While we’ve started each weekend to pick out five (good) tracks that have been setting the internet ablaze during the week, there are still lots of tunes that are not getting the attention their quality deserves. Here for a Sunday morning is a few that we’ve picked out…the spectral, desert folk of Jess Williamson, from the ashes of Abe Vigoda comes the new-wavey Roses, we have warped, … Continue reading Weekend Round Up
The swampy, garage blues and glam-rock riffs of duo the Ghost Wolves joyfully traverses the habitat of such notable luminaries as The Cramps, The Stooges, Jeff The Brotherhood and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Watch their new video, taken from a recent Lost In Austin session, for the raw, dirty Gonna Live. It comes from their forthcoming long-player Man, Woman, Beast, out on 14th July. . . . Continue reading Video: The Ghost Wolves – Gonna Live
On reflection, it was a day for the Celts at the Great Escape, and the Aussies, and even the Argentinians… We kicked off the day with a set from New Desert Blues, whose mix of folk, country and indie rock has graced previous posts here on MM. They have a debut album in the pipeline and happily the songs they showcased from this stood up … Continue reading Friday @ The Great Escape
Today, Chris T Popper and I are heading south to Brighton and our first visit to the Great Escape festival. There are a whole host of bands we’re looking forward to seeing, from the South American punk-pop of Las Kellies, the angst of Gambles, the spectral folk of Mirel Wagner and the junkyard blues of the Amazing Snakeheads, to the stoned slacker indie of Dune Rats and the … Continue reading We’re Heading to the Great Escape…A Playlist
Silent Lions are a sinister twosome of heavy-soul, stoned blues and chill-punk, memorably described as ‘Hall & Oates backed by Rage Against The Machine.’ This is their video for Runnin’ Me Down – judge for yourself. . . . Continue reading Video: Silent Lions – Runnin’ Me Down
Nerve Endings is the third song to be released from hard hitting psych-rockers Heavy Glow’s upcoming album, Pearls & Swine and Everything Fine, to be releasedon the 4th June. Stream it here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 556: Heavy Glow
Based in Brooklyn, The Bones of J.R. Jones (aka Jonathon Linaberry) has made a musical descent from the hardcore punk scene to roots and blues after being gifted a collection of albums entitled American Roots Music by his father. He dove in head first, never looked back and developed a deep seeded love for classic folk and blues, by early torch bearers like Blind Lemon Jefferson … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Bones Of J.R. Jones
Love this. Real rock’n’roll…Violent Shiver is the A side of a new 7″ from Benjamin Booker whilst the B side is the intriguingly titled Spoon Out My Eyeballs. Watch the video here. . . Continue reading Video: Benjamin Booker – Violent Shiver
To date rock’n’rolling NY three-piece STRNGRS have released two EPs of originals, a couple covers, and a video of a stripped down live performance from CMJ. They describe themselves as “kinda garage-pop with a blues soul element…” A mess around on their Soundcloud page reveals they’ve been selling themselves a bit short…there are clearly influences ranging from the Stooges and MC5 through to the Black Keys … Continue reading Introducing >>> STRNGRS
We had an e-mail from a reader recommending we check out Ryley Walker. So we did. Turns out he is a little bit special. While only 24 years old, on his debut album (released this very day) All Kinds Of You, he delves much further back than that to the fingerpicked style of classic British folk artists, American primitive guitar and classic pastoral psychedelia. The results are … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Ryley Walker
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