100 Anna St. Louis – Fire 99 Deep State – No Idea Pt. II 98 Ron Gallo – Really Nice Guys 97 Wooden Wand – Aurora 96 Diet Cig – Sixteen 95 Prism Tats – The Liar 94 Julie & The Wrong Guys – Love And Leaving 93 Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile – Continental Breakfast 92 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Tracks of the Year 100 – 76
First Aid Kit – Fireworks No Age – Drippy Alela Diane – Émigré’ Calexico – Voices In The Field Olden Yolk – Takes One To Know One Craig Finn – Fault Lines (Mountain Goats cover) Ty Segall – The Main Pretender The Orwells – Vanilla The Soft Moon – It Kills Graham Coxon – Falling Continue reading Ten (Count ’em) Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
What better way to kick off December and the countdown to Christmas with the news that BEAK> have released a charity Christmas single (Merry Xmas) Face The Future and have also shared a video for the track. All money raised by the sale of the single goes to The National Elf Service & The Mental Elf, an online resource for mental health information – https://www.nationalelfservice.net/. Purchase the … Continue reading It’s Christmas… Festive Tune No 1: BEAK>
Here is the new video for NØMADS’ Traumatophobia (the fear of being injured), the bands’ November single. It was filmed as part of their Live From Pittsburgh series whose sessions will get an exclusive vinyl-only release in the autumn of 2018. The track is from their forthcoming conceptual double EP PHOBIAC, an album based on clinical phobia-based fears. Watch it below. Continue reading New Video: NØMADS – Traumatophobia
We’re big Mind Spiders fans here at MM, and frankly they seem one of the most underrated bands out there. Evolving from lo-fi garage punk beginnings to a mix of post-punk and art-rock that recalls Devo, Talking Heads and Bowie, they consistently deliver with a raison d’être that is built around delivering music that is relentlessly aggressive, melodic and downright catchy. They have announced a … Continue reading Mind Spiders – Outside
Kentucky based newcomer Willie Breeding will release his debut album of beguiling, off-kilter Americana Big Sky in early 2018. With influences ranging from Lee Hazlewood to The Strokes, Marty Robbins to A Tribe Called Quest, Big Sky is first and foremost an album of well-crafted tunes. The melodies are rich and wavy, complementing well the lyrics of someone torn between their years in New York City, and their … Continue reading Introducing >>> Willie Breeding
Holly Miranda will release a new album in February next year, her first new material since 2015. The first taste is in the form of the hazy, slow burn of Exquisite that also features Kyp Malone from TV On The Radio. Stream it below. Continue reading New Album & Single From Holly Miranda
In 2014 The Men side-project Dream Police released their excellent debut LP Hypnotized, toured extensively, and ultimately, as side projects tend to work, they returned focus to their primary band. Fortunately, after three years wait, they got together recently and recorded a brand new single. Revenge. Happily too, their signature use of the Roland 707 drum machine, the driving but psychedelic bass line, the droning organ, … Continue reading New Single From Dream Police
Calexico – End Of The World With You No Age – Soft Collar Fad Jim White – Far Beyond The Spoken Word Father John Misty – Pure Country Hater – Blushing Django Django – Tic Tac Toe A. Savage – Ladies From Houston Surfing Magazines – One Of These Days Anna St. Louis – Fire The Deep Dark Woods – Deep Flooding Waters Miss World – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Mountain Goats – Shirtless In Hamburg OCS – The Fool U.S. Girls – Mad As Hell Patsy – Tommy, Bobby, Johnny Gun Outfit – Landscape Painter Nots – Anxious Trend Evan Stephens Hall – Burnout (Green Day cover) Adults – MSN Silver Torches – Bartender SaveSave Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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