Video of the Day: Hoots & Hellmouth
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Category: Indie
Live Review: The Lovely Eggs & The Secret Rivals
A Monday night in the cramped, sweaty upstairs of the Port Mahon pub in Oxford can be a challenge. Windows are firmly sealed shut, there is but one small entrance in and out, no bar, odours abound, personal space is elsewhere, and a chisel is useful to free the soles of your shoes from the floor. In fact, it was like being back at a … Continue reading Live Review: The Lovely Eggs & The Secret Rivals
New Single From Duquette Johnston & The Rebel Kings
The video for Duquette Johnston‘s single Roll Baby Roll (out now on Communicating Vessels) is a celebration of freedom, innocence and nostalgia. The clip features surreal vintage vignettes set to Johnston’s driving boogie and infectious holler-along refrain. And this week, the song is featured on the season finale of ABC’s Private Practice. Johnston is currently in the studio with producer Armand Margjeka, putting the finishing touches on his … Continue reading New Single From Duquette Johnston & The Rebel Kings
Padang Food Tigers Video
We discovered this via one of our favourite blogs Raven Sings The Blues, but confess to a personal reason for posting this beautifully judged, sepia-tinged video accompanying an equally mellow, pastoral folk instrumental by Padang Food Tigers. It is simply called For Esmé and for anyone who knows us, that is reason enough to post. a This comes from the LP Ready Country Nimbus released last week on … Continue reading Padang Food Tigers Video
New Album From Shake The Baron
Shake The Baron’s new album is called Ghost Hits and is released on June 12th via Super Duper Records. It is a true rock album that is simultaneously bursting with jangly energy and shimmering, clean precision. Lyrically, it’s honest and sometimes dark with classic themes of lost love, false friendships, and the confusion of existence. But musically speaking, the songs are joyous, with ambitious guitar-driven … Continue reading New Album From Shake The Baron
MM Shorts 158: Hallelujah The Hills New Track
We’re loving this new track from a band called Hallelujah The Hills, which features a guest appearance from another MM fave in the shape of the ethereally beautiful Marissa Nadler. This is Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire, a wholly absorbing and lyrically scalpel sharp track that has one of the best opening lines to a song we’ve heard for a good, long while and doesn’t let up from that moment … Continue reading MM Shorts 158: Hallelujah The Hills New Track
New Single From The Tallest Man On Earth
For anyone who missed it, the Tallest Man On Earth has made his new single 1904 available for free download via Rolling Stone. We’re posting it here too, though fully expecting it to be taken down as we’re sure the powers that be will decree it should only be free from one place on the web. If so use the link provided to grab it. Anyway, … Continue reading New Single From The Tallest Man On Earth
MM Shorts 156: The Doc Marshalls
The Doc Marshalls’ front man, Nick Beaudoing, has arrived in Nashville armed with an album that still reeks of Brooklyn, his former home. Whereas previous releases evoked a humid musical landscape along the Texas-Louisiana border, the Doc Marshalls’ new album, Look Out, Compadre, sheds the honky-tonk and Cajun two-steps in favor of crooked, shimmering folk reminiscent of Bonnie Prince Billy and A.A. Bondy. We’re loving the … Continue reading MM Shorts 156: The Doc Marshalls
Old Bricks Release City Lights
Last week saw the release of Old Bricks second album City Lights. Recorded in Raleigh and released on the Grip Tapes label, it’s a departure from their debut album Farmers – still atmospheric and pensive, but much more intricately conceived, and heavier. A night’s ride through a dark, sparkling desert. Those who love Phosphorescent or The Roadside Graves may well find they will get much pleasure from Old Bricks … Continue reading Old Bricks Release City Lights
Mad Mackerel Recommends…Lord Buffalo
Our friend Devin James Fry of Salesman also drums and sings for another band, Lord Buffalo. They recently released their self-titled EP and it is both unsettling and haunting, creating a blend of darkly shrouded Americana as fiddles moan and guitars ominously brood and slash. They have tales to tell, but they’re not for the faint hearted, and only maybe for the broken hearted, but they … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Lord Buffalo
