Lapland, the engrossing and introspective folky project of Josh Mease, has made another track available from his self-titled debut album, which is due out at the end of March. Mixing styles from electronica to jazz, soul and indie, this track Where Did It Go? is a sweetly hypnotic strum in classic Fleetwood Mac style. See our previous post featuring Lapland here. Continue reading MM Shorts 321: More From Lapland
We’re not quite sure what to make of this by Aan…the more we play it the more we like it, but it kicks off like a weird slice of freak folk before morphing into something much more edgy and direct yet still with an experimental feel. Then just as abruptly it becomes like a nightmare nursery rhyme and then… Well just listen and make your … Continue reading MM Shorts 320: Aan
Watch a brilliant video from Field Report to accompany their track I Am Not Waiting Anymore, Crushed Beak’s new video for their track Breakdown, and Esmé Patterson’s video for My Young Man featuring another MM fave in Nathaniel Rateliff. Finally we have the soaring indie-pop of Scottish six piece The Maginot Band and their new video for recent single Sombre Fayre. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Field Report || Crushed Beaks || Esmé Patterson || The Maginot Band
We start with apologies aplenty for the lack of interesting and cogent words to accompany this post of many new, and excellent tunes. We are regularly afflicted by an internal conflict as to whether we use our time to write the original, erudite prose some of the songs we are sent deserve (as many of the much better, and smarter blogs than ours do), but … Continue reading MM’s (Slightly Lazy) Friday Round Up
Way back, as a fledgling listener to new digital channel Radio 6, the first brilliant completely “new” record I remember hearing was the stop-start indie venom of I Hate Models by a band called Neils Children. That first listen made the whole expense of a digital radio seem worthwhile! I bought the criminally under-rated album Change/Return/Success and then apart from a couple of singles they … Continue reading The Return Of Neils Children. MM Celebrates
San Diego post-punkers New Mexico will self-release their new album Malpais on the 23rd April. The album is the result of many things: a bad breakup with a girl, a new recording technique using Otari 16-track one-inch tape, and Robert Kent’s newfound fascination with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. For now, grab yourself the excellent Alpha Male below (click through for a free download), which … Continue reading New Mexico: New Album
August 1944 – February 2013 A founding father of British psychedelia. Download Kevin Ayers – Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes mp3 (from Whatevershebringswesing) Continue reading Kevin Ayers R.I.P.
Videos and tunes to enjoy from Duquette Johnston and his wonderful animation for his gorgeous song Silver And Gold (get his free EP from Noisetrade here), as well as the frenetic front room antics of Manicorn (get their album on a pay-what-you-want deal here). We have a new single from indie rockers The Young Evil and to finish, an excellent slice of garage rock from … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Duquette Johnston || Manicorn || The Young Evils || The Outfit
London-via-Kendal four piece Woman’s Hour are set to release their debut single To The End / Our Love Has No Rhythm on the 8th April. You can pre-order the 7″ vinyl from Parlour Records here. A four-piece band originating from the Lakes, they entwine carefully layered atmospheric melodies with ethereal vocals, resulting in a seemingly effortless natural sound. Think of Kraftwerk’s electronics melded with Fleetwood Mac’s song … Continue reading Introducing >>> Woman’s Hour
We’ve been meaning to post about New Zealand band The Boxcar Rattle for about a month now, and despite their self-titled album being available since the summer last year, we still wanted to bring them to the attention of your ears, because…well because they’re damn good. Taking hillbilly folk and punk and mixing it with some blues licks and a bit of psychedelia and even a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Boxcar Rattle
