Louisville’s Twin Limb bring post-punk guitar sprinklings to their psych infused dream-pop, matching it with soaring vocals, percussion, and slowly-kneaded accordion. Taken from forthcoming EP Anything Is Possible and Nothing Makes Sense, first single Don’t Even Think, is a soothing number that pulls on the nostalgia strings of anyone who wished Laetitia Sadier fronted Mercury Rev. . Continue reading Twin Limb’s New Single
Here is another new track from provocative (in a wholly charming way) Infinity Cat new signings Daddy Issues. Their excellent new digital single, Shitty World further showcases their mixing pot of garage-surf-pop-punk and also features label owner and JEFF The Brotherhood guitarist Jake Orrall. Dive in to their world… . Continue reading MM Shorts 781: Daddy Issues
A day late, but none the worse for all that. Here is this week’s jukebox jury selection for your listening edification. Hit or miss? You pick… . Jake McMullen – Always Single [RIYL: Singer-songwriters, James Vincent McMorrow, Ryan Adams] . Grassfight – Breaking Up Pigeons [RIYL: Psych-rock, Spacemen 3, Spoon] . Boys – Believe Anything [RIYL: Garage pop, The Strokes, The Legends] . PROM – Touch Me … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 5)
Binary is the excellent new single from DIY-punk-pop quartet The Spook School, taken from their brand new album, Try To Be Hopeful (out on 9 October via Fortuna POP!). A triumphant queer pop song, exploring gender and identity, Binary bursts with noisy energy and a maddeningly catchy tune that blends together influences ranging from Buzzcocks, to T-Rex and the noisier end of C86. Here is the … Continue reading New Video: The Spook School – Binary
It is Wednesday, so that means it is time for ten new tunes from the virtual jukebox and for you to decide on their merits…or otherwise! Holy Esque – Strange (RIYL: Post-punk, The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit) . Mainland – Not As Cool As Me (RIYL: Surf-rock, Weezer, The Clash) . Debris Of Titan – What’s In My Cocoon (RIYL: Psych-rock, Tame Impala, Mac … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 4)
On first listen, Philadelphia based indie rockers PALMAS manage the not inconsiderable feat of taking you back through time, straight to the stage of a 1950s tiki dive bar. It’s a place where locals and outsiders find themselves dancing close under glittering lights, surrounded by a fog of slow-swirling cigarette smoke. Here, women in thick cat eyeliner melt into mysteriously dark silhouettes. With influences spanning the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… PALMAS
FOURS are a female fronted indie-pop band based in Shepherds Bush, West London. The band’s influences vary from the art-rock and indie of the present – Foals, Bloc Party and Bombay Bicycle Club – through to an unashamed love for the classic guitar work of Lindsey Buckingham and Andy Summers. Have a listen to a couple of indie anthems in waiting, Stranger and Damage. Both … Continue reading MM Shorts 778: FOURS
After last week’s bonanza collection we’re back to an altogether more manageable collection of nine songs gathered up from the past seven days just for you. Calexico – Tapping On The Line Blitzen Trapper – Love Grow Cold Alex Chilltown – Cwtch Lucero – Can’t You Hear Them Howl Sun Kil Moon – The Weeping Song (live) (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover) Avers – Calling … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Our third week of ten new tunes for you to test drive and decide…hit or miss? Honey Moon – Waiting (RIYL: Hazy pop, Mac DeMarco, Real Estate) . Seratones – Necromancer (RIYL: Garage soul, Detroit Cobras, Alabama Shakes) . Trudy – Behave (RIYL: Trash pop, Jonathan Richman, The Beach Boys) . Primitive Parts – Troubles (RIYL: Indie rock, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Swell Maps) . … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol 3)
Pony are a foursome out of Toronto, Ontario that make sugary, sweet garage pop. They describe it as the love child of Brian Wilson and Kurt Cobain – it is easy to hear why if you listen to their new EP Crushed, packed as it is with fuzzed up romance, and which is available now on a pay-what-you-want deal on Bandcamp. Check out Don’t Go below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 775: Pony
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