The Toothe share a musical chemistry born of a lifetime of collaboration and experimentation. Raised in the same small Piedmont town, they relocated to the mountains of Asheville to explore and develop their mutual love of song. Their most recent effort is the Talons EP (out on 10th June), a six-song foray into a hook-laden and intensely engaging sound they call Apocalyptic Americana. The EP draws … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Toothe
Grand lake Islands six track EP Wake of Waking is a collection of thoughtful indie-folk that ranges from warm and lush organic instrumentation to thin guitar lines and shaky vocals. Fans of Phosphorescent, A.A. Bondy and Jason Molina will find much to enjoy here. Listen to the EP’s opening track, Flood. And buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 549: Grand Lake Islands
Here is another from Philly-based four-piece, Creepoid who have just released the single Truth from their Record Store Day 12″ Wet. It builds from a slow, malevolent swirl into a fully fledged nightmarish slice of ominous grunge-pop. The EP features four new songs and a B-side etching. . Continue reading More From Creepoid
We had an e-mail from a reader recommending we check out Ryley Walker. So we did. Turns out he is a little bit special. While only 24 years old, on his debut album (released this very day) All Kinds Of You, he delves much further back than that to the fingerpicked style of classic British folk artists, American primitive guitar and classic pastoral psychedelia. The results are … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Ryley Walker
Black Girls, a psych-pop quintet out of Richmond, VA recently released long-player Claire Sinclaire. The latest single from it is Buyin’ Time, a potent mix of surf and glam rock. Check it out. Buy the album from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 548: Black Girls
Farmer’s Corner, the new album from Wooden Wand promises to be a rawer, more personal affair than the brilliant Blood Oaths Of The New Blues and we have already shared the wonderful Dambuilding with you here. Now we have Alpha Dawn for your listening pleasure, another sublime cut of relaxed, informal, wandering folk that evokes all those classic intimate campfire and back-porch scenarios, as acoustic strings meander sweetly beneath … Continue reading Another From Wooden Wand’s Farmer’s Corner
“Maybe I’ll go make love with another man, forget about you for the evening and say I’m just playing pretend, I’ll be someone’s fantasy then maybe you’ll want more of me.” Thin Ice is from 19 year old Liza Anne’s recently released debut album The Colder Months. It fully justifies the haunting, melancholy, and beautiful descriptors that it has been attracting. . Continue reading MM Shorts 547: Liza Anne
The latest effort from Roof Beams, Tectonics EP, though true to the band’s storytelling lyrics and ramshackle Americana roots, comes from a new place. Frontman Nathan Robinson wrote these songs during quiet evenings after work, while his daughter was asleep and his wife was at night school. This led to a more thoughtful, reiterative process resulting in thick layers of harmonies using quieter, lower registers. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Roof Beams
The Blue Angel Lounge formed in 2006, after meeting at school in their German village Hohenlimburg near the Rhine River. Led by singer Nils “O.” Ottensmeyer and Dennis Melster, the band took their name from the club in New York City that in the 1960s offered Nico her first live performances in America. New album A Sea Of Trees is a menacing, bleak collection of … Continue reading The Blue Angel Lounge – A Sea Of Trees
Sacred Bones will present the fourth volume of their annual Record Store Day vinyl compilation, Todo Muere. It will be limited to 1,500 copies only. This year’s edition features eight tracks from a wide variety of their artists, each one new or previously unreleased on any physical format. The first track is the brilliant Lonely Richard by Amen Dunes, a hazy cut from the band’s forthcoming LP, Love that … Continue reading Todo Muere Vol. 4
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