At first, the new single, Kahuna, by We The Dead sounds like a very good addition to the canon of distorted, garage inspired rock. Although it kicks off in a traditional manner – as a reverb riddled, fuzzed up gem of driving guitars, it is the nicely judged melodic interludes that effectively change the pace and feel of the track and sets it even further apart … Continue reading Introducing >>> We The Dead
We featured the visceral blues-punk of London four-piece Burning Condors in a Video of the Day post back in February. Their latest single is, if anything, even better – the salacious, sleazier ‘n hell, bump ‘n’ grind of Dirty Girl Blues backed by the twisted Beach Boys inspired What Your Mama Said. Watch the video and listen to the a-side below. It is out on the 15th … Continue reading MM Shorts 397: More From Burning Condors
Warning Signs is the new five track EP from Utah’s five-piece The Mighty Sequoyah. Mixing folk, surf pop, 60s soul-style harmonies and a little bit of doo-wop, it is a sweetly reverential nod to more innocent times, of cruising boardwalks, drive-in movies, roadside diners and soda fountains and they carry it off brilliantly. Listen to the evocative I Won’t Be There and buy the whole EP here. … Continue reading New EP From The Mighty Sequoyah
We have lots of video goodness today for you in the form of new films from The Coathangers solving a murder mystery in Derek’s Song, The Hussy’s tripped out garage psych of Woodland Creature and Wiretree’s animation for excellent track Get Up. Lastly we have the electro tinged folk of Bogan Via’s Kanye, set to a record story robbery by the duo. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Coathangers || The Hussy || Wiretree || Bogan Via
King Khan & The Shrines have unveiled the very first new track Born to Die, from the brand new album Idle No More, set for release on September 3rd on Merge Records. A mere six years since the release of their last album, What Is!?, the new record is full of sweat-drenched, ass shaking, groovy, psyched-out numbers, complete with rip roaring horn lines, southern fried … Continue reading New Track From King Khan & The Shrines
Kickstart your weekend with a sleazy, adrenalin fuelled shot of The Floors, who are releasing a new single of bluesy, sonic mayhem, Built From Bones, on limited 7” vinyl. The b-side is taken from last year’s debut album Dead Beat – the wonderful delta blues bump ‘n’ grind of Pick Up Your Bones. Naturally, with two songs mentioning bones, the tour to support this little gem is called…The Bones Tour. … Continue reading MM Shorts 391: The Floors
Here are eight of the very best tracks to reach out to us from our inbox and the internet over the past few days. First up we have a new track from the forthcoming album Soft Will from Smith Westerns, which distills the spirit of Big Star into a delicately reverential tribute to classic 70s radio rock. We have the superbly maudlin, gloom-pop of Franklin the … Continue reading Thursday Means Eight Of The Best
Black Joe Lewis have announced details of their brand new full-length LP, Electric Slave, to be released on August 27 on Vagrant Records. The first taste is the excellently named Skulldiggin, which grips from the off with a blistering, distorted blues riff of righteous fury and a gruff vocal of just the right amount of hellfire and brimstone zeal to match. Welcome back boys! Continue reading New Album From Black Joe Lewis
Garage noiseniks Speedy Ortiz have featured a number of times on Mad Mackerel and it is fair to say we are very much looking forward to their debut long player Major Arcana, which is out in less than a month on Carpark Records. No Below is the second single to be taken from it and offers more than enough to whet the appetite for the … Continue reading New Single From Speedy Ortiz
Enjoy a dreamworld populated with magical jellyfish from Dungeonesse in their video for Nightlight, a no frills live performance from Young Aviators and their anthemic Forward Thinking and lastly watch everything go wrong for an inappropriate Mickey Mouse in the Naive New Beaters film for the rocking Shit Happens.. . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dungeonesse || Young Aviators || Naive New Beaters
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