Since it arrived last week, New Yorker Alexa Wilding’s self-titled debut EP has been getting a lot of play here at MM. By turns wistful, hip, sassy, and occasionally quirky, she is a welcome addition to the crowded singer-songwriter ranks. Equally at home with the romantic skip through the meadows as she is with the haunting heartbreak of lost love, she sets herself apart from … Continue reading Introducing…Alexa Wilding
The new EP from Mountain Man is soon to be available on 10″ vinyl from Underwater Peoples. It is called Sun Dog and swiftly follows on from the release of their rather extraordinary and beautiful record Made The Harbor, by offering five alternative versions of tracks from that album. We have one for you below, the exquisite Honeybee. Indulge yourself and be transported to somewhere … Continue reading Mountain Man’s New EP
Very recently we posted new tracks from Black Lips and Of Montreal. Now both have offered up new tracks hot on the heels of those ones. Black Lips are releasing a new split EP with Pierced Arrows, and Of Montreal have released a second advance from forthcoming album False Priest. You can enjoy both below. Visit Black Lips MySpace here. Visit Of Montreal MySpace here. … Continue reading More from Black Lips & Of Montreal
Vanish Valley hail from Los Angeles and offer a lovely mix of rootsy folk and hazy country psychedelia that has quality stamped all over it. Their MySpace page says they have a (presumably) self-titled album due out later this month on the 27th. The two tracks we’ve heard are destined to become regulars on the MM playlist. Become The Night chugs along on the back of … Continue reading Introducing…Vanish Valley
The latest free digital mix from Clash magazine has the usual eclectic range of bands, but as always, has a couple of absolute standouts as far as MM is concerned. Chief among them the return to the form of The Coral and their wonderful psych-rock classic-in-waiting Butterfly House and a track from the Bombay Bicycle’s Club new acoustic folk album. You can also get tracks … Continue reading New free mix from Clash Magazine
Not long back we posted a couple of tracks by oddball, indie experimentalists Ball Of Flame Shoot Fire that came from their acclaimed debut album Jokeland. Now, fresh from a couple of shows at the Northside Festival, they’ve given us this – The Glaive – the first single from their, as yet untitled, new album due out in a few months time. The band most … Continue reading New from Ball Of Flame Shoot Fire
Happy Birthday Mrs M – you are the greatest. Love you. Mr M. Download Jessica Lea Mayfield – Kiss Me Again mp3 (from With Blasphmemy So Heartfelt) Download Altered Images – Happy Birthday mp3 (from Happy Birthday 7″) Download The Sugarcubes – Birthday mp3 (from Life’s Too Good) Continue reading HAPPY BIRTHDAY MRS MACKEREL
Nearly another year older and undoubtedly, not a whole lot wiser … MM gave me the new album by The Innocence Mission this week, My Room In the Trees (aah, if only). Now there’s a blast from the past. One note of Karen Peris’s fragile, ethereal notes and I’m instantly transported to a time when I nearly wore out the groove on my vinyl copy … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
Without doubt The Roadside Graves are one of MM’s very bestest bands. For us, they are up there with the cream of the current crop and we greet each new release with as much excitement and anticipation as we do for anyone. So, in support of the recently released 6 song EP You Won’t Be Happy With Me, out now on Autumn Tone Records, we have … Continue reading New from The Roadside Graves…MM Rejoices
We have mentioned the fantastic Buffetlibre / Amnesty PEACE project on MM a couple of times since we discovered it. The mammoth collection of 180 mp3s from all over the world and including some fantastic bands will only be available until July 12th, so head over there now and spend $5 (or more) to get them. In the meantime they have furnished us with some special … Continue reading Bonus from Buffetlibre’s PEACE Project
