NOTS were one of the best bands I saw at The Great Escape – berating a half-full room of slightly hungover festival goers early in the afternoon with a short, pulsating set of brilliantly fierce and raw punk rock that somehow blended the Ramones with Television and Sonic Youth and then added a dash of Hawkwind. Their second album will be with us via the … Continue reading NOTS Announce New Album
Oxford, MS-based Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster – the singer/guitarist for long standing MM faves Water Liars – will release his debut solo album Constant Stranger on the 30th September via Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum. With evocative imagery of the natural world, Constant Stranger seamlessly blends deeply personal ruminations on family, lovers, a musician’s transient life, and the frequently confounding nature of existence – and creates a … Continue reading Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster of Water Liars Announces Solo Album
We were delighted to hear of the return of singer-songwriter Adam Torres and have already shared the lovely High Lonesome from his forthcoming album Pearls to Swine, which is out on the 9th September. Now we have another track for you – sprawling in scope and devastating in content, this time it is the hauntingly eerie and moving six minutes of Outlands. Listen below. Continue reading Another From Adam Torres
Husband and wife duo Shovels & Rope write literate, Southern Gothic infused songs of a uniformly high quality – one that sets them apart from the vast majority of their contemporaries. They will release their new album Little Seeds on their new label New West Records on 7th October. With song titles such as Botched Execution, Mourning Song, The Last Hawk and subject matters ranging from Alzheimer’s … Continue reading Shovels & Rope – Little Seeds
Mixing effervescent punk with ferocious garage pop and a healthy dose of irreverent humour, LA’s The Regrettes have just shared their excellent new single, A Living Human Girl. If like us, you’re fans of Diet Cig or Tacocoat then you will find much to love here. Stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 853: The Regrettes
Earlier this month we shared the excellent Radius from Swedish indie rockers Hater. It was the title track of their forthcoming three track EP and now they’ve given us a second taste with the more subdued and melancholy First Time. Equally good though. Listen below. Continue reading More From Hater
Long standing MM faves, L.A. based Allah-Las will be releasing their new album Calico Review on September 9 via Mexican Summer. The band has also shared a video for the first single Famous Phone Figure. The track cradles character sketches over delicate strains of viola, organ, and Mellotron. Drummer Matthew Correia carefully underlining a three-note theme that casts a phantom sadness over the proceedings, as bassist Spencer … Continue reading New Video: Allah-Lahs – Famous Phone Figure
Dan Michaelson and the Coastguards’ excellent new album Memory is out now through The state51 Conspiracy. It is a record that is concerned with recollection and our ability to twist and warp history, rewriting the past each time we try to retrieve it. The band’s new single Tides (out on 8th July), is appropriately named as it ebbs and flows, telling the story of a person who throws … Continue reading Dan Michaelson and the Coastguards – Tides
Melbourne, Australia’s Chook Race formed in 2010 as a scrappy, garage/surf band, but soon developed a greater pop sensibility, born of their love of Flying Nun bands and other bedroom favorites. New album Around The House will be released in September via the Trouble In Mind label. It is comprised of ten oddly withdrawn, yet highly personal tunes, performed by the band with a desperate urgency creating … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Chook Race
Here are a couple of excellent new videos. The first by indie-pop quintet Night Flowers who have announced a new single, Glow in the Dark, due out on Dirty Bingo Records on 15th July. Filmed during their recent Japanese tour, the video was primarily shot in three continuous takes at 3am in Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district – the result is a hazy, vibrant waking Tokyo dream. Psychic … Continue reading New Videos From Psychic Heat And Night Flowers
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