We’ve already given you the wonderful Happy Banjo from Dark Mean’s excellent debut album of folk and alt-country. The self-titled record had its official release a couple of days ago and to mark the occasion the band have made a second track available. It’s another cracker, Smoke Lake. Download Dark Mean – Smoke Lake mp3 (from Dark Mean) Download Dark Mean – Happy Banjo mp3 (from Dark Mean) Continue reading More from Dark Mean
Diva is the uniquely styled ex-member of the much missed Pocahaunted. The Glitter End is her first solo effort and, if taster track Glow Worm is representative of the whole record then it will be a fantastic piece of work. We have 80s noir rubbing shoulders with vibrant tropicalia and mutated pop forms in this mysterious otherworld. In fact it is hard to find the words … Continue reading New from Diva (Ex Pocahaunted)
A few videos that have caught our eyes and ears recently. Watch and grab some downloads below. First up, Ale Mania have a nice line in sleazy guitars on Robust Universe. a Orange County quintet Young The Giant have unveiled a brand new ‘In The Open’ session video of their track Guns Out. a Milwaukee six-piece Collections of Colonies of Bees will release GIVING, their anticipated … Continue reading Video Round Up
We recently received a short e-mail from Woollongong, Australia resident Rowan Galagher asking if we were interested in “psychedelic folk noir”? Our response was “who wouldn’t be”, and thankfully Mr Galagher, under the moniker The Mad Pride, turns out to be a mighty fine provider of such tunes. With clear reference points from Syd Barrett to Leonard Cohen and more recently Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts, … Continue reading Psychedelic Folk Noir from The Mad Pride
Album Review By Chris T Popper What Would Jesus Drive are described as a ‘4 piece indie-electro lo-fi punk rock band’ on their official website. On a personal level I couldn’t be happier – and after hearing Girls Are In Charge last year (which crashed in to my Top Ten of 2010 at number 3) I have been looking forward to hearing the debut album Black … Continue reading Album Review: What Would Jesus Drive – Black & Blue
For some reason everywhere we’ve turned recently has brought us into contact with cover songs, so we figured we ought to do our duty and collect the best of them together in one convenient place just for you. So here you’ll find Deer Tick’s surprisingly faithful cover of an Eddie Cochran classic, Okkervil River taking on the White Stripes, Bat For Lashes doing The Eurythmics, Middle Brothers Daytrotter version … Continue reading Covers Up!
We’re a little behind with this one – The Warped 45s new album Matador Sunset came out at the end of last month. Taster track Grampa Carl is a wonderful tale of prohibition, the story unfolding on the back of a foot stomping riff and a climactic cacophony of electric guitars – wonderful stuff. Like us, you can track the album down at Maple Music … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Warped 45s
Got this from the ever reliable My Old Kentucky Blog, sat on it for a few days, played it, got steamrollered by the guitars and drums, played it again. Yep it was as good as we thought. So, if you don’t have it yet and like the idea of The Stooges jamming with Jeff The Brotherhood, fronted by the bastard offspring of Ian Curtis and Shane … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…She’s Hit
Mirror Traffic is the forthcoming album from Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks. We’re enjoying the taster track’s refrain about Senators and blow jobs and it is all delivered in the classic, slighty messy, indie rock style that Malkmus is a past master of – dare we mention Pavement here…I think so. The album is released via Matador in the USA and over here, through Domino. … Continue reading New from Stephen Malkmus
Next week Vetiver release their fifth album, The Errant Charm, on Sub Pop Records. We first became aware of them after hearing a copy of Thing Of The Past, their album of twelve beautifully done cover songs. Since then we’ve gobbled up everything by them that has come our way and 2009’s Tight Knit album was a particular favourite of that year. Straddling gentle sunshine … Continue reading New Album from Vetiver
