Chloë Sunshine are a Brooklyn-based all girl surf rock band. They have just released a new single called Want You. It’s about that feeling you have when you first meet someone and you absolutely cannot get enough of them. It is a wonderful blend of jangly, shoegazey pop with echoing vocals and Beach Boys style harmonies. The song can be downloaded for free below and will also be included … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Chloë Sunshine
Some city themed videos for you today. First from Shark Week shot in Washington DC’s Puerto Rican district, then Chastity Belt take on Seattle from the comfort of a couch in their video for excellent track Seattle Party. Next we have The Secret History’s Brooklyn centered video for Johnny Panic (Forget Everything) and lastly A Grave With No Name’s video for The Steps, made from … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Shark Week || Chastity Belt || The Secret History || A Grave With No Name
Desert Stars is a five-piece band from Brooklyn, formed at the tail end of 2008, and now releasing their debut long player Habit Shackles. It is a intriguing mix of indie rock, shoegaze and psych pop, tipping its hat to Beach House certainly, and Mazzy Star, and also with nods to bands like The Walkmen too, but always confident enough (and intriguing enough) to demand more than … Continue reading Debut Album From Desert Stars
Kyle Adem’s album Armour was a huge favourite here at MM, and Brother Follow from it featured heavily at the business end of our Best of 2012 lists. Somehow we missed the fact that he is back with a new album Syracuse, which saw a release back in May. Apparently it was written as a consequence of a complete emotional breakdown, a loss of faith, … Continue reading New Album From Kyle Adem
Independent music from the West Coast of Scotland has always had a kinship with psychedelic pop music from the West Coast of America. Orange Juice loved The Byrds, Teenage Fanclub wanted to be in Buffalo Springfield, The Pastels adored The Electric Prunes. And so it is with Dream Boys – a modern-day trans-Atlantic love affair realized. Consisting of three Americans and one Scotsman, the group filters … Continue reading Debut Album From Dream Boys
Folk troubadour James the Giant digs deep with his self-titled debut five track EP. Piano and acoustic guitar give voice to folk melodies; drums and bass provide depth to the spectrum. James’s voice floats effortlessly above yet remains full of feeling, at once harkening back to a past age, while firmly rooted in the present. On the first single from the EP, he opens up … Continue reading Introducing >>> James The Giant
Five excellent videos to start the weekend for you. We have the new video from PINS for Get With Me, shot on Brighton beach and Dension Witmer’s pond-gazing video for Keep Moving Brother, Keep Moving Sister. There is Troubadour Rose’s video for the lovely Tell Me, from Catfish & The Bottlemen comes a new video for Pacifier, and lastly a lo-fi, alt-country murder ballad from … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Pins || Denison Witmer || Troubadour Rose || Catfish & The Bottlemen || Pauline Andrès
Two Birds is the new EP from songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Walters, originally from our neck of the woods in Oxford, and now settled in London having packed up his life in both Brighton and Paris over the last few years. The EP opens with The Letter, which details the relationship between a father and his lost son – a haunting call and response between … Continue reading New EP From Richard Walters
The Smoking Flowers are a Nashville based married couple who create their own particular take on classic country by blending in some blues, a whole heap of southern Gothic and even a little punkish swagger. Their latest long player, 2 Guns will see a release next month. If taster track Something I Said is anything to go by, the results will be a delight. It … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Smoking Flowers
Dinosaur Feathers have released a new song, a plaintive, evocative and obviously topical tune called Juror B37. Not only is it damn good, it is available as a free download from their Soundcloud until August 2nd. They’re asking that if people download the song, they consider making a donation to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Continue reading MM Shorts 415: Dinosaur Feathers
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