Catfish & The Bottlemen’s explosive indie rock has become a pretty regular feature on MM this year and so it continues with latest excellent single Rango, which is possessed of a suitably ragged urgency, all arcing guitars and shredded vocals. Have a listen. It is due out on the 16th September via Communion Records. Continue reading MM Shorts 420: Catfish & The Bottlemen
Forest Fire are longstanding favourites of MM, and Fortune Teller from their 2008 debut Survival remains one of our favourite songs ever. So, much celebrating at the news they are returning with their third long player, Screens on September 10th via FatCat. Apparently it will deal in sparser, harsher sonic landscapes matching synth and drone in equal measure and with nods to the late ’70s output … Continue reading New Album From Forest Fire
New Jersey duo Spook Houses will be showcasing their tempo-shifting slacker pop on a split 7″ release with Fat History Month on Double Double Whammy Records (out on the 27th August). Download Living The Dream here. Pre-order the vinyl here. Continue reading MM Shorts 419: Spook Houses
A brilliant month for new music means a mix of more than 35 tracks compiled for you in our selection of our favourite downloads from July’s posts. And, as always, a few brand new tunes to round the collection off. They’re all yours…and check out all the other Best of the Month mixes using the sidebar links too. SNØFFELTØFFS – Pretty Girl Storming garage punk. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2013
Following on from a new track from Deer Tick yesterday comes a first taste of Blitzen Trapper’s forthcoming album VII, which will be released on the 1st October. This is Ever Loved Once, packed with banjo, pedal steel and harmonica. Listen below. Continue reading New Track From Blitzen Trapper
A superb collection of videos (and songs) today. Just dive into these from The Handsome Family, Secret Colours, Dinosaur Bones and a live version of one of our favourite tracks from 2012, Willy Mason’s brilliant Restless Fugitive. . . [Click through for free downloads] . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Handsome Family || Secret Colours || Dinosaur Bones || Willy Mason
A welcome second taste from Deer Tick’s forthcoming new album Negativity. This new single is The Dream’s In The Ditch, a resigned, mid-tempo rock song that speaks to the rigours and travails of relentless touring. Listen below. Continue reading New Track From Deer Tick
The Cigarette Bums are described as “a Dylan-meets-Daniel Johnston–meets-Replacements-meets-Beefheart smash-up”, which, upon a couple of spins of debut single Rude Dude would seem as accurate as anything we might have come up with. Less frenzied or raw than you might expect, there is nothing sloppy about these fellas and real, honest-to-goodness songwriting chops are hard at work here. It channels its undeniable energy into delivering … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Cigarette Bums
Danish three-piece Boho Dancer have announced the 2nd September as the release date of their debut album Gemini. Ahead of the album they are offering this debut UK single, Bohemian Child, for free download. Boho Dancer immerse themselves into an organic form of eccentric, indie folk, with a distinctive vagabond style, where naïve and optimistic feelings are contrasted against a backdrop of darker gothic tones. Enchanting … Continue reading Introducing >>> Boho Dancer
London three-piece Flowers release their first single on Fortuna POP! next month. Despite only having formed last year, they are already an enticing blend of fuzzed-up wall-of-sound noise and jangly indie pop, but somehow they have also managed to come up with the stark, minimalist genius of Stuck, one of three songs on the single, and played on a single-string bass with just a plaintively beautiful vocal … Continue reading MM Shorts 418: Flowers
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