Post-Consumer Records Offer “Name-Your-Price” December

Record label Post-Consumer is making its entire catalog (or catalogue if you’re in the UK) available throughout December on a name-your-price basis via Bandcamp. There is no minimum payment, and releases include the excellent fractured pop fairytales and melancholia of The Hand To Man Band and their album You Are Always On Our Minds (get it here), the acid-folk of Death Songs self-titled EP (get … Continue reading Post-Consumer Records Offer “Name-Your-Price” December

Algernon Doll Debut Album Out Today

Algernon Doll’s debut album of off-kilter, deeply personal folk, Camomile, is out today via Newtown Products. We posted about the record last month – a cathartic journey through a difficult year dealing with the mentally debilitating toils of extreme anxiety disorder and bipolar. The album documents the struggles Ewan Grant endured in his own mind and his own world, a world confined very much to the four … Continue reading Algernon Doll Debut Album Out Today

MM Shorts 271: Snakadaktal

The excellent indie label Young & Lost Club have come up trumps again with their latest signing, the Australian band Snakadaktal. Free download Chimera (below) is their debut, followed by their official UK release on 4th February with AA-single Air / Dance Bear, also with Young & Lost Club. Described as ethereal vocals falling and soothing over Foals meets Explosions In The Sky-esque musical backdrop, the first taste has certainly … Continue reading MM Shorts 271: Snakadaktal

Mojo’s Free Cover Disc – Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Revisited

The latest copy of Mojo has just dropped through our letterbox and the free cover disc is another in their series of classic albums re-imagined. This time it is Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 classic Rumours with the eleven tracks covered by artists including The Besnard Lakes, Dylan LeBlanc, Yeasayer, Julia Holter, Dutch Uncles, The Liars, The Staves, The Phoenix Foundation and more. Mojo is available from … Continue reading Mojo’s Free Cover Disc – Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Revisited

MM Shorts 270: New Single From Kam Kama

We posted about Kam Kama right at the beginning of the year, enthusing about their sinewy mix of guitars and queasy vocals and they have returned with a new 7″ single Passer By / Joseph Stride, which sees a release on the 11th December. A new drummer provides a slightly different, leaner sound although the same economical, almost sparse songcraft remains. Take a listen to the … Continue reading MM Shorts 270: New Single From Kam Kama