A bit like desert murder ballads, anything coming into our in-box calling itself ‘voodoo trash blues’ is going to get our attention. And so it was with The Black Knights, a due hailing from Salford in the north of England who recently released their debut album Sickle Cell Saturday Night. With influences from The Birthday Party to Jon Spencer to The Dead Weather, theirs is … Continue reading Introducing…The Black Knights
In just under two weeks on October 26, The War On Drugs new EP Future Weather will be available in stores in the U.S. (and early 2011 in the U.K.). However, you can pre-order the album today and you’ll get an instant download of the record. In celebration Secretly Canadian are releasing a second single from Future Weather, the closing track The History of Plastic. … Continue reading The War On Drugs Offer up Second Track from new EP
There probably aren’t enough songs about sticks. Wounded Lion know this. So here s their new 7″ single, Pointed Sticks, complete with glam rock backbeat, handclaps and a catchy chorus. Marvellous. Visit their MySpace here. Download Wounded Lion – Pointed Sticks mp3 (from Pointed Sticks 7″) Download Wounded Lion – Friendly mp3 (from Friendly 7″) Continue reading New single from Wounded Lion
For some reason we’d never really taken too much notice of Ringo Deathstarr – perhaps childishly, I think it was as simple as just the name put us off. So, in our ignorance, we weren’t expecting too much of Imagine Hearts which is the first taster from forthcoming album Colour Trip, which will be out in early 2011. Well, we’re big enough to admit we … Continue reading New from Ringo Deathstarr
Without doubt, Florida’s Howling Owls are one of our favourite new music discoveries of 2010 – we’ve featured three songs to date (as and when they’ve come through from the band) and so you can imagine our delight over the weekend when we received another new track. There’s a slight change in mood to Mood Ring – it’s a little quicker, more staccato, less downbeat, but … Continue reading New from Howling Owls
The Black features David Longoria on guitar and vocals (formerly of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead), Matt Simon on drums (formerly of Voxtrot), Jason Chronis on bass (formerly of Voxtrot), and Alan Schaefer on guitar (son of famous guitar maker Ed Schaefer). The material on new album Sun in the Day, Moon at Night is pure rock and roll at … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Black
So here we are again. A round-up of our favourite posted tracks from September, all beautifully compiled and presented for you to put on one lovely mix. And as always, a couple of new tracks for you too. Enjoy. The Rakehells – Lost Weekend mp3 Aggressive, yet danceable pop with an in-your-face attitude and catchy hooks The Moondoggies – It’s A Shame, It’s A Pity … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: September
Here are a couple of tasty tracks that have caught our ears over the past couple of days. Blank Dogs have more smothered lo-fi dance fuzz for us on this new track which is from forthcoming album Land And Fixed, meanwhile The Soft Pack have slowed the pace and cranked up the tension over six simmering minutes for Gagdad, a limited edition vinyl single of … Continue reading New from The Soft Pack & Blank Dogs
While we think that we’re not great lovers of covers here at MM, I’m beginning to suspect that this is actually a pretty long way from the reality of things. Especially, as just lately, there seems to have been a plethora of excellent cover versions hitting our iTunes playlists. So here are a few that we’ve picked up from over the net and fellow bloggers … Continue reading Cover Me…I’m Going In
We’ve long been admirers of San Franciscans The Fresh & Onlys and their catchy, jangly, garage-pop. They’ve finished recording new album Play It Strange which gets a release on In The Red on October 12th. Here are a couple of taster tracks from the album – as good as ever and certainly makes the full length something to look forward to… Visit their MySpace here. Download … Continue reading Fresh & Onlys Ready New Album
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