Falmouth based group Holiday Ghosts will release their debut LP on 22nd September. Originally started as the solo project of The Black Tambourines‘ Sam Stacpoole the project has since evolved into a group with Katja Rackin and Charlie Murphy joining as songwriters. In late 2016 the band released the Paranoia single as part of Art Is Hard Records’ Pin Pal Club series and so, alongside the debut LP announcement, … Continue reading MM Shorts 960: Holiday Ghosts
David Nance, Omaha veteran of warble and hiss, returns with Negative Boogie, his new concoction of chug, throb and greasy swagger. Amongst the tracks is this cracked, nerve shredding cover of Merle Haggard’s Silver Wings. Try it on for size… Continue reading MM Shorts 959: David Nance
Ian Felice – Kingdom Of Dreams Torres – Three Futures Together PANGEA – Money On It Oh Sees – Animated Violence Prism Tats – Brainwaves A. Savage – Winter In The South Protomartyr – A Private Understanding Beaches – Void Sloan Peterson – Rats Speedy Ortiz – Screen Gem DIIV – Cow (Sparklehorse cover) Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
An appropriate companion piece to our earlier BAIT post, Meatraffle blast out a rallying cry to the proletariat to throw off the chains of mediocre, mass produced music and get down to their sweet and chaotic sonic waves. Throwing out land shanties of burning bankers, friendly local drug dealers, enduring friendship and the Russian Revolution: psychedelic, socialist, utopian, death ragga, erroneous funk, trapdoor jazz, bastard … Continue reading More From Meatraffle
Surfing Magazines, the new garage-rock group consisting of two thirds of The Wave Pictures and one half of Slow Club, have shared New Day – the second track to be taken from their self-titled debut album, due for release on Moshi Moshi on 1st September. They say “New Day is a super quick tune. I’m not totally sure what its about. There’s some Russian dolls in there, … Continue reading Surfing Magazines – New Day
After three long years of anticipation, San Francisco’s psych-blasted, starry-eyed weirdos The Fresh & Only’s are returning with their new album, Wolf Lie Down. The brilliant title track is one of our favourites of the year so far, and now we also have the smouldering garage chug of Impossible Man for you. Stream both below. Continue reading The Fresh & Onlys – Impossible Man
Time for some more musical films… Hull Goth Punk outfit Lumer have released the video for their unhinged new single Gruel on Warren Records. Reminiscent of Bauhaus, Killing Joke and YAK it is a brutally thrilling cut. Spirit Valley’s expansive, primal psych-rock falls somewhere between the fuzzed out rock’n’roll of The Black Angels and the warped synths of Moon Duo check out new single Waiting For Real. Fuzz Club Records’ live session … Continue reading Welcome To The Videodome
We’re a little late to this one, but our recent discovery of Bad//Dreems’ latest album Gutful was simply too good to keep to ourselves. From the self-proclaimed Aussie “outsider rock” camp, their blend of snotty garage punk, self-deprecating black humour and infectiously catchy pop melodies draw positive comparisons with other MM faves from the same stable such as The Dune Rats and Scott & Charlene’s … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends: Bad//Dreems
A new project from Stefanie Drootin (The Good Life, Big Harp, Bright Eyes, She & Him) and Chris Senseney (Big Harp), Umm finds the couple drawing inward, draping vintage harmonies and shards of fuzz over grounded, primitive rhythms and simple, aching pop melodies. Like the Everly Brothers and Suicide smoking cigarettes in bed and listening to the Breeders! Sound good? If so, check out a … Continue reading Introducing >>> Umm
We’ve been sharing a few tracks from Quiet Hollers forthcoming album Amen Breaks (it is out tomorrow via sonaBLAST!). The latest is Funny Ways, a song about criminality and the self-perpetuating prison-industrial complex. Have you ever had a friend that just can’t seem to stay out of trouble? That’s exactly who frontman Shadwick Wilde wrote this song for…. Listen below. Continue reading Quiet Hollers – Funny Ways
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