We’re loving these two tastes from Unicycle Loves You forthcoming long-player, their fourth, titled The Dead Age. JAWS is a non-stop, fuzzed up garage stomper and Face Tattoo is happily in a similar vein… Download both below. The album is out on the 6th June. . Continue reading MM Shorts 567: Unicycle Loves You
Concord America is an Atlanta trio claiming influences like the Black Lips, Pixies and Cage The Elephant. The group formed around their mutual love for rock ‘n’ roll but found their own sound in genres ranging from classic garage and late-50’s doo-wop all the way to proto grunge, power-pop and the modern surf revival. Check out the fizz and spit of raucous rocker So Gay from … Continue reading MM Shorts 566: Concord America
High Waisted are a surf-rock band from New York – on their way home from SXSW they stopped in Nashville to party, dropped some acid and recorded these two tracks live to mic in a haunted house in Nashville. The results are the Acid Tapes Vol. 1. Now that’s the kind of rock ‘n’ roll back story we like to hear. The results are ramshackle, messy … Continue reading Introducing >>> High Waisted
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
The Yetis is a band name that sounds like it should come straight from the classic flower-power era of the 60s, and this surf-pop quartet from Philadelphia certainly have a lovely vintage, retro feel to their sunny psych-infused garage jangle. Download/listen to Warm California and Girl, I Wanna Be Your Man. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 564: The Yetis
Chris Devotion & The Expectations are more than a little fond of a bit of savage rock’n’roll and a pert frolic with the classic pop song. Take Don’t You Call On Me, just under two and a half-minutes of power chords and forceful riffing that evokes the 70s heyday of aggressive melodies and distorted guitars, with a pleasing contemporary twist. Part confessional, part peacock strut, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Chris Devotion & The Expectations
San Francisco’s The She’s deal in beachy tunes filled with perfectly tuned three part harmonies and songs about hanging out, young love, and dreaming about boys – believe us when we say this is open-top boardwalk cruising manna from heaven. They just released their first new single in over 3 years, My Secret to Keep and it features Beach Boy-esque vocal harmonies, crooning base riffs and an wonderful extended 50’s inspired … Continue reading The She’s – My Secret To Keep
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
A long drive, rain, a Prisoner Cell Block H style hotel room, discovering the camera was still at home… the initial omens for The Great Escape were not great. Thankfully first impressions can be deceptive as Brighton is a sparky town full of quirky shops and streets, trendy young things and youthful counter-culture swagger (“I smoked 35 bongs once” being my favourite bit of eavesdropping of … Continue reading Thursday @ The Great Escape
Fool For You is a new track of incendiary, distorted, noise-pop from Southampton’s Wild Smiles, that sits, snarling happily, somewhere between Dinosaur Jr and the Jesus & Mary Chain. Have a listen, or grab it as a free download from their Facebook page here. . Continue reading New From Wild Smiles
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