Back in early 2014 we posted a video from Norway’s neo-psych rockers Mayflower Madame, it was for the title track taken from their excellent debut EP Into The Haze. In March next year they will release their first full-length, Observed In A Dream, and this single Lovesick is the first, mighty fine, taste we’ve had from it. The track gallops out of the traps (with a whiff of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mayflower Madame
Shred Kelly’s third album, Sing To The Night, features their signature claw-hammer banjo riffs, layered ambient synth, powerhouse rock, and lush vocal harmonies – it a sound they refer to as stoke folk.. Have a listen to the title track, their latest single. Continue reading MM Shorts 799: Shred Kelly
We’re coming to the end of the year and with Thanksgiving and all that, the new releases slowed ever so slightly this week. Here then is our round-up of wholesome new tracks from the past seven days, gathered from all corners for your listening edification… The Arcs – Young Strand Of Oaks – Wonderful (The Way I Feel) (My Morning Jacket cover) Braves – Dropout The … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Once again our list of admirable musically inspired films to watch has grown exponentially and here is an initial selection of some of our favourites… Continue reading Video Round Up Time Again
Manchester based lo-fi pop act The Foetals is the new project from a rather busy Jolan Lewis (he’s also the frontman of The Pink Teens, and plays in Francis Lung’s (ex WU LYF) band as well as Aldous RH). The Foetals’ upcoming debut LP Meet The Foetals, is due on December 4 via PNKSLM Recordings on limited edition 12″ vinyl and as a special edition deluxe … Continue reading MM Shorts 798: The Foetals
Swedish quintet Francis has been active on the Swedish indie scene for almost a decade now. Following their acclaimed This Must Be Blood EP in 2012, the band is now getting ready to release their long-awaited, second full-length album Marathon. Originally formed back in 2006 as a punky interpretation of American folk (think a mixture of Tom Waits and Patti Smith) the new record has evolved … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Francis
The Wave Pictures return with a brand new, vinyl only album called A Season in Hull, due out on 12 February on their own label Wymeswold Records. The album was recorded on acoustic guitars in one room, with a bunch of their friends, live in to one microphone on singer Dave Tattersall’s birthday, January 28th. The band reveal the video for the first single Slick … Continue reading New Album From The Wave Pictures
Sea Caves’ new album Bright Forest (out on the 5th February) is an orchestral indie rock album filled with stories of longing and aspiration with hints of the ever-changing backdrop of the mountains and the forest. Weaving compositions with finger picking guitar, wide harmonies, dueling flutes, melodic bass, and launching keyboard lines, the Portland based four-piece has found a sound that is rooted, yet truly all their own. … Continue reading MM Shorts 797: Sea Caves
This excellent cut of scrappy garage tinged indie rock is the first taste we’ve had for a while from Leland Sundries. Frontman Nick Loss-Eaton wrote Radiator Sabotage in response to the maximum-temp heating blast common through winter in NYC’s old apartment blocks. It is taken from forthcoming debt long-player Music For Outcasts which is due in early February next year. The bones of the record actually came together … Continue reading Leland Sundries – Radiator Sabotage
The Tall Pines are a shack-shakin’, foot–stompin’, sometimes folk-rock band fronted by singer Connie Lynn Petruk, playing drums on her alligator-skin suitcase and shaking her tambourine, and her guitar-slinging partner Christmas Davis, who writes the songs and howls along. The duo revel in the spirits of the late 1960s and early 1970s country, soul, and swamp-rock scenes, while working hard to take the sounds they … Continue reading New Video: The Tall Pines – Mexico
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