Sub Pop has signed Lyla Foy (formerly known as WALL) to their roster and will release her debut album next year. We were fortunate enough to see her perform an intimate and fragilely lovely show in the hushed surroundings of Austin’s Central Presbyterian Church at SXSW this year. Preceding the album will be the Easy / Head Down single, available from the 19th November as … Continue reading WALL Becomes Lyla Foy. Signs To Sub Pop
A couple of years ago we posted the surf-indie-motown-pop of Little Racer’s self-titled EP. They are back on the Young & Lost Club label with their new EP and taken from it we have Vanessa available to download, a heartbreaker of a song. Continue reading New EP From Little Racer
Time for another big round up of just a few of the many quality tunes that have found their way into our in-box and into our ears. We have not had enough time over the past few weeks to do them proper justice, but we promise all are worth some of your time to get to know them better. Enjoy. First up are Banded Stilts, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Massive Monday Round-Up
Minotaur backed with Bad Blood is the first 7″ by Matthew Edwards & The Unfortunates on Metal Postcard. It is a shoe-in for lovers of smart, articulate songwriting and melodic, harmonious indie-pop. . Continue reading MM Shorts 468: Matthew Edwards & The Unfortunates
Sunday morning videos for you from The Spook School, a new track and video from The Dum Dum Girls, and from T. Hardy Morris, the final video from his Audition Tapes From Places In Peril series. It is a performance of the song Quit Diggin’, filmed at St. Eom’s Pasaquan, an internationally acclaimed visionary art site consisting of six major structures – the oldest a … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Spook School || Dum Dum Girls || T. Hardy Morris || Caged Animals
Released a few days ago, Strangers is the new album by Baltimore band Eureka Birds. It hovers somewhere between cerebral indie pop and damaged art-rock, with echoes of orchestral space rock, Ariel Pink’s oddness and Yo La Tengo’s literacy. However, rather than being one big mess, the record is a surprisingly tight and coherent one, and one that reveals more of its many charms with each … Continue reading New Eureka Birds Album
Over a year ago we included Brooklyn’s Beach Arabs in a big round up post. At the time they were hoping to get a follow up to their self-released debut, Under The Whale out that side of Christmas, but it turns out it is only recently that Wild Movement has seen the light of day. Mixing indie rock with surf pop and a dash of … Continue reading Beach Arabs – Wild Movement
The dreamy soundscapes of My Darling Fury are both haunting and beautiful, reminiscent of acts such as Andrew Bird meets Fleet Foxes meets a bit of Rufus Wainwright. The vocal melodic phrases are long and wide-ranging, placing a strong emphasis on evocative lyrics with a broad emotional span. The use of bowed double bass with effects adds atmosphere and a sometimes psychedelic quality. Two guitarists juxtapose … Continue reading Introducing >>> My Darling Fury
Calgary James is from the Boston-based band High Diner. He has a new single out for free download titled Days Like These. It is a thoroughly enjoyable, meandering acoustic guitar ditty with a nicely judged psych-pop undercurrent – should appeal to fans of Mac DeMarco. Continue reading MM Shorts 466: Calgary James
We thoroughly enjoyed The Hale & Hearty LP by Heyward Howkins, a record full of melancholy and playfulness and distinguished by some unusual arrangements and instrumentation. Now he is back with Be Frank Furness, which is equal parts turmoil and glittering melodies and idles somewhere comfortably between the sound of Andrew Bird and Dent May. Within the opening moments of the new album, the cheerful guitar instantly … Continue reading New Album From Heyward Howkins
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