We are loving the Diamond Rugs album, the rowdy collaboration between John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pe (The Black Lips), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite). The band has made another track off their raw, sweaty, dirty, rockin’ self-titled debut available for posting. Without further ado, here is Blue Mountains. a You can … Continue reading More From Diamond Rugs
Kyle Adem turned up in our Best of the Year…So Far post recently and here is another track from his excellent album Armour. The Sunlight & The Sea is described as an existential dilemma – we’re not too sure about that, but we do know it is another damn fine song of reflective, orchestral folk from this excellent storyteller. Download Kyle Adem – The Sunlight … Continue reading MM Shorts 193: Another From Kyle Adem
We’ve taken our sweet time getting round to listening to the new single Businessman’s Guide To Witchcraft by Somerset’s Waves of Fury, but as soon as we did we knew we’d be sharing it far and wide. It is the first track to see the light of day from their forthcoming self-titled long player and it is an unholy alliance of scowling, snarling vocals, sleazy … Continue reading Introducing Waves of Fury
Back at the beginning of the year we posted about the well crafted indie rock of Halo Sparkle. They are back with a new EP and are sharing the video for White Picket Fences as well as giving the track away as a free download. Enjoy. a Download Halo Sparkle – White Picket Fences mp3 Continue reading MM Shorts 192: Another From Halo Sparkle
The debut record by Southend’s Wobbly Lamps is the first release on Polyvinyl Craftsmen Records (an independent DIY label set up by the team behind the Polyvinyl Craftsmen podcasts). It contains three tracks of strutting garage rock that evokes the best of The Trashmen through to the surging sonics of the Stooges and the voodoo swagger of the Cramps. This is no pastiche though, these boys have enough … Continue reading Introducing…Wobbly Lamps
A fairly mundane week on the honorary accolades front. Nothing to report. Outstanding pasta salad awarded by Joe Sprat. Superlative nag silently attributed by Teenage Sprat. Tssk. I ask you. The hound came third in the agility group (out of a class of five) in a school dog show and failed to perform for best trick, for which I was photographed taking a sideways swipe … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (13th July)
In Some Ways sees unusual New Zealand trio Popstrangers, muscle into new sonic territories and deliver another catchy, albeit warped, pop song. Rusty guitar twangs, discordant drones and jarring rhythms diverge into hooky bridges filled with washes of hazy riffs that buoy languid, disaffected vocals. Download it via Soundcloud. a Continue reading MM Shorts 191: Popstrangers
On August 14th Concord Music Group will release Just Tell Me That You Want Me, a Tribute to the enduring popularity of Fleetwood Mac featuring covers by such MM faves as The Kills, Best Coast, Tame Impala, Washed Out, MGMT and plenty more. For more details and pre-order options just click here. Otherwise, sit back and listen to a goodly chunk of the whole album … Continue reading Listen To The Fleetwood Mac Tribute Album
