Sissy & The Blisters specialise in melding the sounds of lo-fi beat groups and vintage garage bands into turbo charged, thrilling short sharp shocks. We were very taken with recent single We Are The Others and new EP Let Her Go builds on that promise to give five tracks (all of less than three minutes), of post-punk blasts that recall The Cramps jamming with Black Lips. The … Continue reading Introducing…Sissy & The Blisters
Deer Tick are one of those bands that are right at the zenith of MM’s affections, and it is true to say that a new record from them is as eagerly anticipated as just about any band’s could be. And so it was that we were very happy to discover that Deer Tick’s new album Divine Providence (their fourth in five years) will be released … Continue reading New Album From Deer Tick – Give Away Miss K.
Without doubt this is our favourite video of the year so far. It came to us via Radar Music Videos and it is simply a work of sheer genius as far as we are concerned – crows with arms. Brilliant. We didn’t know of Fulton Lights until we saw this, but the tune, an upbeat folk rocker has a lot to recommend it even without … Continue reading Brilliant Video From Fulton Lights
Few survivors from the golden age of British folk-rock have kept their reputations intact. Of the generation of troubadours who came of age in the folk clubs of London in the mid-1960s, there is one figure whose body of work, comprising 23 studio LPs and almost as many live and compilation releases, has come to stand for a particularly single-minded form of integrity. That man is … Continue reading Listen To Two Tracks From Roy Harper Retrospective
Marissa Nadler’s new self-titled album is a gem of unusual, beautiful and dreamy melancholia that defies easy description or interpretation. This is the suitably hazy and surreal video for Alabaster Queen. You can order the album here. a Download Marissa Nadler – The Sun Always Reminds Me Of You mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) Download Marissa Nadler – Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) Continue reading New Video From Marissa Nadler
A couple of years ago we somehow got our grubby hands on the debut album, On Safari by The Witch And The Robot. Gradually, it charmed us completely with its wonderful blend of peculiarly British pysch-pop and acid folk accompanied by appropriately surreal lyrics – often about their beloved Lake District. Since then we’d kind of forgotten about the band until we received an e-mail … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Witch And The Robot – Stream New Album Here
Here is another track from Megafaun’s forthcoming self-titled album. State/Meant is emotive, bold and slightly unsettling as rural melodies brush up against swirling electronics. The album is released on September 20th via Hometapes. Download Megafaun – State/Meant mp3 (from Megafaun) Download Megafaun – These Words mp3 (from Megafaun) Continue reading Another From Megafaun
A.A. Bondy returns with a new album Believers next month, it is the follow-up to 2009’s When The Devil’s Loose – one of the best albums of that year. Have a listen to The Heart Is Willing from the new album. Pre-order from Fat Possum here. a Continue reading AA Bondy Announces New Album
Sick Figures second album, Two Ghosts is a collection of songs which weaves a morbid tale of two lovers whose affair will not end in death. The band maintains the raucous, saloonish type of rock and roll that they are known for, but this time evoke a darker, more eerie mood. Here is the lead off single from the album, the appropriately entitled Graveyard Swagger. … Continue reading Introducing…Sick Figures
Without wishing to dwell on the enormity of the wider social subjects of this week, I’m looking elsewhere for some lighter discussion points. Well the football season has begun. Another eight months of disappointment; of blame from the sprats (“Why did you have to be born in Sunderland and not Manchester?”); of wanting to put my hands around Steve Bruce’s throat. And squeeze VERY tightly. … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Saturday (13th August)
