After a short adjournment from the Mrs Mackerel mantle, it’s back to business this week with a blast from the musical past. Anyone Can Play Guitar had a one-off showing at my beloved Phoenix Picturehouse in Oxford this week. It’s always a pleasure to go the Phoenix and I have to admit, I didn’t really know what I was going to see other than a … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (18th November)
Caithlin De Marrais – the Brooklyn-based former frontwoman of the much loved indie rock band Rainer Maria, for whom “sonic bliss comes naturally,” as the Boston Globe put it – has just released her sophomore solo album Red Coats on End Up Records. This luminous album is a progression beyond Rainer Maria and her solo debut My Magic City. Analogue fuzz-scapes ease the listener into sharp idiosyncratic … Continue reading MM Recommends…Caithlin De Marrais
Here are a few more of the videos that we have been sent recently that have appealed to our eyes and ears. First up is Monument Valley whom we posted about recently. This is the off kilter video for Round And Round together with a download for Dear John Letters from the forthcoming Tongues EP. Download Monument Valley – Dear John Letters mp3 (from Tongues … Continue reading Video Round Up
Bear Driver – London’s fine purveyors of sunny slacker pop – have just unveiled the first fruits of their forthcoming as-yet-untitled debut album in the form of Never Never, a woozy, four-minute slice of delicious fuzz-pop. Download Bear Driver – Never Never mp3 Continue reading MM Shorts 39: New Track from Bear Driver
We recently streamed the wonderful new First Aid Kit single, the title track from forthcoming album The Lion’s Roar. Here’s the video. a Continue reading MM Shorts 34: First Aid Kit Video
We were big fans of The Morning Birds and their album The Quickening and so we were delighted to get news of their latest release, a six track EP titled Surrender To This (out on January 1st). We were even more delighted to find the trademark honeyed vocals and infectious rhythms were still very much in evidence. Check out our taster track Born To Be Alive, … Continue reading The Morning Birds Are Back
Milk & Biscuits are a lo-fi dream pop band from Brighton who will release their album Balcony Times on Big Salad Records on the 5th December. Take a listen to Rivers from the album. Continue reading MM Shorts 33: Milk & Biscuits
To celebrate our downloads working again we thought we would re-post our best of the month mix from October – more than 20 great tracks selected from our October posts and six new ones too. This time you can download and dive in. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Download The Bloody Hollies – Dirty Sex mp3 (from Yours Until The Bitter End) The dark … Continue reading Repost: Best of October 2011 Mix
Ashtar Command’s debut album, American Sunshine, is an expansive and coherent album that defies being reduced to a single genre. Nick Drake could come to mind, as well as the Chemical Brothers. Spiritualized could be seen in there as well as The Beach Boys. There are songs of exquisite beauty and ones that unabashedly rock. The duo were joined by many of the great and … Continue reading Introducing…Ashtar Command
Kevin are a Finnish four-piece who play kaleidoscopic pop/rock. With two albums and several EPs under their belt, Kevin are preparing for the release of their third album, due out in early 2012 – this is A Lonely Place, the first taster from the album. Continue reading MM Shorts 32: Kevin From Finland
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