Charlie Straight have scheduled a release date for new single Coco, due to be dropped September 16th. Haunting and hooky vocal lines, powerful riffs, steady yet hypnotizing beat and distinctively angelic harmonies flowing in the background, create an anthem that recalls the best of Britpop whilst expertly avoiding all that made that genre so desperately derivative. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 432: Charlie Straight
LA based psych band, Jeffertitti’s Nile, are spreading the love with a free download of new blissed-out, hazy track Mountain Jam. Formed and fronted by Father John Misty bassist, Jeffertitti Moon alongside multi-instrumentalist, Iggy Star Child and drummer, Michael Villiers, the band bring back to life the vibe of the 1960s Topanga Canyon scene in modern day LA. Deeply hypnotic, the group’s ambient drones and … Continue reading Jeffertitti’s Nile Get All Blissed Out
The debut album from Edinburgh quartet The Spook School is due out on the ever-reliable Fortuna POP! label in October. It brings together 13 (mostly) very noisy guitar pop songs, and the first single is a most enjoyable one-two combo of I’ll Be Honest and Will You Always Be My Friend?. Have a listen to the b-side below. Continue reading MM Shorts 431: The Spook School
Amongst our favourite discoveries of the Green Man Festival over the weekend was the captivating performance of Marika Hackman who followed a gorgeous set in the sunshine on the Walled Garden stage with a equally stunning and intimate acoustic set in the Rough Trade tent. Mixing a Nico style vocal delivery with often darker-than-night lyrics, she was an absolute delight and we are looking forward … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Discovers Marika Hackman
Johnny Flynn will release his much-anticipated third album Country Mile on 30th September. Two tracks from it have already surfaced online. After Eliot – a folk ballad inspired by T.S. Eliot, and the album’s first official single The Lady Is Risen. Listen/watch both below. . . Continue reading New Album From Johnny Flynn
The wonderful Eagulls are purveyors of some of the sharpest, smartest and most opinionated music around at the moment. Punk riffs and swagger combine with slacker inspired indie melodies to create an output that is hypnotic as it is propulsive and raucous. Listen to the concise, concentrated blast of new single Nerve Endings, a ringing, urgent pop song with jagged hooks and serrated vocals. Marvellous. Out on … Continue reading New Single From The Eagulls
The Crooked Fiddle Band have announced the release of a double A-side single ahead of their upcoming second LP, Moving Pieces Of The Sea. Pairing two album tracks, the double A side couples The Vanishing Shapes of a Better World – an epic and compelling instrumental, vast in scope and wide in breadth with Deepwater Drownings Part I, a track that opens with dark tidal overtures … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Crooked Fiddle Band
Start the week in a befitting manner with excellent music videos from the wonderful Dodos (together with the Magik Magik Orchestra), Elephant Stone, Amanda Shires, and the peculiarly named King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard (hazy, stoned psychedelia in case you were wondering…) . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Dodos || Elephant Stone || Amanda Shires || King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
We’ve featured the excellent indie rock of Theatre Royal a few times on MM, and they are releasing a new single Here It Comes to catch the tail end of the summer. Listen below, or purchase from their Bandcamp page here. We are currently away enjoying the delights of the Green Man Festival – we have scheduled a series of short posts to keep your ears warm while … Continue reading MM Shorts 429: Theatre Royal
Sheffield garage pop quartet Best Friends have announced a brand new single in the form of AA-side Happy Anniversary / Nosebleeds which is to be released on 23rd September through Art Is Hard Records. Apparently the results of an encyclopaedic knowledge of WWF, a full set of achievements on Mario Kart and several crates of beer, the band have created something guaranteed to reach your most … Continue reading MM Shorts 428: Best Friends
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