MM Shorts 478: Saint Motel
Here is Ace in The Hole, the latest track from bouncy indie rock and popsters Saint Motel. Continue reading MM Shorts 478: Saint Motel
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New Savaging Spires Album
In typical Savaging Spires fashion we were sent a Soundcloud link and very little else (i.e. nothing at all) to herald their new long player We Should Be Dead Together. From what little we have been able to glean, the album consists of eleven new tracks and will be released as a limited CD at the end of this month and out in January in … Continue reading New Savaging Spires Album
MM Shorts 477: Kings Of Lowertown
Kings Of Lowertown just released the sleazy, garage blues boogie of Mississippi Flood and it is simply magnificent. Grab it from their Bandcamp page on a pay-what-you-want deal here – it will be the best thing you do all day. . Continue reading MM Shorts 477: Kings Of Lowertown
New Album From Holy Wave
We are thoroughly grooving out to Star Stamp, the first taste of Holy Wave’s forthcoming album entitled Relax, and out via the Reverberation Appreciation Society on the the 28th January on vinyl, CD, digital download and a cassette co-release with Burger Records. Taking elements of surf rock, hypnotic drone, fuzzy riffs and blending them all together with a dash of dissociative hallucinogenics and the occasional bad trip, … Continue reading New Album From Holy Wave
Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Parmesans
Sitting somewhere between the traditional Americana of the Milk Carton Kids, and the drifters folk tales of Woody Guthrie, The Parmesans are a string trio from California specialising in complex, Doc Watsonesque guitar picking, harmonious mandolin lead, good ‘ol honky tonkin’ bass lines and all with an emphasis on tight three part vocal harmonies. Their album Wolf Eggs (with its excellent cover art) is a live … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Parmesans
Mad Mackerel Recommends… Dead Waves
New York trio Dead Waves will release their new EP Take Me Away on the 10th December and it will make the perfect Christmas gift for anyone still lamenting the glory days of grunge, of the Pixies, the Melvins, and Mudhoney. Grab yourself the brilliant and brooding Over Me – distorted disillusionment never sounded so good or so cool! Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Dead Waves
Candy Says Curate Compilation To Benefit Alzheimer’s Research
This started out as a CD-R that Candy Says gave away for free on their Space Tour – they wanted to introduce people to the the music their friends make. Fifty copies were burned, and they were gone before they knew it. So they asked all the bands if they could put the compilation online, and everyone thought it was a great idea (well almost … Continue reading Candy Says Curate Compilation To Benefit Alzheimer’s Research
Damien Jurado – Silver Timothy
Here is Silver Timothy the first taste of Damien Jurado’s forthcoming album Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, due out on the 20th January. One listen and we were hooked. . Continue reading Damien Jurado – Silver Timothy
MM Shorts 476: Dead Professional
Dead Professional (aka VA-based singer-songwriter John Harouff) strips classic rock and roll and new wave pop down to their barest elements using rudimentary drum loops and a pair of vocal processors. The concise song-craft walks the line between cool revivalism and warm bittersweet pop. Check out both sides of his coin with the unhurried yet sweetly insistent ballad Pillow Talk and the upbeat, infectiously jittery Downtown At … Continue reading MM Shorts 476: Dead Professional
Introducing >>> Vienna Ditto
We’ve been desperately trying to clear our backlog of e-mails before the start of the festive period proper and all those end of year Best Of posts start. Vienna Ditto have sat, undiscovered by us, for the best part of two months – until now. Their recent 3-track EP, Ugly, blends their country blues and gospel influences with primitive ‘voodoo electronics’ and clattering junk percussion … Continue reading Introducing >>> Vienna Ditto
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