Mrs Mackerel’s and Barry Sean’s faves Two Wounded Birds are releasing a new double a-side single All We Wanna Do / Midnight Wave, which comes out on Monday 18 April on limited edition 7” vinyl and digital download on Moshi Moshi. Take a listen. Continue reading New Single From Two Wounded Birds
We have been following the Choose the Cover of Rolling Stone Contest and the second round is now under way. We are interested because, after hundreds of thousands of votes were cast online, there are now eight acts left vying for the cover of Rolling Stone – as well as an Atlantic Records contract – and we have featured two of the eight on MM. … Continue reading Rolling Stones Cover Competition
Half Past Sun have been busy releasing a series of free digital EPs and songs via their website, which are well worth checking out. It is a swirling, kaleidoscopic mix of psychedelia, indie rock and electronica with a naggingly insistent edge that burrows in through your ears and then settles in your brain with no intention of leaving anytime soon. Fifth instalment of A Never Ending … Continue reading Introducing…Half Past Sun
Indie pop quintet Exlovers have just been confirmed to support Noah & The Whale on all dates of their forthcoming European and UK tour. To celebrate, their label Young & Lost Club are giving away Blowing Kisses, the A-side to their sold out single on Y&L in February. It is a two minute rollercoaster ride of glorious melodic pop with delightful vocal harmonies that is as wistful … Continue reading Exlovers To Support Noah & The Whale, Give Away Free Single
The wonderfully named sextet Teen Girl Scientist Monthly hail from New York. Theirs is a world of stomping indie rock, marrying pulsating percussion with epic orchestral violin and adding a topping of effervescent male/female vocals. Dipping their toes in everything from country to post-punk they kick up a shitstorm of high energy sound that is as diverse as it is original, but never less than 100% … Continue reading Teen Girl Scientist Monthly: Safari Video
We were delighted to discover Sunderbans have a new EP, Wolf Heart due out today. The release succeeds the band’s feature on Huw Stevens’ Music Sounds Better With Huw VOL 2 compilation last autumn, and their brilliant debut 7″ single We Only Can Because We Care released by Young and Lost. Inspired partly by the descent to insanity induced by the days and nights spent locked … Continue reading Sunderbans Announce New EP
Seems like there is a Philadelphia theme happening by chance today…following our Work Drugs post earlier comes the intriguingly titled The Shortest Man On Earth, being the latest release from Sweet Lights. It retains the slightly retro feel of the recent self-titled album, and is another beautifully judged excursion into the world of classic sunshine and psych rock – imagine if Spiritualized played Americana with … Continue reading New Single from Sweet Lights
Another bonanza month. Another round up of the very best tracks we posted in March. Another selection of new tunes to get your teeth into too. So without further ado… Download White Denim – Drug mp3 (from D) First taste of rockers new album. Bodes well. Very well. Download The Everymen – Ballad Of Sarin mp3 (from Hello, Nice Evening. We Are The Everymen) Cocksure but not … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March
They may look like shy bookish types, but the ten librarians of the baroque indie pop group Michael J Epstein Memorial Library know how to make some noise. Their songs are sweet with tinges of darkness and bring to mind Magnetic Fields and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. Michael J Epstein Memorial Library’s, Volume One, which is full of cleverly written tunes taken from … Continue reading Introducing…Michael J Epstein Memorial Library
Check out the new video for the new Two Wounded Birds track called All We Wanna Do being released on limited edition 7″ vinyl and digital download, April 18th via Moshi Moshi. a Visit their MySpace here and grab the brilliant free track from their previous EP below. Download Two Wounded Birds – Night Patrol mp3 (from Keep Dreaming Baby EP) Continue reading New Video from Two Wounded Birds
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