Category: Music

Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Free Insound Vinyl News Mixtape

Insound, providers of a regular free monthly mix that we often feature, have made available an additional free sampler based around some of the releases featured in their vinyl newsletter. The eleven song mix includes tracks from Bear in Heaven, Bishop Morocco, Canyons, Disappears,  Secret Music, THEEsatisfaction and White Hills. Check a couple of our favourites below or just grab the whole thing here for the price of … Continue reading Free Insound Vinyl News Mixtape

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Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Live Review: The Felice Brothers / Craig Finn

And so it was to Birmingham and the HMV Institute to see the rescheduled, and still hotly anticipated, Felice Brothers gig with the Hold Steady’s Craig Finn as support replacing the previously scheduled AA Bondy. We parked in a back street, bathed in the blue neon of a tired looking Adult shop with its tatty handwritten sign, “No drugs. No hats.“. Headed off, Popper, Barry-Sean, Analyse this … Continue reading Live Review: The Felice Brothers / Craig Finn

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Alternative, Metal, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Shorts 118: Caltrop

Ten million years and eight minutes, the long-awaited follow-up to Caltrop’s much-loved 2008 debut full-length World Class, finds North Carolina’s titans of Southern psych-rock in rarefied form. Simultaneously crushing and uplifting, immerse yourself in the seven and a half minute trip of Blessed. The album is out on April 3rd via Holiday for Quince Records. Download Caltrop – Blessed mp3 (from Ten million years and eight minutes) Continue reading MM Shorts 118: Caltrop

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music

Wooden Wand Again…In Good Saints

We were turned on to this by the excellent Slowcoustic blog. We figured that, as it features MM fave, Wooden Wand then a re-post of sorts was in order. The marvellous Mr Wand has lent his talents to Good Saints who have recorded a split 7″ with Kill County. Take a listen to the wonderful Texas Moan. Order it here. a Continue reading Wooden Wand Again…In Good Saints

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Is/Is

We’re loving Hate Smile, the advance single from the upcoming Is/Is full length. It is a song that is swathed in moody magnificence as distorted guitars and pounding percussion battle for supremacy in a maelstrom of  compelling noise. Shoegaze is too easy a term for this bleakly bitter offering that is as heavy and menacing as it is beautiful. Download Is/Is – Hate Smile mp3 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Is/Is

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Ancient Whales

Along with Owls and Wolves of various kinds, I think Whales must be one of the most popular animals to turn up in band names. The Ancient Whales are the latest and most certainly one of the better ones if their mix of melodic garage rock and hazy psychedelia is anything to go by. Try this track, Everyone from their new studio EP Birthing via Owlphabet … Continue reading Introducing >>> Ancient Whales

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Sonic Carnage From The Hussy

Sonic carnage is indeed an appropriate way to describe the raw and raucous punk inflected garage rock of The Hussy. They memorably describe it as “bash-em-up-spit-em-out garage-trash for short attention spans“. Their new album is Weed Seizure out on March 20th via Tic Tac Totally and follows the release of their long sold-out debut Cement Tomb Mind Control. Like a flick-knife in a crowded flophouse … Continue reading Sonic Carnage From The Hussy

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Alternative, Gothic, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> Concubines

The Concubines take their cue from the kind of dark-hearted indie of Nick Cave or The Horrors and forthcoming debut single, appropriately titled Darkness has the classic gothic overtones of its 80s heyday calling to mind the orchestral grandeur of Echo & The Bunnymen and the pomp and ceremony of The Mission. The single will be released on a limited edition vinyl run of 100 via … Continue reading Introducing >>> Concubines

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