Generationals are a duo that have featured a few times on MM, and their infectious brand of breezy, sunshine guitar pop is showcased to excellent effect on new tune Gold Silver Diamond. It is taken from their upcoming album, Alix, out on the 16th September. Pre-order the album on 180-gram “cloud colored” vinyl (limited to 500), CD, cassette, or digital here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 593: Generationals
We love this track and video for Icarus from Brooklyn based fuzzcore rockers Mount Sharp which features on forthcoming EP Weird Fears. . Continue reading Video: Mount Sharp – Icarus
Seattle’s The Pharmacy is gearing up to release Spells, an album that favours the mellow, more subdued side of garage rock with hazy reverb and hypnotic psych-tinged melodies. The band have shared album closer, Strange, a fuzzy, blessed out track propelled by lead singer’s Scottie Yoder’s effortless croon. Spells is out on the 12th August via Old Flame Records (and on cassette via Burger Records). … Continue reading Pharmacy To Release Spells
Here are some brand spanking new videos to enjoy from the Black Angels, Axxa/Abraxas and Rett Smith. . . . . Continue reading New Videos: The Black Angels || Axxa/Abraxas || Rett Smith
The Pine Hill Haints are a group of troubadours and kindred spirits that mix elements of folk, rockabilly, bluegrass and Americana, with just a hint of punk. With the help of a rotating cast of friends and storytellers, the band has travelled the world, sporadically releasing records that have mostly been self-recorded and sold from the back of their van. Their sound has grown and … Continue reading New Album From The Pine Hill Haints
Cloud Nothings have shared an official video for Psychic Trauma, another excellent single from their new album Here and Nowhere Else. . . Continue reading Video: Cloud Nothings – Psychic Trauma
The sobering story of professional footballer Justin Fashanu is one that many football fans will know well – the first million pound black footballer, the first openly gay pro footballer in the UK, and a tragic suicide in May 1998, aged only 37. Released yesterday, Fashanu is the debut single from South London’s elephants and castles, and it is appropriately described as a gem of bruising, … Continue reading MM Shorts 592: Elephants And Castles
We are loving this track, Who Killed Smiley Culture? by Emily Capell, a moody acoustic musing over the suspicious death of the pivotal rapper. Delivered with a memorably witty vocal line and matched perfectly with this curiously compelling monochrome video. The single is out via Blang! tomorrow and can be downloaded via iTunes. . Continue reading Video: Emily Capell – Who Killed Smiley Culture?
Martyr Privates are another fine example of the murky, outsider psych influenced indie and post punk currently spewing from down under. Something to Sell takes a heavy base of percussion and ramshackle guitar, heaps a few ladles of fuzzy goodness into the pot, adds a dash of drone and couldn’t-give-a-shit vocals and stirs the whole lot into a throughly enjoyable serving that left us wanting more … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Martyr Privates
1. Courtney Barnett – Pickles From The Jar 2. Mirel Wagner – The Dirt 3. Vashti Bunyan – Across The Water 4. TRAAMS – Cissa 5. The Rosebuds – Blue Eyes . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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