The Woolly Bushmen are a three-piece garage outfit from Orlando. They use vintage gear and record on reel to reel. This is the new single and title track from their LP Sky Bosses, just released through their own Chesterwick Recording Laboratories. Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 735: The Woolly Bushmen
It’s that time again. Ten more new tracks rounded up and herded into one convenient place for you… 1. Father John Misty – The Suburbs (Arcade Fire cover) 2. La Luz – Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere 3. Blank Realm – River Of Longing 4. Bully – Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying (Belle & Sebastian cover) 5. Diagrams – You Can Talk To Me … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Paris of America, the new album by The Payroll Union, continues the band’s fascination with America’s dark past. These eight songs explore the violence of the ‘riot era’ in Philadelphia during the 1830s and 1840s. Inhabiting the stories of radical writers, anti-Catholic brawlers, firebrand preachers, and violent ward bosses, the album imagines a city in great tumult, tearing itself apart. The record is a result … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Payroll Union
Following on from our Monday Morning Round Up post, here is a second instalment of another eight fine tunes that we have uncovered whilst trying to catch up with our in-box. All starting with some easy going country rock from Americana band The Afternoon Edition. The solid harmonies and laid back approach on their debut single Canyon Lights recalls such greats as The Band and Crosby Stills … Continue reading MM’s Wednesday Morning Round Up
Milwaukee psych-punks The Rashita Joneses have a new 7″ release to share that show the trio in a light of a developing sound, this time, thicker, nastier, yet catchier than ever. The title track My Finger throws down a gauntlet of grunge-inspired riffs. And in true Joneses fashion, it features catchy vocal melodies…screaming “Fuck the system…fuck the man. I’m eating pizza in my van!” And then the dudes … Continue reading The Rashita Joneses – My Finger 7″
It strikes me that you have to be pretty brave to try and forge a music career with the surname Presley. On the evidence of Come Calling, in the case of John J Presley we are mighty glad he did. It is the first track to be shared from his new White Ink EP (out 24th July). Citing Son House’s Mississippi Delta blues and Mogwai’s dissonant tunings … Continue reading Introducing >>> John J Presley
Our in-box is once again sinking slowly in a deluge of new music and videos, and even once we’ve deleted all the e-mails about house bangers, dance remixes, and other such nonsense we’re still left with an unfathomably large number of songs to listen to… However, listen we do, and here is a short selection from all around the world (Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, … Continue reading MM’s Monday Morning Round Up
The Chewers are Travis Caffrey and Michael Sadler, two freaks who crawled from the woods of West Virginia to taint the water of the Nashville underground. Once there they began to hammer out an idiosyncratic brand of avant-garde rock’n’roll, and infused it with a wry and deadpan sense of humor. They are now ready to launch their new album Dead Dads, a complex and jaggedly groovy work, although sadly during … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Chewers
This week we have the welcome return of Low amongst our weekly round up of new tunes, as well as top notch tracks from White Reaper, Beach Baby, Sianna Plavin and no less than three covers too… Dig in! 1. Low – No Comprende 2. Delta Spirit – (Cream cover) 3. Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
When I was a youngster, Darts were a late 70s corny, retro swing/doo-wop band that your parents liked. Melbourne five-piece DARTS however, are a frenetic, no holds barred powerhouse of grunge, punk and indie rock that is just as melancholic as it is confrontational. One listen will induce flashbacks to early Modest Mouse, Pixies, The Breeders and Dinosaur Jr, all wrapped up in one furious punch … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… DARTS
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