New Zealand’s Salad Boys are releasing a new single This Issue backed with Onwards And Downwards. It is another in a growing catalogue of jangly, razor sharp indie rock tunes and you can stream both below, watch a video or get is as a name-your-price download on Bandcamp here. Continue reading Salad Boys – This Issue
Fiercely independent Swedish duo ShitKid’s upcoming release Duo Limbo/”Mellan himmel å helvete” presents four incendiary new blasts of grungy punk as they were originally conceived. Firstly as English-language tracks, before “Mellan himmel å helvete” (‘Between Heaven and Hell’) takes the same instrumental tracks and lays new Swedish vocals over the top. The effect is two sides of the same coin, defined by the subtle differences in … Continue reading ShitKid – Get Jealous
Fusing influences ranging from psychedelia, indie and shoegaze, whilst soaking up the South African sounds around them, Cape Town’s HONEYMOAN have recently signed to Communion Records for the release of their second EP, Weirdo, and have shared the first single Still Here. Listen below to the Bloc Party inspired drums combining with heavy washed out guitar to drive the distorted pop hooks up a notch. Catch … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… HONEYMOAN
Lenox Hill is the second track to be shared from Brighton’s post-punkers Thyla. It comes from their forthcoming EP Everything At Once, which is out on the 24th January. A sweet, almost pop, vocal sits atop a thrumming rhythm and some crunchy guitars and the whole lot combines into a very tasty anthem that just begs for a indie-kid singalong. Stream it here. Continue reading Thyla – Lenox Hill
Witch Hazel is the latest single from Historian. It is taken from upcoming long player Distractions, due for release on the 17th January. It is a frenetic, poetic fuzzy slice of indie-punk on which the LA based band unleash their signature shamanistic Leonard Cohen vocals over a Velvet Underground meets Deerhunter style rocker. Stream it here. Continue reading Historian – Witch Hazel
Formed by friends in 2014 during a summer spent obsessing about the Sarah Records catalog, Michigan band Failed Flowers quickly developed into a shadowy, high-speed pop vehicle. Drawing at first from the wistful sighs of Sarah, the group grew more of an edge as they progressed, evoking elements of C86 granularity and shoegaze blur. The original lineup of bassist Erin Davis, drummer Miles Haney, and … Continue reading Failed Flowers – Faces 7″
Delighted to get the news that Taxi is the first single to be taken from the new album, A Northern View, from MM fave Arborist. A stand-out, jolt-from-the-blue, set-piece, Taxi is a spoken word epic story inspired by Arab Strap, Belle and Sebastian and James Yorkston, who have made the droll Scottish storyteller’s delivery a constant. As singer-songwriter Mark McCambridge explains, “I wanted to do … Continue reading Return of Arborist
In celebration of Halloween, watch Death Valley Girls’ new video for Wear Black, which is taken from their excellent 2018 release Darkness Rains via Suicide Squeeze Records. Their world is a fusion of feral proto-punk, ‘70s scuzz dirges, and third eye mysticism and we love it…. Continue reading New Video: Death Valley Girls – Wear Black
Hailing largely from the West Coast, the project of Nelene Deguzman formed in Tucson, The Rifle has roots in bedroom solitude, taking days when you never leave the house and putting them to music. New single Are You Having Fun Yet? is taken from their upcoming long player Honeyden (out on Burger Records on the 31st January) and it is as charming a slice of … Continue reading The Rifle – Are You Having Fun Yet?
Dan Bejar has announced that his thirteenth album as Destroyer, titled Have We Met, will be released on 31st January via Dead Oceans. To coincide, a London headline show at Village Underground has been announced for 5th May, with more tour news to follow. The first single is Crimson Tide, a six-minute journey that sits rightfully alongside previous Destroyer epics. In typical Bejar fashion, it is … Continue reading Destroyer Announce New Album Have We Met & Share New Single Crimson Tide
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