We have been meaning to post this up for a little while and not sure why we haven’t managed it before now. The Adultery Brothers first featured on MM back in May last year with a (now disappeared) free Bandcamp demo release called Let Me Think. They have now released an ‘official’ self-titled debut album which benefits hugely from being professionally produced. Thankfully, they have … Continue reading Debut Album From The Adultery Brothers
Eux Autres write smart, infectious garage-pop imbued with indie jangle, a bit of cool French pop and gorgeous boy/girl vocals. In fact, just close your eyes and imagine if you will, the Field Mice meeting Black Flag at a Françoise Hardy show. The songs they’d be humming together on the drive home might sound something like Eux Autres. Although they have been around since 2003, we … Continue reading New EP From Eux Autres
Mike Doughty releases his new album Yes And Also Yes on February 13th. Previously front man of Soul Coughing, he has also written a brutally honest and unflinching autobiography that catalogues the utterly dysfunctional nature of his band and his own descent into full-on drug addiction. The album is his fourth as a solo artist and it is immediately apparent that the man’s scalpel sharp … Continue reading New Solo Album From Mike Doughty
Another quick round-up of our favourite new tracks gathered via all sources digital, via our in-box, our favourite blogs, the internet at large, and best of all those CDs that arrive out of the blue. This week we can offer you the Byrdsian jangle of White Fence’s It Will Never Be, more high octane, clattering punk riffage from Terry Malts, Grouper’s unique ethereal ambience comes … Continue reading Thursday Means Eight of the Best
Bunny Ultramod is perhaps unsurprisingly the lead singer of technology obsessed and resolutely lo-fi, perv-punks The Ultramods, but now has a solo album, This Is Hollywood, out on general release. It is an autobiographical 16-song release detailing three years in Hollywood leading up to the L.A. Riots. The album details life on the margins of early-1990s Los Angeles, including stories of sex workers, failed writers, male prostitutes, and homeless teens, … Continue reading Solo Album From Bunny Ultramod
The day after Christmas we posted about the soaring, infectious psych-pop of Wowser Browser and gave you a couple of very well received tasters from their imminent self-titled debut album. Next Tuesday – January 24th – is the official release date for the record and since the release is only one week away, Adair Park is releasing E Dialeda Ho from this album to further … Continue reading More From Wowser Browser
MM and I went to see a film this week with a friend of ours, Gooner Ian. We were the only three in the cinema until the last minute when a couple gate-crashed the party. (Didn’t they realise?! We didn’t!) Anyway, no-one could deny the commanding central performance or even a highly credible supporting cast, but it just wasn’t what it promised to be. It … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (20th January)
Here is another track to see the light of day from Shearwater’s forthcoming Sub Pop album Animal Joy. You As You Were is another galloping, impassioned tune and based on this and Breaking The Yearlings, the early signs for the album are certainly enormously promising. Pre-order the album here. Download Shearwater – You As You Were mp3 (from Animal Joy) Download Shearwater – Breaking The … Continue reading MM Shorts 77: Shearwater
Here is our round-up of the best new tracks and releases we’ve collected from our in-box, our favourite blogs and the internet. This time we have the the sultry and gently hypnotic folk of Cate Le Bon, the raucous, boozy new track from John McCauley’s latest roots supergroup Diamond Rugs, the brilliantly hypnotic and menacing track from experimental folksters Lower Dens, more enchantment and swirling, celestial … Continue reading Wednesday Means Eight of the Best
Brooklyn’s The Denzels are still a young band in every sense and this is just their second release, a five track EP titled Easy Tiger. Citing influences from The Byrds to The Cure they have an infectious, fizzing energy to their songs and manage to successfully blend New York style indie and West Coast surf pop in a way that is genuinely most promising indeed. Grab … Continue reading MM Shorts 76: The Denzels
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