Videos today from the wonderful Parson Red Heads and their studio film for new track Times, and also a brand new video from the Lumineers for Stubborn Love. Lastly we have Barry Brusseau’s new video for Til The Wind Blows Everything from his wonderful album The Royal Violent Birds. . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Parson Red Heads || Lumineers || Barry Brusseau
Portland, Oregon’s Typhoon are certainly rapidly becoming one of the most talked about new bands on the web and elsewhere. They have released a new song, Dreams of Cannibalism, from their upcoming album White Lighter, for free download. We wondered what all the fuss was about – now we know. Orchestral, vibrant, energetic, emotional, flamboyant, melodic – describe it how you like, but the hype … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Typhoon
London based five piece alt-folk band Spry have released a four track EP that is well worth spending some time with. It is a delicately judged mix of sweet harmonies and soaring, uplifting choruses on the one hand (Sand Devils) and bruised, bitter melancholia on the other (Glass Between Your Toes). While comparisons to the so called nu-folk uprising led by the Mumfords and Johnny … Continue reading Introducing >>> Spry
San Francisco natives, and MM faves, The Dodos have announced the release of their new LP, Carrier, out worldwide on August 27 via Polyvinyl Records. Listen to the first single, the excellent Confidence below. Pre-order the album here. Continue reading MM Shorts 374: The Dodos Announce New Album
Ah, how we love Matthew Sawyer and his unique/oddball/visitor from Mars perspective on the world. His 2010 album How Snakes Eat, with backing band The Ghosts remains one of our all time favourites. Good news then to discover that he is returning with a new album later this year on our favourite label Fire Records. We have a track from it below, the typically original Feeeeling. … Continue reading New Track From Mathew Sawyer
Emily Anne George is a singer-songwriter from Sydney. Influenced by the early sounds of Carole King, Etta James and Leonard Cohen and literature from Allen Ginsberg, Truman Capote and Emily Bronte, she writes about personal experience or about the absurdities and observances of life. If her feature single Murderers On The Inside is a typical example of what she is capable of, then we are … Continue reading Introducing >>> EM George
We recently posted a couple of tracks from the new Baptist Generals album, Jackleg Devotional To The Heart (out next week via Sub Pop), and they have continued to grow on us exponentially, so it seemed only reasonable to offer up a stream of the whole album now. A brilliant blend of left-field Americana, twisted, drunken folk and a whole lot more. You can order it … Continue reading Baptist Generals – Album Stream
Drawing on the ramshackle melodies of the Lemonheads, the lo-fi drawl of Pavement and some of the self-deprecating humour of Art Brut, throw in some Velvet’s chug and Stooges sonics and you have a reasonable approximation of Scott & Charlene’s Wedding. We’ve known about the band for a while, but it has been since the relocation to New York from Melbourne and the reissue of the … Continue reading Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – New Single & Album
Watch the tripped out video for Secret Colours excellent track Blackhole and the unsettling and spooky video for Arrows of Love delicate yet blood-splattered murder ballad The Knife. We have more kaleidoscopic effects on Temples video for forthcoming single Colours To Life, and finally (via a heads-up from Slowcoustic) comes Bird Of Song from a Show Me Shows session by the wonderful Water Liars that was way … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Arrows of Love || Temples || Water Liars
Having first been been fascinated by the seven minute melancholic churn and burn of Blank Realm’s Cleaning Up My Mess, then charmed by the scuzzy guitars and 90s slacker indie of second track (and album title) Go Easy, we have now been left grinning like maniacs after listening to the utterly seductive, completely irresistible, and totally infectious Working On Love. It pairs an increasingly frantic and frazzled … Continue reading A Third Track From Blank Realm…
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