Graham Weber is a singer-songwriter who hails from Texas by way of Ohio. We’re thoroughly enjoying his new album Faded Photos, which captures the landscapes of both territories, sunburned and frozen simultaneously. Check out YNRN and Boston below. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 545: Graham Weber
New Zealand’s Trick Mammoth have a winning way with floral indie pop that recalls the halcyon days of C86. Check out Days Of Being Wild from recently released long player Floristry. Buy the album from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 544: Trick Mammoth
Brooklyn-based five-piece Clouder recently released their sophomore album, Sister Raygun, via Fleeting Youth Records. It is a record that over ten tracks explores themes of emotional turmoil, anxiety, paranoia, debauchery, loneliness, and reverie. We have the first two singles for your listening edification. The first is Lost In Reverie, a romping rock track about a faceless female presence that’s propelled by antsy guitars that morph in and out of surf … Continue reading Clouder – Sister Raygun
Geronimo!, are a trio from Chicago who specialize in a mix of psych, post-punk, krautrock, noise, and indie rock to almighty good effect. The band will release their new album Cheap Trick (named after their shared home origins of Rockford, IL) on May 13th via Exploding In Sound Records. It’s a dynamic record that manages to shift from sound to sound in a moments notice, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Geronimo!
I Am Fond Of You is the latest stream taken from Let’s Wrestle’s excellent self-titled third album of bold, imaginative indie rock that expertly straddles the divide between classic psych-pop and Seventies cowboy rock – it is out now on Fortuna POP! (order here). . Continue reading MM Shorts 543: More From Let’s Wrestle
An absolute plethora of cracking new music videos for you today from the brilliant Sharon Van Etten, the welcome return of the rumbling Archie Bronson Outfit, the desert-burnt junkyard indie of The Ukiah Drag, the super trippy Sleepy Sun, and a satirical sex-education video from Bleech. . . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Sharon Van Etten || Archie Bronson Outfit || The Ukiah Drag || Bleech || Sleepy Sun
With influences as diverse as Wilco, Heartless Bastards, and Sparklehorse, Silverbird’s music fearlessly treads through an emotional landscape that, combined with infectious melodies and swirling, intricate rhythms, provides an absolutely enchanting first listen. Have a listen to Hollow Heart that comes from soon to be released debut long player Surface Life, out on the 27th May. . Continue reading MM Shorts 542: Silverbird
MM faves Grass House have a brand new video for their track A Thousand Generators, taken from last year’s excellent debut long player A Sun Full And Drowning. . . Continue reading Video: Grass House – A Thousand Generators
Giving us a hat-trick of cracking Americana-flavoured posts today are longstanding MM faves Strand Of Oaks (aka Timothy Showalter) and a track from forthcoming album HEAL, which will see a release on the 24th June via Dead Oceans. However, Goshen ’97 is a pretty radical departure from the introspective, occasionally surreal, and unique folk tales that defined his previous releases. This time we have a full-on, incendiary, … Continue reading New From Strand Of Oaks
Perhaps a perfect companion and counterpoint to our earlier post on the Delines, is this relaxed, undulating slice of Americana from Horse Thief. Little Dust is taken from upcoming album Fear In Bliss (from which we’ve already given you the brilliant I Am The Bear), and sets expansive, chiming guitars behind an rolling, easy-going vocal that we’re guessing is destined to become a live singalong of … Continue reading Horse Thief – Little Dust
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