Loving this latest track from Cass McCombs featuring actress Karen Black, who passed away recently from cancer, and who took on vocal duties for this warm and woozy slice of country tinged folk. It is taken from his forthcoming double album and appropriately enough McCombs has dedicated it to Black’s memory. Continue reading Cass McCombs & Karen Black
Fiftymen’s world is one of whiskey soaked rock’n’roll – a dusty musical landscape littered with empty bottles and hard luck stories where the band have one foot in the backwoods and one foot in a back alley. Their forthcoming album is one of mournful tales of addiction, yearning, and loss, but also full-throttle fiddle and banjo, blistering guitar bursts, galloping bass lines, and pounding drums. … Continue reading MM Shorts 445: Fiftymen
Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail is our first experience of Rod Picott, and one we wanted to share as soon as possible. The album unflinchingly deals with the hardscrabble hopes and fears of those desperately looking for a second chance, a new start or a quick fix. Picott takes great pleasure in skewing off into the darker side of life at every available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> Rod Picott
Elf Power formed in 1994 and over the last 19 years have released twelve albums, two eps, and a handful of singles. They will soon add to this list with the release of their new album Sunlight on the Moon (out October 1st) and having already posted the title track, we now have the wonderfully named A Grey Cloth Covering My Face for your listening … Continue reading Elf Power – A Grey Cloth Covering My Face
Wooden Shjips are one of our favourite bands and each successive album they have released as cemented our love for their pulsating, hypnotic and often bruising, psych rock. They have a new album, Back to Land, due out on 11th November. On this record, the band’s scope has expanded to include more earthy, grounded tones, such as the acoustic guitar! As an introduction to those new … Continue reading Wooden Shjips Go Acoustic & Tour Dates
Having already posted the excellent Push It from Washington DC’s Sunwolf, we can now share a second track from their imminent Angel Eyes EP. This is Fire Breathing Tiger, it lives up to its name, being a steamroller of catchy needlepoint riffage and scuzzy, lo-fi distortion. Apparently it was inspired by the “shit talking phase” of a courtship… Listen below. Continue reading More From Sunwolf
Hailing from the Cajun swamplands and raging like the mad lovechild of Son House and Faulkner, Brother Dege has burned a crooked trail to the Promised Land. Avoiding traditional career paths, he’s spent decades exploring the backwoods weirdness of the southern U.S, working odd jobs and forging his own brand of southern/psyouthern music. Since the mid 90s, Dege has pushed slide guitar, resonators, and roots … Continue reading Brother Dege Shares Another Single From New Album
Rising phoenix like from the ashes of Follow That Bird, one of Austin’s most buzzed about bands, the newly monikered Mirror Travel have returned from a sojourn to the desert to create their debut album Mexico. You can have a listen to the title track below and we’ll wager you won’t find a better two minutes of fuzzy, whipsaw garage pop between us here in Oxford and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mirror Travel
Hazy, psychedelic noiseniks The Black Hollies are making a long overdue, and a more than welcome, return to our speakers with their fourth long-player Somewhere Between Here And Nowhere. Here’s the title track. Continue reading MM Shorts 444: The Return Of The Black Hollies
Treading a line somewhere between exuberant and melancholic, New York based trio Daytona use looping finger-picked guitars to set a groundwork for sprawling harmonies over hypnotic beats. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of American folk music, classic rock, and African & Caribbean sounds and rhythms, the final result is a refined hook driven style of pop music complemented by smart lyrics and positive musical passages. … Continue reading Daytona Announce Self-titled Debut Album
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