Category: Pop

Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 476: Dead Professional

Dead Professional (aka VA-based singer-songwriter John Harouff) strips classic rock and roll and new wave pop down to their barest elements using rudimentary drum loops and a pair of vocal processors. The concise song-craft walks the line between cool revivalism and warm bittersweet pop. Check out both sides of his coin with the unhurried yet sweetly insistent ballad Pillow Talk and the upbeat, infectiously jittery Downtown At … Continue reading MM Shorts 476: Dead Professional

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Alternative, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Introducing >>> Vienna Ditto

We’ve been desperately trying to clear our backlog of e-mails before the start of the festive period proper and all those end of year Best Of posts start. Vienna Ditto have sat, undiscovered by us, for the best part of two months – until now. Their recent 3-track EP, Ugly, blends their country blues and gospel influences with primitive ‘voodoo electronics’ and clattering junk percussion … Continue reading Introducing >>> Vienna Ditto

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Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 474: The Rebel Light

The Rebel Light is getting set to release their new single Jukebox Dream on November 19th. It is a carefree and fun excursion into indie-pop and rock that has a classic vintage surf vibe to it and which, frankly, is impossible not to like. It is deceptively simple (much easier said than done), and all the more charming for it – the musical equivalent of … Continue reading MM Shorts 474: The Rebel Light

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Blues, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Beachwood Sparks || September Girls || Talmud Beach || DZ Deathrays || Wild Ones || Caravan Of Thieves

We have no less than six excellent videos and songs to help you begin to welcome in the weekend. First up is Beachwood Sparks and their 70s inspired home footage homage is a perfect fit for track Make It Together. By way of contrast, the video for fuzzed-up indie rockers, September Girls new single Heartbeats, draws on influences of old Hammer Horrors and photographers such Ryan McGinley and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Beachwood Sparks || September Girls || Talmud Beach || DZ Deathrays || Wild Ones || Caravan Of Thieves

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Introducing >>> Air Traffic Controller

Serving in the US Navy as a real-life air traffic controller, singer/songwriter Dave Munro sent home 4-track demos he had written and recorded during his deployment. With his enlistment up, Munro returned to hometown Boston and started the aptly-named band Air Traffic Controller. Consisting of six band members and a multitude of instrumentation, Air Traffic Controller are about to introduce their quirky indie pop to … Continue reading Introducing >>> Air Traffic Controller

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mad Mackerel Exclusive: Stream Qiet’s The Indie Song

Qiet are one of those wonderful bands that defy description; that leave PR folk, journalists, and bloggers scratching around, somewhat hopelessly, for those default descriptors, labels, genres and influences that we all love to place on a band to make our own lives easier. Is it dance music, indie music, pop music, traditional, contemporary? Is it influenced by Bowie, Talking Heads, Devotchka, the B52s? Are … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Exclusive: Stream Qiet’s The Indie Song

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Videos of the Day: Phosphorescent || Love Inks || Kevin Devine || David Bronson

Videos today from the wonderful Phosphorescent with Matthew Houck covering Vampire Weekend’s Ya Hey. We have Austin trio Love Inks and the succinct indie-pop melodies of Time, the video for the excellent title track from singer-songwriter Kevin Devine’s album Bubblegum, and lastly the elegant sound of David Bronson and his video for the reflective Incompetent Assassin. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Phosphorescent || Love Inks || Kevin Devine || David Bronson

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Videos of the Day: Night Beds || Califone || Deep Dark Woods || Broken Twin

A set of videos from some of indie’s big hitters and up and comers today. We have the orchestral Americana of Night Beds, the gritty, and often eerie indie rock leanings of Califone, the pastoral folk of Deep Dark Woods, and the haunting singer-songwriter Broken Twin. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Night Beds || Califone || Deep Dark Woods || Broken Twin

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Americana, Country, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Emily Jane White – Keeley & Holiday Song

Back at the beginning of the week we included the noirish folk of Emily Jane White in our big Round Up posting, and now as the end of the working week appears on the horizon, what better way to finish than with two more tracks from her forthcoming album Blood / Lines. First is Keeley. It is a gorgeous melancholy, gothic tinged drama, a lost … Continue reading Emily Jane White – Keeley & Holiday Song

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

Running Red Lights – Mulberry Love

Mulberry Love is the excellent debut single from Toronto four-piece Running Red Lights. It is almost six minutes of beautifully contrasting sweet folk, honeyed harmonies, and dark pop – like a musical equivalent of Snow White and that juicy, tempting red apple. You can listen, but you’d better not touch. “Oh she leaves and arrives like the skies of a rolling storm and while away … Continue reading Running Red Lights – Mulberry Love

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