The Black features David Longoria on guitar and vocals (formerly of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead), Matt Simon on drums (formerly of Voxtrot), Jason Chronis on bass (formerly of Voxtrot), and Alan Schaefer on guitar (son of famous guitar maker Ed Schaefer). The material on new album Sun in the Day, Moon at Night is pure rock and roll at … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Black
Last month we gave you Photojournalist the first single from Small Black’s new album New Chain, a masterful slice of aural bliss perfect for a mid-afternoon or late night space out. Today we’ve got Search Party the second single from the album, a revved up banger of a tune built upon frantic synth sonics unraveling into bursts of melody over a dance ready beat. Sound … Continue reading New from Small Black
So here we are again. A round-up of our favourite posted tracks from September, all beautifully compiled and presented for you to put on one lovely mix. And as always, a couple of new tracks for you too. Enjoy. The Rakehells – Lost Weekend mp3 Aggressive, yet danceable pop with an in-your-face attitude and catchy hooks The Moondoggies – It’s A Shame, It’s A Pity … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: September
When Seagreen Incorruptible got in touch with us, they simply (and rather brilliantly) described their record 10 Things To Do With 90,000 Sequins as “a party record for people with no friends”. Citing influences from MBV to Nirvana to Guided By Voices and old time radio shows, the album is as much psychedelic Americana as it is experimental garage rock, and there is much therein … Continue reading Introducing…The Seagreen Incorruptible
MM faves Phosphorescent have been confirmed as support for the forthcoming huge National tour throughout Europe. Phosphorescent will join The National for the majority of their shows in both mainland Europe, England, and Ireland starting November 11. Dates are below. Download Phosphorescent – Mermaid Parade mp3 (from Here’s To Taking It Easy) Download Phosphorescent – It’s Hard To Be Humble (When You’re From Alabama) mp3 (from … Continue reading Phosphorescent confirmed as support for The National in the UK
Here are a couple of tasty tracks that have caught our ears over the past couple of days. Blank Dogs have more smothered lo-fi dance fuzz for us on this new track which is from forthcoming album Land And Fixed, meanwhile The Soft Pack have slowed the pace and cranked up the tension over six simmering minutes for Gagdad, a limited edition vinyl single of … Continue reading New from The Soft Pack & Blank Dogs
The Lower Dens album Twin Hand Movement has been one of our discoveries of the year, and a record we’ve come back to time and time again. Now in support of a major new tour with Bear In Heaven they have made a new track from the album available for free – it is the rather good, velvety folk haze, of Blue & Silver. Download Lower … Continue reading New from Lower Dens
It was to the very intimate venue of Taylor John’s House in Coventry last night (stupidly without my camera, so the above is nicked for artistic merit and aesthetic pleasure and nothing else) to see Caitlin Rose and MM faves Deer Tick play the latest leg of their short UK tour. Holding barely more than 100 people and feeling more like a front room dropped … Continue reading Live: Caitlin Rose & Deer Tick
Over the last two or three weeks we’ve probably received more tracks to MM than ever before. Not that we’re complaining, especially when the quality has been really high. It does mean we’re struggling to do everything justice though and while (in a perfect MM world) many of these tracks deserve their own post, we’ve decided to round up a bunch in one go for … Continue reading New Releases Round Up
As Nightlands, Philadelphia multi-instrumentalist David Hartley makes what we would call ‘big music’, it is warm and thunderous, and very very good. Nightlands will be releasing its debut album Forget the Mantra on Secretly Canadian in early November. Hartley has been a prolific sideman in many Philadelphia ensembles most notably, MM faves The War On Drugs. Here though, the music he creates in his bedroom … Continue reading Nightlands prepare new album Forget The Mantra
