Brian Chippendale aka Black Pus is a new name to us, but one we like. The same goes for the music – slightly deranged, often furious – it is a cacophony of drums, loops and repeating phrases and rhythms, but with a pop heart. There is a new album, All My Relations, due next month on the wilfully maverick label Thrill Jockey (pre-order here) as … Continue reading Black Pus To Release All My Relations
WALL grabbed our ears last year with a couple of rather special releases – muted, downtempo, eerie soundscapes behind soft, but utterly compelling vocals. It was hazy, dreamlike stuff that managed through its sparseness and fractured electronics to be refreshingly different from the crowds of artists co-habiting the ethereal, folky landscape. Big Picnic Records has signed WALL to their roster, and will release a new … Continue reading New from WALL
Watch the dazzling black and white geometry of Suuns new video for 2020, Bear’s Den’s beautiful video for Isaac filmed at St Pancras Old Church, and the softly crafted folk of Flint Michigan’s Jeremy Quint under the moniker Small Houses, Oh, Hiding Out comes from new album Exactly Where You Wanted To Be (out 26th February, order via Yer Bird Records). a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Suuns || Bear’s Den || Small Houses
Today’s videos come from Clinic, with an appropriately shattered and psychedelic offering of broken images and cascading colours accompanying Seamless Boogie Woogie BBC 10pm (rpt), from Steady Hills we have the folky Long Grey Roads and from the excellently monikered Roadkill Ghost Choir some nine months work of animation for Bird In My Window. Finally, watch Garrett Pierce’s spaghetti western themed video for the haunting Why, … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Clinic || Steady Hills || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Garrett Pierce
Sun Kil Moon’s bitterly poignant and self-deprecating Among The Leaves was one of our favourite albums of last year and Mark Kozelek has wasted no time in following that up with a collaboration with The Album Leaf titled Perils From The Sea. It would appear that upbeat still remains a distant expectation with titles like Baby In Death Can I Rest Next To Your Grave…only an eight minute … Continue reading Sun Kil Moon & The Album Leaf – Perils From The Sea
So, all things considered January got off to a rip-roaring start where new tunes are concerned. Here is our selection of our best of the month’s downloads (27 in all) and a few new tunes too – more than 30 to pick from, so blow those January blues away with these babies. Prissy Clerks – Bruise or Be Bruised Mix of fuzzed up punk and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2013
Once again the in-box overfloweth with sounds to share (especially once we’d consigned all the crappy remixes and dancefloor bangers to the trash folder) – so delve in to this lucky thirteen smorgasbord of audio delights. Inspired by the beautiful snowy winters and post-industrial landscape of Pittsburgh, PA, Arlo Aldo have created a new twist on American alt-folk, with mellow tempos and lilting harmonies layered … Continue reading (Yet Another) Round Up
Watch the really rather good video for the Cribs new single, Leather Jacket Love Song, 17 years in the making and featuring the Jarman brothers performing alongside their teenage counterparts in 1997. We also have the indie rock of the Ecstatics and the soaring alt-rock of Aussie six piece Fairchild Republic. a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Cribs || The Ecstatics || Fairchild Republic
Monday’s videos for your viewing delight have Sin Fang’s pulsating 3-D effects for Look At The Light, the Obama themed claymation of Neil Nathan Inc’s Jumpstart and the Lord of the Flies-meets-masquerade feel of Fine Times video for Hey Judas. a a Download Neil Nathan Inc – Jumpstart mp3 (from Sweep The Nation) a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Sin Fang || Neil Nathan Inc. || Fine Times
Insound’s latest free mixtape is up and available for the next week or so. This time it features tracks from Amor de Dias, Beach Fossils, Campfires, Free Energy, Gospels, Leapling, Mock & Toof, The Pharmacy, The Ruby Suns, Toro y Moi, Vatican Shadow, and Widowspeak! Just go here to grab it for nowt, or check a couple of our favourites from it first. Download Campfire – … Continue reading Latest Free Insound Mixtape
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