Not so long ago we posted London band Niteflights cover of John Cale’s Paris 1919 and they are now offering out a free 3 track EP for download. The EP has actually come about accidentally, as with a new single in the pipeline, they were demo-ing material on ‘holiday’ in a friends’ bungalow in Fife over Christmas. Professing to be “really happy with a lot of the … Continue reading Free EP from Niteflights
We’ve already posted twice about Guy Capecelatro III, so this marks a hat-trick of posts from his new album North For The Winter. Having given you the sly, mischievous wit of Girlfriends and the sparse, carefully constructed poem-like Like Anything, we have what might just be the best of the lot in his latest single, Switch. It is the tale of a killer who meets a woman … Continue reading Guy Capecelatro III’s Third From North For The Winter
The dark, slightly twisted, disfigured pop of David West aka Rat Columns is due to resurface soon with a new album titled Sceptre Hole. it is due out in a couple of months on San Francisco’s ever reliable SmartGuy Records. We have a couple of truly excellent tracks for you to listen to in the shape of the pleasing indie rumble of Frozen Over and the noisier, more discordant … Continue reading New Album From Rat Columns
Former Hefner man Jack Hayter’s new single The Shackleton is the first part of his new year long singles series The Sisters of St. Anthony. It is as unique, as odd, and as savagely sarcastic as you could possibly hope for. It effortlessly and sublimely blurs the lines between his traditional folk influences and creaking fuzz, biting wit, indie-pop rhythms and lo-tech experimental fuzzery. Have a listen, or purchase below. … Continue reading MM Shorts 122: Jack Hayter’s Singles Series
The Sleeper’s Heart is the latest track from the (still) wonderfully named Oyster Murders. This time it is an excursion into the realms of top-notch dream pop, lyrically dark, and so the band say, probably influenced subconsciously by repeated listening to Bowie’s trilogy of Berlin albums. Sounds good to us in every way! Download it here. a Continue reading New Track From The Oyster Murders
Got myself in a bit of a curry on Friday, a little bit jaded on Saturday, and bit of a day of indulgence today, it being Mothering Sunday and all that. It’s been a funny old week. Big Sair and I laughed our way around Southampton in an attempt to locate Laura Marling. Unfortunately, we managed to miss Timber Timbre in support as I realised … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday – on Sunday (18th March)
We’ve posted a couple of times from the Sick Figures excellent album Two Ghosts released back in the autumn of 2011, and they have now made another track available for free. This is the morbidly portentous Manor Song, a slow, swirling velvet fog of a tune. a Continue reading MM Shorts 121: More From Sick Figures
Insound, providers of a regular free monthly mix that we often feature, have made available an additional free sampler based around some of the releases featured in their vinyl newsletter. The eleven song mix includes tracks from Bear in Heaven, Bishop Morocco, Canyons, Disappears, Secret Music, THEEsatisfaction and White Hills. Check a couple of our favourites below or just grab the whole thing here for the price of … Continue reading Free Insound Vinyl News Mixtape
Violas are a Welsh band with a lovely, easy-going indie sound. They have a debut three track EP out now titled Hwylio/Sailing and have made the sweetly uplifting Sea Shells from it available for free download. Buy the single from label Owlet Music here. Download Violas – Sea Shell mp3 Continue reading MM Shorts 120: Violas
And so it was to Birmingham and the HMV Institute to see the rescheduled, and still hotly anticipated, Felice Brothers gig with the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn as support replacing the previously scheduled AA Bondy. We parked in a back street, bathed in the blue neon of a tired looking Adult shop with its tatty handwritten sign, “No drugs. No hats.“. Headed off, Popper, Barry-Sean, Analyse this … Continue reading Live Review: The Felice Brothers / Craig Finn
