For each release in the LAMC split 7” series, Famous Class asks one of their favorite bands to provide them with a previously unreleased track for the A-side and also asks them to pick their favourite up and coming artist to provide a track for the B-side. The ninth release in the series features Lower Dens on the A-side with Non Grata, and Horse Lords … Continue reading MM Shorts 396: Horse Lords
We discovered this on one of the recent free Uncut cover disks and it has gone on to become an absolute fave of the youngest mackerel Sprat. It will also be making its debut tonight on Barry-Sean’s weekly dominoes playlist for his regular match with Americana loving, wonderfully bewhiskered Big Dave Floyd (8-7 to Barry-Sean at the moment if you’re interested). American Ride is simply … Continue reading Willie Nile’s American Ride
Wooden Wand’s Blood Oaths Of The New Blues is firmly cemented in place as one of our albums of the year – a reflective, mysterious collection of smoky Americana that is as thought provoking, illuminating and imaginative as anything you are likely to hear. Fire Records are streaming another track from it, (yet) another of our favourites, Supermoon (The Sounding Line) tells the tale of … Continue reading Wooden Wand – Supermoon (The Sounding Line)
Lilacs & Champagne, the project of Grails’ Emil Amos and Alex Hall, is built on warped samples and scorched guitar solos, creating a playful, psychedelic take on damaged funk and pop. Made up of sounds sourced from Scandinavian porn and hyper-obscure b-movies from the late ’60s, new album Danish & Blue was created to be a direct tribute to the musical outsiders of the past. … Continue reading MM Shorts 395: Lilacs & Champagne
We have lots of video goodness today for you in the form of new films from The Coathangers solving a murder mystery in Derek’s Song, The Hussy’s tripped out garage psych of Woodland Creature and Wiretree’s animation for excellent track Get Up. Lastly we have the electro tinged folk of Bogan Via’s Kanye, set to a record story robbery by the duo. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Coathangers || The Hussy || Wiretree || Bogan Via
It goes without saying that anyone who releases an album containing songs about ‘sado-masochistic rumpy-pumpy’ is alright with us. Add in topics such as corporate greed, conveyor-belt consumerism, and superpower struggles and it immediately becomes an album we want to hear. So it is with Sheffield four-piece Kill The Captains and new record Sounds Mean. It is not meant to be subtle – guitars fizz and … Continue reading New Album From Kill The Captains
One of our favourite bands, Deer Tick will return with a new album Negativity in September this year. Preceding it by a month will be this single and first taste from the album, the brilliant The Rock. It is another in their ever-growing collection of guitar-heavy, heart-on-sleeve Americana gems, but this time includes blasts of brass and piercing strings that spit dirt all over the song’s underbelly. … Continue reading Deer Tick Return
The highway-bound rhythm and spirited viola of Idaho creates a gently mournful single of perfectly judged alt-Country from The Dive Poets. It is taken from their upcoming album, Married To Your Ghost and is available for free download via their Bandcamp page. . Continue reading MM Shorts 394: The Dive Poets
King Khan & The Shrines have unveiled the very first new track Born to Die, from the brand new album Idle No More, set for release on September 3rd on Merge Records. A mere six years since the release of their last album, What Is!?, the new record is full of sweat-drenched, ass shaking, groovy, psyched-out numbers, complete with rip roaring horn lines, southern fried … Continue reading New Track From King Khan & The Shrines
In the lead up to the release of their new W – O – E single, intelligent indie rockers Little Comets have released a special, stripped back recording of Woman Woman from their second album, Life Is Elsewhere. Watch the video for it and then have a listen to the new single. . Continue reading MM Shorts 393: Little Comets
The Mad Mackerel 