Hiss Golden Messenger – Standing In The Doorway L.A. Witch – Kill My Baby Tonight Offa Rex – Sheepcrook and Black Dog Caroline Says – Winter Is Cold Wand – Plum Hans Chew – Give Up The Ghost Terry – Glory The Mynabirds – Cocoon Guantanamo Baywatch – Area 69 Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It’s been ages since we’ve posted a round up of some of the new music videos we’ve liked. Here then is a Sunday treat for you…eight of the best. Kevin Morby’s title track off his forthcoming record, City Music nearly hits the 7-minute mark and challenges what fans may have come to expect from him. The song builds like a slowly accelerating subway train, as does this … Continue reading Video Round Up
Chad VanGaalen – Old Heads Mutual Benefit – Diamond Day (Vashti Bunyan cover) Jen Cloher – Forgot Myself Lo Tom – Covered Wagon The Deslondes – (This Ain’t A) Sad Song NØMADS – Dementophobia Winter – Jaded Offa Rex – The Old Churchyard The Yawpers – Mon Dieu Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
If you’re not yet familiar Erin Rae’s story, she is East Nashville’s go to harmony girl. If you’re listening to a record by Margo Price, Andrew Combs, Anderson East or chatting to Richard Thompson or Aaron Lee Tasjan – they will sing her praises. Now she is finally taking her turn in the spotlight with new single Wild Blue Wind – shimmering analogue synths are … Continue reading Erin Rae – Wild Blue Wind
We have a hopelessly inadequate amount of time to listen to all the new music we receive, even after we automatically filter out the remixes, electro-bangers, and crappy dance tunes we get sent. So here is a hasty pick and mix selection for you of some of the best of recent weeks – just dive in… Rainy Sundays comes from a Tomkins Square reissue … Continue reading Mega Round-up Time
We’ve already shared Dark Horse the first track from America, the upcoming solo album from Howling Bells singer-songwriter Juanita Stein (out 28th July via Nude). Now we have I’ll Cry, a song of which she says, “It is a musical ode to the all American greats I took my cues from as a budding songwriter. Roy Orbison, Patsy Cline and the work of Phil Spector, all of … Continue reading Another From Juanita Stein
Despite already sharing some great new songs this week from Deer Tick, Quiet Hollers, She Keeps Bees, Waxahatchee, Happyness and Alvvays this week, we’ve also rounded up a collection of eight more cracking new tunes for you too. Enjoy. PJ Harvey & Ramy Essam – The Camp Diet Cig – Together We Can Conquer Whatever Bonnie “Prince” Billy & Nathan Salsburg – Fare You Well, My … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
For the first time in four years much loved MM faves Deer Tick have announced the September 15 release of a long-awaited new album…actually, two. Never a group to stand by conventional protocol, the Providence, RI quartet will release two separate albums of original material, Deer Tick Vol. 1 and Deer Tick Vol. 2. Deer Tick Vol. 1 showcases the folk-driven, roots/rock style with just the … Continue reading The Return Of Deer Tick
The lush, melancholy world of Monk Parker is located in the dark, hidden places of America. Empty midday honky-tonks, fogbound north-woods diners, and the shadowy, aging cinemas, libraries & museums wherein Saul Leiter, David Lynch, Bruno Schulz, Anselm Kiefer, Dennis Johnson and Wong Kar Wei yet reside… these are his natural home. Parker’s sophomore effort Crown of Sparrows is due to be released August 4th … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Monk Parker
We’ve already posted a couple of cracking tunes from Swedish indie band Mount Song that absorb some lovely touches of psychedelia, folk and even on this latest track Rocket Ride a soupçon of classic 90s grunge. Fans of bands from the Flaming Lips to Grandaddy will definitely find something to like here. It comes from their self-titled debut which dropped last Friday via Suncave Recordings. Continue reading Mount Song – Rocket Ride
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