We are very much looking forward to Mark Lanegan’s covers album, Imitations, due out on the 17th September. It includes his versions and rewordings of songs ranging from Andy Williams standards to a Bond theme classic to the great John Cale to more modern offerings from Nick Cave and Chelsea Wolfe. We’re suspecting eclectic isn’t going to come close to describing it. For now we have … Continue reading Mark Lanegan’s Imitations
Videos to enjoy today from decker with an appropriately gritty film for the parched, desert folk psychedelia of Shadow Days and from Saint Motel who have an excellent animation to accompany their track Daydream/Wetdream/Nightmare. Electric Shepherd’s psych-blues are showcased to good effect in The Escapist, which tells the story of a woman that cannot be loved, food that cannot be eaten, and a sports car that cannot be kept. Under … Continue reading Videos Of The Day: Decker || Saint Motel || Electric Shepherd || Said The Whale || Future History
Apparently Clear are very closely connected to Richard Hawley, and the band’s members variously record, gig or produce with him. And, so the story goes, Hawley’s producer dragged Clear into the studio when he heard just how good their songs were. And judging by the reaction of the good and the great to single Sunlight, he was right to do so. It is simply a beautifully … Continue reading Introducing >>> Clear
We’re pretty taken with this single by Broncho titled Try Me Out Sometime backed with Please Try Me. It is propulsive, infectious and just shows what can be done with imagination, a decent melody and some simple chords. Listen here. Continue reading MM Shorts 434: Broncho
US singer-songwriter Cass McCombs has announced a new double album called Big Wheel And Others. It is his most encompassing and stylistically diverse release to date. Some of the genres that are to be found in varying degrees in the songs on this album are: road songs, rock songs, folk songs, blues songs, country songs, rhythm and blues songs, skronk non-songs, cinema songs, cult songs, poem … Continue reading New Double Album From Cass McCombs
Good news! Left Lane Cruiser’s Freddy J IV and Brenn Beck are back with a new album of voodoo hillbilly punk-blues, Rock Them Back To Hell. By all accounts they’ve matured a bit too, adding harmonica, organ and even something they term trash percussion (that’ll be battering the bejesus out of cardboard boxes, paint tins, trash cans then). In truth the boys live up to every … Continue reading New Album From Left Lane Cruiser
Dean Wareham’s Black Postcards is a brutally unflinching, unforgiving, and often unsympathetic self portrait of himself, and of life in cult indie bands Galaxie 500 and then Luna, and needless to say it is one of our favourite music biographies. So when we discovered Love Is Colder Than Death is the first track to be taken from his first ever solo release – a six-track mini-LP … Continue reading Dean Wareham Mini LP
Celebrate the middle of the week with videos from The Night Beds for brilliant track Ramona, some epic, tripped out psych rock from The Night Beats and Golden Animals, gritty, grimy blues from The Pack A.D. and infectious, quirky indie rock from The Features. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Night Beds || Night Beats || The Features || The Pack A.D. || Golden Animals
The set by Temples at the recent Wilderness Festival was one of the highlights of the weekend and none more so then when they announced their new single as Keep In The Dark, which was (a) brilliant and (b) like a perfect hybrid of Spacemen 3, T-Rex and Can. Here is the video for it… . Continue reading New Temples Video
Blessed Feathers delivered one of our favourite sets of SXSW this year, an understated collection of beautiful, rural folk that was breathtaking in its simplicity and authenticity. This is the first track from their forthcoming album and the somewhat oddly titled Ahbinreedis is another example of just how good this duo is – the song is simply lovely. Download it below, and join us in looking … Continue reading New From Blessed Feathers
The Mad Mackerel 