MM Shorts 306: New From Wavves
The new Wavves album will be called Afraid of Heights and will be released on the 26th March via Mom + Pop. This is the really rather excellent Demon To Lean On from it. Continue reading MM Shorts 306: New From Wavves
Category: Indie
New Single From Washington Irving
We have previously posted a couple of videos of Scotland’s Washington Irving’s powerful folk rock. Now we have a stream of the band’s rather tasty new single, Holy Company, which is as guaranteed a toe-tapper as we’ve heard this year and is released on Monday (Feb 4th), via Instinctive Racoon. Have a listen, and check out the b-side too… See them supporting Frightened Rabbit on tour. Feb 8th – … Continue reading New Single From Washington Irving
Debut Album From Rare Monk
Portland, Oregon’s Rare Monk have a sound that is both familiar and distinctly their own. With a slew of brand new tracks, Sleep/Attack is their first long player (out 26th February) and a follow up to their excellent Death by Proxy EP (see our original post here). It’s an upbeat and ambitious album that takes inspiration from such diverse concepts as the enormity of the universe to … Continue reading Debut Album From Rare Monk
Videos of the Day: Arbouretum || Edmund Wayne || Lowlands || Dead Wolf Club
Watch epic psych-folk rockers Arbouretum with their new video for Coming Out Of The Fog as well as Edmund Wayne and his simple acoustic video for the brilliant track To The Bugs On My Ceiling, which we have just discovered (and is on repeat here). We also have the haunting Song For Motion from Australia’s up and coming Lowlands and finally Dead Wolf Club’s video for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Arbouretum || Edmund Wayne || Lowlands || Dead Wolf Club
Gerard & The Watchmen UK Tour
Gerard & The Watchmen are a UK based four piece folk/alternative band that offer up warm, rich harmonies and a winning way with a melody. They will shortly be going out on tour to celebrate the completion of their six month ‘song a week’ challenge. It comes on the back of a very successful 2012 which saw them tour extensively and release the excellent eight … Continue reading Gerard & The Watchmen UK Tour
Introducing >>> Luke Elliot
Creating a sound without direct lineage, Luke Elliot’s sound is lived in and familiar, like an old friend. Alongside his band, the group brings every song to life onstage with their stunning, Jerry Lee Lewis-esque-piano-wrecking experience. Just releasing their newest single, Benny’s a Bum, from the independent film of the same name which won Best Local Film at the Philadelphia Film Festival, the track is … Continue reading Introducing >>> Luke Elliot
Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dorado
Jody Nelson had a busy 2012 with a fantastic EP release from Through the Sparks, production duties on Some Dark Holler’s Hollow Chest, performing on Wooden Wand’s Blood Oaths of the New Blues, and touring and working diligently throughout the year on his own Dorado project. And it is this project that has seriously got our attention – the album Anger, Hunger, Love and the Fear of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dorado
Introducing >>> Wild Smiles
Tangled Hair / Sweet Sixteen is the AA side debut single from Hampshire trio Wild Smiles, released on Invada Records on 11th March as a limited 7 inch and download. With its huge, jangling riff Tangled Hair is classic surfer-stoner rock, Sweet Sixteen is heavier but equally tuneful. What’s apparent from both tracks is that Wild Smiles make the sort of fuzzy yet melodic rock … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wild Smiles
(Yet Another) Round Up
Once again the in-box overfloweth with sounds to share (especially once we’d consigned all the crappy remixes and dancefloor bangers to the trash folder) – so delve in to this lucky thirteen smorgasbord of audio delights. Inspired by the beautiful snowy winters and post-industrial landscape of Pittsburgh, PA, Arlo Aldo have created a new twist on American alt-folk, with mellow tempos and lilting harmonies layered … Continue reading (Yet Another) Round Up
Duquette Johnston EP on Noisetrade
The Rebel King (EP) is Duquette Johnston’s first solo release in three years, and it features two re-recorded songs from his last album Rugged & Fancy, and Dancing Song, which is the first preview of his new album Rabbit Runs a Destiny (due out in mid-2013). You can download the EP from Noisetrade for free by clicking here. You can see our previous Duquette Johnston … Continue reading Duquette Johnston EP on Noisetrade
