works through the despair and disorientation of watching … Continue reading Great American Canyon Band – Crash
The Lone Bellow has released I See That Hand, the opening track on the upcoming Mercyland: Hymns For The Rest Of Us, Volume II compilation. The goal of Mercyland is to illustrate the spirituality of human connection, without attaching a specific religious doctrine. The band’s Zach Williams describes it thus: “The idea originated from a shared memory we all had. Growing up in churches down South, … Continue reading The Lone Bellow – I See That Hand
Cashavelly Morrison’s LP The Kingdom Belongs to a Child was released last week and this track Pink Dress is a prefect example of her haunting and wholly absorbing southern Americana. The album is tinged with gothic undertones and shot through with a confessional gateway into loss, having suffered a miscarriage in 2010 and her father last year, as well as her deeply held values, notably equal rights … Continue reading Cashavelly Morrison – The Kingdom Belongs To A Child
You know the routine… Wreckless Eric – Days Of My Life The Chills – Silver Bullets The Gloomies – Groves The Underground Youth – Juliette Fuzz Ghost – Sandy Bum Eleanor Friedberger – He Didn’t Mention His Mother PWRHAUS – How I Feel About You The Duchess & The Fox – St Vitus Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Matt Kivel will be releasing, Janus his third studio album on February 5th next year via Driftless Recordings. The title track is a gorgeous broken folk hymnal, almost six minutes of typically beautiful, softly plucked acoustic Americana that carries you away like mist disappearing in the morning sun. Sink in. Continue reading Matt Kivel – Janus
Antlered Aunt Lord is entirely Jesse Stinnard, a guy who’s spent the past ten years in Athens, Georgia as a cherished eccentric in a town known for its cherished eccentricities. His first official release is Ostensibly Formerly Stunted (and on fire), and is out on the 30th November and features members of Tunabunny. Melodic, lyrically inventive, reticent, and moving – think the missing link between the Pixies … Continue reading MM Shorts 789: Antlered Aunt Lord
Seems like we’ve not done one for a little while. Here are a collection of tasty musical films to accompany some top notch tunes. Our selection includes Hinds, Sundara Karma, Alex Bleeker And The Freaks, Brooke Annibale, Spray Paint, Idles and Gold Class. Continue reading Video Round Up
Fear Is The Devil is the first foot-stomping single from the new EP of the same name from the Tall Pines. Coming out on November 10th. Shot in North Florida, among the reeds and standing water where snakes and alligators play, the production is a homemade, lo-fi homage to found footage and damaged goods. Watch it here. Continue reading New Video: The Tall Pines – Fear Is The Devil
The Cave Singers and Lightning Dust have been two mainstays of Mad Mackerel over the years, so when we discovered that Cavies guitarist Derek Fudesco and the Dusties vocalist Amber Webber had combined as Kodiak Deathbeds we were more than just excited. Their self-titled debut album is an absolute gem of acoustic, fingerpicked folk and hauntingly beautiful vocals. It is available from Bandcamp here, and … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 18: Kodiak Deathbeds
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