Mary Epworth’s love of music combines 60s West Coast psychedelia, the 70s Beach Boys and traditional English song, and all can be heard to good effect on September, her new single out, appropriately enough, on the 30th of this month. Continue reading New Single From Mary Epworth
Those Darlins will release their much anticipated new album Blur The Line on the 1st October. In anticipation of the big day, they have shared two new tracks from the record, following on from the free download of Oh God they have been offering on their website. Western Sky dabbles its toes in Sonic Youth territory, whilst Ain’t Afraid nods to soulful country over a … Continue reading New Songs From Those Darlins
The Men will follow up the release of their excellent New Moon long player with an acoustic EP called Campfire Songs, recorded (you guessed it) around a campfire. This is the six minute, spaced out drone of Turn Your Color. It is out on the 15th October via Sacred Bones. Continue reading The Men’s Campfire Songs EP
McBee by the Middle Ones is the final release in WIAIWYA’s 7777777 2013, a very idiosyncratic 7″ singles club! It is just over a minute and a half of lovely, heartfelt, joyous, charming anti-folk indie-pop. Order it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 448: The Middle Ones
For men of a certain age, Altered Images’ Claire Grogan will always hold a special place in that area of the heart reserved for teenage crushes…and if there has ever been a finer Top of the Pops performance than for their Happy Birthday single then I’ve never seen it. So, what an unexpected pleasure to find San Francisco’s scuzzy punk rockers Terry Malts (who have … Continue reading Terry Malts Cover Altered Images
We’ve not posted any videos for a few days, so to make up for it we have a bumper crop for you from Mazzy Star and their video for standout new track California to PINS and their girl-gang mentality for their film for Girls Like Us. We have an appropriately pugilistic video for Mutts excellent track Prizefighter, and lastly along the same lines we the first … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Mazzy Star || PINS || Mutts || Scott & Charlene’s Wedding
Now it goes without saying that it takes a pretty big pair to take on a track as iconic as Folsom Prison Blues, but that is just what Chad Kichula has done on his recently released new album The Whale’s Back. It is also fair to say that we were pretty dubious as to the likely quality, but thankfully Kichula has enough about him to … Continue reading Chad Kichula Releases The Whale’s Back
Smoke-filled, swinging burlesque blues-trash titled the information accompanying the new release from Java Skull, and that sounds pretty much like musical nirvana to the mackerel shoal. New 10″ vinyl, The Devil’s Looking For You is eight tracks of pure, unadulterated, slow burning, primal, garage blues. Think songs about liars, cheats, loose women, horrible places, lost loves and necessary evils. Think dirty riffs, catchy hooks, and voodoo drums. … Continue reading Smoke-Filled Swinging Burlesque Blues-Trash – Welcome To Java Skull
In July we gave you a couple of tracks from up and coming Brighton four-piece Morning Smoke’s In Euphoria EP which will be released towards the end of this year. Now we have another track from it, and the unstoppable, frantic, twisting guitar riff of Tangerine may well be the best of the bunch so far. Continue reading MM Shorts 447: Morning Smoke
About 18 months ago we covered the airy acoustic folk of Belle Adair and they have returned with a new single, the undeniably lovely Losing My Train, which is taken from forthcoming debut album The Brave And The Blue. The band are also heading out on a big tour from the end of September and through October. Grab the song below, and check out tour dates here. Continue reading MM Shorts 446: Belle Adair
The Mad Mackerel 