Caithlin De Marrais – the Brooklyn-based former frontwoman of the much loved indie rock band Rainer Maria, for whom “sonic bliss comes naturally,” as the Boston Globe put it – has just released her sophomore solo album Red Coats on End Up Records. This luminous album is a progression beyond Rainer Maria and her solo debut My Magic City. Analogue fuzz-scapes ease the listener into sharp idiosyncratic … Continue reading MM Recommends…Caithlin De Marrais
Here are a few more of the videos that we have been sent recently that have appealed to our eyes and ears. First up is Monument Valley whom we posted about recently. This is the off kilter video for Round And Round together with a download for Dear John Letters from the forthcoming Tongues EP. Download Monument Valley – Dear John Letters mp3 (from Tongues … Continue reading Video Round Up
Bear Driver – London’s fine purveyors of sunny slacker pop – have just unveiled the first fruits of their forthcoming as-yet-untitled debut album in the form of Never Never, a woozy, four-minute slice of delicious fuzz-pop. Download Bear Driver – Never Never mp3 Continue reading MM Shorts 39: New Track from Bear Driver
We included Lonesome Wyatt & The Holy Spooks on our recent Halloween playlist and subsequently discovered a new album had been released just last week. Titled Heartsick, and recorded in a damp Wisconsin basement, it is another foray into their idiosyncratic world of doom laden, southern gothic folk and country. Lonesome Wyatt is one half of another dark country duo (Those Poor Bastards) so perhaps … Continue reading New Album From Lonesome Wyatt & The Holy Spooks
Vagabondage is a Bay Area, California based folk-punk band that was born over nachos and wine on a tiny stage in an empty theater in San Francisco’s Mission District. They have been getting people up on their feet, yelling, drinking and singing along to their songs since 2008. Their new album was conceived at San Francisco’s Secret Studios over a bottle of cheap bourbon – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Vagabondage
New London Fire’s third album The Dirt The Blood The Faith is inspired by the pride we can find in despair. With the deck stacked hopelessly against the labourers who built his country, Dave Debiak’s richly-crafted characters rise up time and again to challenge a system that will take everything for the sake of profit. The result is that The Dirt The Blood The Faith is … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…New London Fire
Whilst Idlewild have been on hiatus, guitarist / songwriter Rod Jones has been busy with his solo project The Birthday Suit. Their debut album, The Eleventh Hour, came out just last week. The album is a return to the noisy pop moments that originally established him so firmly in the UK music scene. Tracks like Do You Ever? and On My Own hark back to … Continue reading Debut Album From The Birthday Suit
Six Shooter Records’ Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet tie the musical knot with the debut of their new band, Whitehorse, marrying their talent and chemistry on stage as a smoldering duo. Gutsy and resolute in their pursuits of sound and substance, Luke and Melissa’s fusion of the personal and professional brings to mind the road-tested romance of Johnny and June. We’re latecomers to their self-titled … Continue reading Introducing…Whitehorse
Black Creek emerged from the swamps of the Weston Creek Delta a broken band with little memory of how they got there and the unmistakable dredge that is a hangover. Armed with tales only a weathered sea fearing man would find comforting, Black Creek are a band that will seduce your body and steal your soul. Have a listen to the dirty country rock that … Continue reading Introducing…Black Creek
The Low Anthem are a staple favourite here at MM and their stunning performance at last year’s End of the Road Festival to a rapt and enthralled crowd on the lovely Garden Stage will remain one of our favourite live shows ever. This year they have already given us the excellent Smart Flesh (an album that appears amongst our Best of the Year lists in … Continue reading Free Album Download From The Low Anthem
