It is with a certain amount of glee that we post about Vomitface’s forthcoming 7″ single given that today is Mother’s Day here in the UK. Be that as it may, the self-titled 7″ is grungey, punkish, and loud with elements of surf-rock and good old fashioned attitude. Check out Bill Me Later, which is a cracking tune to blast a hangover into next week … Continue reading MM Shorts 541: Vomitface
The Peach Kings is made up of Texas-born Paige McClain Wood and Silver Lake native Steven Trezevant Dies, who first met in San Francisco and clicked immediately. Drawing inspiration from from a range of influences, including Nancy Sinatra and Roy Orbison to Led Zeppelin and The Cramps, the two have have announced the release of their new EP, Mojo Thunder, out June 3rd. Along with the gritty, seductive title … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Peach Kings
Positive Distractions Part II from Secret Colours will be out across all digital formats on the 29th April. The merged vinyl and cassette versions of Positive Distractions Part I and Part II will be available the same same day, April 29… that same week they will be performing at Austin Psych Fest. Here is Into You, a surprise single for the weekend. . Continue reading MM Shorts 540: Secret Colours
Both the Afghan Whigs and Slint have pretty much cemented their places in the history of US alternative rock and post-punk, and certainly need no great introduction from us. The former have a new single, Lottery, that comes from Do The Beast, their first new album in sixteen years! The latter have offered up a rough mix of an unreleased track, Pam, that comes from … Continue reading New (ish) From Afghan Whigs & Slint
Chicago three-piece Varsity’s EP Thanks For Nothing is out on the 8th April via Jurassic Pop. It is a smorgasbord of styles with the five tracks flitting between BritPop and psych-rock via fuzzy garage pop and chiming synths. Take a listen to the appropriately titled New Wave here. . Continue reading Introducing >>> Varsity
Here is the video for the stomping, swooping Where The Wild Are, the title track of the new EP from Belfast-born, Liverpool-based brother and sister band Southern. . . . Continue reading Video: Southern – Where The Wild Are
Damon McMahon’s folk project Amen Dunes will soon release a new album, Love, on the Sacred Bones label in May. Having forsaken their usual approach of spontaneous improvisation and experimental recordings to spend around eighteen months in the studio working on songs that were originally never meant for public release, but which due to their personal nature offer a hitherto unseen intimacy and warmth to them. The first track … Continue reading Amen Dunes – Love
Seattle duo Iska Dhaaf have spent the past three years writing their debut album Even The Sun Will Burn. In many, many ways it is an album of contrasts – joyful and melancholic, subtle and brutal, uncompromising and welcoming it mixes punk, psychedelia, indie rock and even dream pop into a triumphant whole that manages to be much more than the mere sum of its parts. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Iska Dhaaf
Deservedly adding her name to the seemingly endless outpouring of talent from Sweden is the gorgeous and evocative Alice Boman. Her new release EPII will see the light of day in June, and to tide us over we have the first single What for your undoubted listening pleasure. It is a song to immerse yourself in – fragile, sparse and undeniably haunting, and seems to carry … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Alice Boman
Hobart’s Heart Beach have released their latest single Hours as a name-your-price download from Bandcamp here. Describing themselves as “sad minimal Hobartian skuzz pop drone harmonies”, they are well worth adding to your next playlist… . . Continue reading MM Shorts 539: Heart Beach
The Mad Mackerel 