Firstly that is a great name. Conjures up an image of a stick-thin, ne’er-do-well in some dusty, forgotten border town drinking, stealing cars and dealing drugs. But then maybe that’s just us… Anyway, one of MM’s rules is the music should fit the band’s name and thankfully here we’re on to a winner. Speedy Ortiz are a western Massachusetts-based, female-fronted, guitar-heavy four piece. For reference points they … Continue reading Introducing >>> Speedy Ortiz
Seeing Brakes play to an ecstatic crowd at the End of the Road Festival was a highlight of our first visit there and so my interest was piqued when an email arrived with details of the new solo album from Thomas White for it is he who has played with aforesaid Brakes as well as Electric Soft Parade and one of Barry-Sean’s favourites, British Sea … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Thomas White
Fish on a Friday – there’s a novelty for me. Just a small dose of lightly grilled mackerel this week… So it is away I go to Wembley for a weekend of undoubtedly strenuous exercise by day (aerobics), followed by two evenings of hard drinking (take your pick really, but alcoholic I suspect). I expect that one will have an unduly detrimental effect on the … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (9th March)
We are more than chuffed to be offering up the first viewing of Paradise’s new video for Diary Of An Old Soul, the title track and one of the highlights from their inspired album of vintage garage rock that hits stores soon. We first streamed the song last month describing it then as ‘authentically primal, so reverential in its steady blues chug and psych-pop overcoat … Continue reading MM Premiere: Paradise Video
We’ve got good stuff coming out of our ears – quite literally at the moment. So here is the latest in our somewhat ad-hoc “of the best” feature comprising a trawl of the in-box and favourite blogs to bring you eight corking tunes to help get your Friday night off to a suitably energetic start. We have Swedish punks Holograms and the clattering b-side to … Continue reading Friday Means Eight Of The Best
Saint Motel are offering up their new tune Honest Feedback as a limited time free download. They describe it as having “retro sock-hop-pop vibes that we really love and it’s fun to get loose to this song on stage.” Grab it now…while you can! And if you’re going to SxSW make sure to catch them there too. a Continue reading MM Shorts 113: More From Saint Motel
We were introduced to Monument Valley (aka London’s Ned Younger) towards the end of 2011 when we posted Round And Round from his EP Tongues. He will release his new single Your Cover Blown via Rug Records on April 23rd and while that remains a while off, we can promise you it will be worth the wait. In the meantime we can tide you over … Continue reading More From Monument Valley
It seems a happy coincidence that having just eulogised about our discovery of Finnish lo-fi Americana artist Einar Lind, posted earlier today with copious references to dark Finnish chantreuse Mirel Wagner that she in turn should make another track available from her own remarkable self-titled debut album. Here then is The Road, another cheery tale of death, sparsely plucked and whispered and coming across like a … Continue reading Another From Mirel Wagner
About a month ago we waxed lyrical about the remarkable debut album from melancholic Finnish songstress Mirel Wagner. Now we are delighted to be able to introduce another stunning Finnish discovery for you in the shape of Einar Lind. His album Introducing Einar Lind! was recorded entirely in his bedroom in Helsinki and apparently was released in February (though we cannot find it on sale anywhere … Continue reading Introducing >>> Einar Lind
A couple of weeks ago we posted Torches cover of Crushed Beaks Close-Ups, now as part of the split single release Crushed Beaks are returning the favour with their cover of Torches VTOO. This time the duo have replaced their usual full-on steam-hammer approach with slowly pounding drums and staccato guitar noise creating something akin to a sonic maelstrom – a post-apocalyptic bedlam if you … Continue reading Crushed Beaks Cover Torches VTOO
