The scorched, warped Americana and post-punk of The Ukiah Drag with its pulsating organs, flattening riffs and creep beats have long found favour here in the Mackerel abode. Their new LP is titled In the Reaper’s Quarters and can be pre-ordered from Wharf Cat Records. This is Her Royal Grip from it, and a more remorseless and unsettling four and half minutes of music you’ll be hard pressed … Continue reading New From The Ukiah Drag
Burn Out The Bruise is the new single from The Wytches, and comes from their forthcoming debut long-player Annabel Dream Reader, which comes out in the UK on Heavenly Records on the 25th August. It is another top notch example of their reverb filled, doom rock that still carries a hint of a surf undertone. Have a listen. Continue reading New Single From The Wytches
1. Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires – Born In The USA 2. DZ Deathrays – Less Out Of Sync 3. Bat For Lashes – Skin Song 4. The Rural Alberta Advantage – Terrified 5. Speedy Ortiz – Bigger Party . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The longest day has come and gone, and halfway through the year we are. It seemed a good point to reflect and share thirty of our favourite albums of 2014 so far, and so here they are, in strictly alphabetical order of course… . The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads . Amen Dunes – Love . Avers – Empty Light . Dan Baker – Pistol In … Continue reading Favourite Albums of 2014 (So Far)
Jessica Hernandez and her band the Deltas will release their debut album Secret Evil in August via Instant Records. They draw on influences from cabaret and vaudeville to modern day indie rock via experimental folk and smoky jazz. The results are an intense and smouldering cauldron of songs that are just as notable for Hernandez’s sublime vocals that enchant and entreat in equal measure. Have a listen … Continue reading MM Recommends… Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
Brooklyn quintet and MM regulars, Tyburn Saints have become known for their haunting, maudlin rock, and will be releasing a new EP With The Night In Our Eyes on July 15. The title track is about as upbeat as the band get, and you can stream it below. . Continue reading New EP from Tyburn Saints
Courtly Love are merging bluesy tones with psychedelic hazes; a brand-new quintet from East London and one of those rare musical collectives who appear to have arrived fully formed and armed with clutch of quite wonderful tunes. They produce a gorgeous smouldering psych blues fusion, mixing the dark gutter glamour of the Velvets & Nico with the cinematic doomed grandeur of Serge Gainsbourg. Watch the … Continue reading Video: Courtly Love – Mirage
Work has been more than hectic lately, but conversely that seems to have coincided with listening to more music too – maybe the extra time sat on the train or in the car? Who knows or cares, but it does mean a collection of mighty fine tunes for you to welcome home the weekend too… We kick off with a brilliant track of hypnotic garage-psych … Continue reading Time For A Friday Round Up
For one reason and another we were unable to create the time to see Mirel Wagner at the Great Escape, which was perhaps the single biggest disappointment for us of the whole weekend scheduling. Even more so, now we’ve heard Oak Tree, the first taste from her forthcoming album for Sub Pop, the brilliantly and ominously titled When The Cellar Children See The Light Of … Continue reading Mirel Wagner – Oak Tree
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
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