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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Temples || Steel Phantoms || Golden Animals || The Minx

Videos this morning include the kaleidoscopic psychedelia of Temples new single Colours To Life, the retro TV spoof of Steel Phantoms and their film for track Curtain Call, some hazy, windswept moves from Golden Animals, and lastly some refreshingly sharp, snappy indie-pop from Manchester’s The Minx with an energetic video to match. . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Temples || Steel Phantoms || Golden Animals || The Minx

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Alternative, Blues, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Shorts 400: David Lynch & Lykke Li

David Lynch and Lykke Li – a duo merged from reverb, processed voices and modern-day doo-wop! “Most of the songs start out as a type of blues jam and then we go sideways from there. What comes out is a hybrid, modernized form of low-down blues.” I’m Waiting Here is a bonus track from Lynch’s new album The Big Dream. Continue reading MM Shorts 400: David Lynch & Lykke Li

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Americana, Country, Indie, Music, Rock

Last American Buffalo – Move Me

Last American Buffalo are particular favourites of the Mackerel clan, featuring in end of year best of lists, and delivering a whole series of outstanding digital singles and EPs of Americana and alt-country flavoured rock – all available for free/pay-what-you-want deals on their Bandcamp page. To celebrate a July residency at the Satellite in Los Angeles, they are releasing a new single (free of course, … Continue reading Last American Buffalo – Move Me

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Alternative, Country, Indie, Music, Rock

Mark Lanegan To Release Covers Album

Perennial Mrs M fave Mark Lanegan is nothing if not prolific. Following his solo album last year and collaborations in recent times with Moby, Queens of the Stone Age, Duke Garwood, Isobel Campbell, and Soulsavers to name but a few, he has now announced the release of a covers album, Imitations, in September. The first taste comes in the shape of John Cale’s I’m Not The … Continue reading Mark Lanegan To Release Covers Album

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Acoustic, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop

New Single From Bridie Jackson & The Arbour

Fresh from their recent success at the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition where they beat thousands of acts for a slot on the main stage as well as the Acoustic Tent, Bridie Jackson & The Arbour have announced the release of their new single, Prolong, on Debt Records. We featured previous single Scarecrow back at the turn of the year, and the follow up, Prolong, treads the … Continue reading New Single From Bridie Jackson & The Arbour

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Alternative, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Wednesday Means Six Of The Best

Time for a round up of six more excellent bands and their tunes that have been spinning regularly on the MM virtual turntable. First out of the blocks are Manchester’s Temple Songs, a 4 piece outfit smashing out brilliantly crafted psychedelic pop tunes – the kind of tracks that you might stumble across on a carefully selected LA Nuggets compilation and wonder how it is of the … Continue reading Wednesday Means Six Of The Best

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Mission Dorado

Checklist: Slide guitar, heavy groove, psychedelic undercurrents, laid-back vocals, twisted folksongs and haunted narratives, trippy, hypnotic. Thankfully, all the above are very much present and correct in the debut album of warm, dusty Americana from Mission Dorado’s new album Yannash Nahollo (Comanche for White Buffalo), which sees a release on July 9th. Have a listen to On The Range. Continue reading Introducing >>> Mission Dorado

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Americana, Country, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Rock

Georgia’s Horse Release Weather Codes

Weather Codes, the superb new album from Texan songstress Teresa Maldonado aka Georgia’s Horse, comes out today on Fire Records. It is a brilliantly eclectic collection ranging from sparse and spooky country noir to psych-folk and touching all points in between. The backdrop throughout is the baking heat and vast landscapes of Texas and the American Southwest – sometimes lonely, sometimes menacing, but always fascinating … Continue reading Georgia’s Horse Release Weather Codes

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