Here is an evocative taster from London’s Monument Valley’s forthcoming debut album. Walking Home is another powerful and poignant paean to the sounds of his home city – atmospheric and warm, but shot through with tinges of regret. Have a listen. Continue reading New From Monument Valley
Videos today from Man Man with one of the most imaginative lyric videos we’ve seen for their track Head On, a simple but effective film from King Krule for new track Easy Easy, and T. Hardy Morris’ stark film from Georgia’s decayed Central State Hospital building (once the largest mental hospital in the USA) for his brilliantly bleak track Hard Stuff. Lastly Brazo’s new video … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Man Man || King Krule || T. Hardy Morris || Brazos
Long established MM faves, the London folk duo, Smoke Fairies are doing a special UK tour in October, to celebrate the release of their retrospective double CD, Ghosts. It features long-sold-out / deleted material, plus some never-before released tracks. This is one of those unreleased tracks, Good Man. It is fabulous. Ghosts will see a release on 23rd September. Those October dates (tickets on sale … Continue reading Smoke Fairies Ghosts Collection
A sudden plethora of new tunes have hit the web, and here are eight of our favourites for your aural delight. First up is psych-heavyweights White Hills persistently hypnotic In Your Room that comes from the space rockers forthoming album So You Are … So You’ll Be, which is out next month on Thrill Jockey. Regina Spektor has an upbeat new song featuring in new Netflix … Continue reading Thursday Means Eight Of The Best
Opening track and lead single Fugitive Air from next month’s new Of Montreal album, lousy with sylvianbriar, feels like a Stones-y anthem, with sparks of psychedelic prose, cartoon violence, and hyper-paranoia. Its good. Listen below. Pre-order the album here. Continue reading Of Montreal’s Fugitive Air
The Grisly Hand are a melting pot of all things Americana, and their Kansas City home base is a reflection of their sound: rumbling, rollicking and honest. Staying true to the timeless themes of outlaw and alt-country, trouble and affliction are running threads throughout the band’s debut album Country Singles as they spin darkly humorous tales of the American Dream on the skids using guitar, lap steel, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Grisly Hand
Immigrant Union are a psych-folk supergroup of sorts, featuring Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols, Bob Harrow of The Lazy Sons and four of Melbourne’s most exciting young musicians, Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloan, Dave Mudie and Peter Lubulawa. They released their self-titled debut back in 2010 and a follow-up, Anyway, is set for release in late 2013. In the meantime, latest single Alison is a real grower – … Continue reading Introducing >>> Immigrant Union
Mackerel love sardines, and so it seemed entirely fitting that we should become so taken with the lo-fi, psychedelic-tinged folk of The Lunchtime Sardine Club (aka Oliver Newton). This track, I’m… Jesuschristmaam, which draws understandable comparisons with artists such as Sufjan Stevens, is taken from forthcoming album Icecapades, which sees a release on August 12th, via the Sonic Anhedonic Recording Co label. The album is a wonderfully unique collection of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Loves The Lunchtime Sardine Club
Washington DC’s Shark Week’s forthcoming AA-side 7″ is being released by Analog Edition Records on July 30th. Hearkening back to the glory days of rock ‘n roll, the band distill the raw energy of punk and infuse it with a hip-shaking garage pop sound. Throw in a gravelly baritone, screeching guitar solos, jangly guitar leads, pulsating bass rhythms and pounding drums, and the results are a ramshackle, … Continue reading Shark Week’s Santurce Single
Here is another track from Aussie garage posters Scott & Charlene’s Wedding’s much anticipated long player Any Port In A Storm, out this month on Fire Records. Lesbian Wife is probably pretty self explanatory as a title. Listen / download it below. [Click through for free download] Catch them live in August 1 Aug: Tunnels, Aberdeen 3 Aug: Broadcast, Glasgow 7 August: Shipping Forecast, Liverpool 8 … Continue reading Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – New Track & Live Dates
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