Sub Pop has signed Lyla Foy (formerly known as WALL) to their roster and will release her debut album next year. We were fortunate enough to see her perform an intimate and fragilely lovely show in the hushed surroundings of Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church at SXSW this year. Preceding the album will be the Easy / Head Down single, available from the 19th November as … Continue reading WALL Becomes Lyla Foy. Signs To Sub Pop
Portland, Oregon’s experimental indie psych-rockers Animal Eyes are releasing a new five track EP, Ursus. Check out opening track Bender below and you can buy the EP from their Bandcamp page here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 470: Animal Eyes
Yukon based Old Cabin release their self-titled debut LP on the 26th November. Lighthouse, the first single from Old Cabin, is available for free download. Old Cabin is the pseudonym of Jona Barr. In the last three years he has brought his music out of the woods and shared it with new fans across Canadian soil. In 2012, he released a six song EP entitled … Continue reading Introducing >>> Old Cabin
A couple of years ago we posted the surf-indie-motown-pop of Little Racer’s self-titled EP. They are back on the Young & Lost Club label with their new EP and taken from it we have Vanessa available to download, a heartbreaker of a song. Continue reading New EP From Little Racer
Time for another big round up of just a few of the many quality tunes that have found their way into our in-box and into our ears. We have not had enough time over the past few weeks to do them proper justice, but we promise all are worth some of your time to get to know them better. Enjoy. First up are Banded Stilts, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Massive Monday Round-Up
The Hunting Party are an indie-folk band from New York. Their EP North was released in October. Reminiscent of smoky backwoods bars, it is a collection of songs of longing, nostalgia, and the uncertainty of both past and future. Download the top-notch single Bobby and stream Poor Proud Fool, the two songs that bookend an excellent EP. Continue reading MM Shorts 469: The Hunting Party
Minotaur backed with Bad Blood is the first 7″ by Matthew Edwards & The Unfortunates on Metal Postcard. It is a shoe-in for lovers of smart, articulate songwriting and melodic, harmonious indie-pop. . Continue reading MM Shorts 468: Matthew Edwards & The Unfortunates
Sunday morning videos for you from The Spook School, a new track and video from The Dum Dum Girls, and from T. Hardy Morris, the final video from his Audition Tapes From Places In Peril series. It is a performance of the song Quit Diggin’, filmed at St. Eom’s Pasaquan, an internationally acclaimed visionary art site consisting of six major structures – the oldest a … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Spook School || Dum Dum Girls || T. Hardy Morris || Caged Animals
Released a few days ago, Strangers is the new album by Baltimore band Eureka Birds. It hovers somewhere between cerebral indie pop and damaged art-rock, with echoes of orchestral space rock, Ariel Pink’s oddness and Yo La Tengo’s literacy. However, rather than being one big mess, the record is a surprisingly tight and coherent one, and one that reveals more of its many charms with each … Continue reading New Eureka Birds Album
To be honest we nearly didn’t listen to this, let alone post it due to the terrible band name, but despite the images of sickly cute doe-eyed fawns, the music is actually far more robust – their upcoming new single Reap From The Dying Love is filled with guitar riffs, reverbs, groovy beats and stunning vocals. With nods to Echo & The Bunnymen from yesteryear, … Continue reading MM Shorts 467: Bambi
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