Drawing inspiration from the likes of Lou Reed to Guided By Voices, Mainland create urgent and erratic tunes that scream of all madness of the New York City streets that they now call home. This is their cover of Cococnut Records’ West Coast. . Continue reading MM Shorts 589: Mainland
We were lucky enough to be invited to be part of the voting panel for the Green Man Rising event, a “competition” to find a new band to open the wonderful Green Man Festival on the Mountain Stage. From a final short list of 31 artists, we picked our favourite six and we thought it would be good to share our choices with you as … Continue reading Green Man Rising
Interpol will release All The Rage Back Home on August 18. The track is the first to be taken from El Pintor, the bands first album in four years, which will be released on September 8 through [PIAS] Co-Op. Here is the video… . Continue reading New Video: Interpol – All The Rage Back Home
Bold Scottish indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks will release their highly-anticipated third album, Unravelling this Autumn via FatCat Records. To mark the occasion you can steam the album’s excellent lead track Safety In Numbers below. . Tour Dates: Sep 11 Cyprus Avenue, Cork Sep 12 Limelight 2, Belfast Sep 13 Nerve Centre, Londonderry Sep 14 Whelan’s, Dublin Sep 17, Garage, Aberdeen Sep 18 Non-Zero’s, … Continue reading New Album From We Were Promised Jetpacks
Got A Girl has assembled a rich, enveloping sound world all its own, with hints of Laurel Canyon folk, yacht rock, and sunshine pop stylized and synthesized through sumptuous arrangements, intricate electronics, and unfettered melodic invention. Their latest offering from new album I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff is the affecting There’s A Revolution. . Continue reading New From Got A Girl
“It’s the musical equivalent of a bronzed man lounging on a deck chair by the pool in some luxury resort. He adjusts his balls, puts down his piña colada, sighs, picks up a razor and slits his wrists”, so says Graveyard Train’s Nick Finch said of Melbourne’s Eaten By Dogs’ single If It Ain’t Killing You, It’s Sure Killing Me. It is brilliant noir-ish Americana and comes from … Continue reading MM Shorts 588: Eaten By Dogs
The new school run favourite is this undeniably catchy tale from Goodnight, Texas’ forthcoming album Uncle John Farquhar. A Bank Robber’s Nursery Rhyme is destined to become as much as a favourite as their brilliant Jesse Got Trapped In A Coal Mine from their debut release A Long Life Of Living (which is high praise indeed). Watch the video. Download the song. Pretend to rob a … Continue reading New Video: Goodnight, Texas – A Bank Robber’s Nursery Rhyme
We’ve previously posted about Autobahn’s 12″ EP 2, which was officially released today via Tough Love Records. To celebrate the band are streaming another new track, this is Pale Skin, and it is our favourite yet: a nervy, propulsive, feral excursion into krautrock inspired punk. Have a listen. . Tour dates below, including a stint on the road with Eagulls in October. July 10 Leeds Brudenell … Continue reading Another From Autobahn
Dirty Southern Love is the new EP/7″ from Emily & The Complexes. The first taste from it is the excellent, slow-rolling indie rock of Jersey City Blues complete with deceptively frank and occasionally savage lyrics, delivered over clever guitar lines and persistent percussion. Stream it here. . Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Emily & The Complexes
We’re thoroughly enjoying the new single from Aussie six-piece psych-garage groovers Dead Heir. Cooked is layered with jangly guitars, subtle organ lines and a rolling rhythm section, draws its brooding pop flavour from a string of sordid affairs with late 60s tunes and the neo-psychedelica of the 90s alternative scene. Far out man. . Continue reading MM Shorts 587: The Dead Heir
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