No sooner had we posted the excellent Nassau from Grassfight’s new release Icon, EP 2, then they offer up another track from it for free. This is Look Homeward, Heathen and has more of the urgent, wall of sound feel that we liked so much about Nassau. Download Grassfight – Look Homeward, Heathen mp3 (from Icon, EP2) Continue reading MM Shorts 198: Another From Grassfight
Today the brilliant Timothy Showalter aka Strand Of Oaks releases new album Dark Shores. To celebrate that fact, he has also made previous album Pope Killdragon available for free download in its entirety via Noisetrade. This is what is says on the Noisetrade page about Pope Killdragon: “In Strand Of Oaks songs, lovers get divorced, murder John Belushi’s drug dealer, go bowling with mythical giants, … Continue reading Strand Of Oaks Offer Up Pope Killdragon For Free Download
Freedom Fry is the French & American duo of Marie Seyrat and Bruce Driscoll. Based between Paris and Los Angeles, the pair met when Marie worked as a stylist on a video for Bruce’s other band, Blondfire. After being blown away by hearing Seyrat sing with her whispery, unique, French accented vocals, Driscoll asked her if she’d be interested in writing some songs together. The … Continue reading Introducing >>> Freedom Fry
We’re loving Nassau by New York trio Grassfight, taken from new release Icon EP 2, which was officially released yesterday. With shades of Interpol in the hypnotic, propulsive percussion, echoes of Dinosaur Jr in the swirling guitar, and a classic indie deep, monotone vocal, the track successfully ticks all the necessary boxes for a post-punk extravaganza without slipping into pastiche or becoming derivative – no mean … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Grassfight
As many folk will already know, after nine years on the newsstands, the current issue of The Word magazine is to be the last. I used to subscribe to The Word, along with Mojo, Uncut and Q. I stopped about a year ago, although I have kept up the other three (Q is hanging by the skin of its teeth mind you as it gets … Continue reading Farewell to The Word
Here is a second track of good-natured jangly, surf-infused indie from Koko Beware. It comes from forthcoming long player Something About The Summer, which is released on the 7th August. Download Koko Beware – Stay mp3 (from Something About The Summer) Download Koko Beware – Beach Babe mp3 (from Something About The Summer) Continue reading MM Shorts 197: Koko Beware – New Song
Chamber-folk specialists and Canadian 5-piece The Wilderness of Manitoba have announced details of a six-track EP release for the UK to coincide with their forthcoming tour dates. Named after a house in Toronto where all of the band have lived at one time or another, and where they have their basement studio, The Delaware House EP will be released digitally in the UK on 24th … Continue reading New EP From The Wilderness Of Manitoba
Earlier this month we posted about Chicago new-wave quartet California Wives and their debut full length release Art History. This is their bouncy, uptempo new single Purple, all fizzing guitar melodies and thrumming basslines. Art History is out on Vagrant on 4th September. a Continue reading MM Shorts 196: Another From California Wives
