This weekend, why not relax with our regular pick of the best new releases and tunes of the past seven days. Father John Misty – The Memo Israel Nash – The Fire & The Flood Joanna Newsom – Leaving The City Bruising – Emo Friends Mount Moriah – Calvander Wytches – Darker Waters – Up Up Up Jacuzzi Boys – Wildflower Hazel English – Fix … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Tedo Stone’s new album Marshes is an enthralling fusion of throwback southern vibes, indie rock hooks and a wall-of-sound resonance. Landing somewhere between Dinosaur Jr’s wailing guitars and Neil Young’s raw emotion, and shot through with T. Rex-styled big amp fuzz and soaring post-rock solos, it is a record of deep grooves and assured writing that is well worth checking out. Listen to the excellent Mind Wasted below and buy … Continue reading MM Shorts 779: Tedo Stone
With their imminent second album Mythologies due on 30th October, Cheatahs have announced a new single Signs To Lorelei through Wichita Recordings. An early highlight of the album, the single is reminiscent of a 70s Sci-Fi soundtrack, easing into view before evolving into a glorious, cascading swathe of sonic beauty. Have a listen. . Continue reading New Single From Cheatahs
Another of our longstanding favourite bands, Americana duo Blessed Feathers have announced details of their new album There Will Be No Sad Tomorrow. Two years in the making, the record is equal parts beauty and brutality, a transgressional road trip that stretches from the ghettos of Peru to the high plains of Wyoming, from the swamplands of Florida to the oceanic wilds of Big Sur. Listen … Continue reading New Album From Blessed Feathers
It is Wednesday, so that means it is time for ten new tunes from the virtual jukebox and for you to decide on their merits…or otherwise! Holy Esque – Strange (RIYL: Post-punk, The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit) . Mainland – Not As Cool As Me (RIYL: Surf-rock, Weezer, The Clash) . Debris Of Titan – What’s In My Cocoon (RIYL: Psych-rock, Tame Impala, Mac … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 4)
On first listen, Philadelphia based indie rockers PALMAS manage the not inconsiderable feat of taking you back through time, straight to the stage of a 1950s tiki dive bar. It’s a place where locals and outsiders find themselves dancing close under glittering lights, surrounded by a fog of slow-swirling cigarette smoke. Here, women in thick cat eyeliner melt into mysteriously dark silhouettes. With influences spanning the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… PALMAS
FOURS are a female fronted indie-pop band based in Shepherds Bush, West London. The band’s influences vary from the art-rock and indie of the present – Foals, Bloc Party and Bombay Bicycle Club – through to an unashamed love for the classic guitar work of Lindsey Buckingham and Andy Summers. Have a listen to a couple of indie anthems in waiting, Stranger and Damage. Both … Continue reading MM Shorts 778: FOURS
Like many others we were big fans of Bad Art And Weirdo Ideas, the first single from Beach Slang’s forthcoming debut long player The Things We Do To Find People Like Us (out 30th October). Here is the follow-up, check out the equally intense and fiery riffing of Young & Alive, another song that bleeds raw energy from the speakers… Try it. . Continue reading New From Beach Slang
We really don’t post as many videos as we should… so as usual here is our rather feeble attempt to clear the backlog of some of the excellent musical films we’ve seen recently. . . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up Time
After last week’s bonanza collection we’re back to an altogether more manageable collection of nine songs gathered up from the past seven days just for you. Calexico – Tapping On The Line Blitzen Trapper – Love Grow Cold Alex Chilltown – Cwtch Lucero – Can’t You Hear Them Howl Sun Kil Moon – The Weeping Song (live) (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover) Avers – Calling … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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