You know the drill I’m sure. Here then are no less than 13 collected new tunes from the past week for a perfect weekend playlist… 1. Surfer Blood – Hey Ya (Outkast cover) 2. Childbirth – Nasty Grrls 3. Yuck – Hold Me Closer 4. Diet Cig – Sleep Talk 5. Public Service Broadcasting – The Other Side 6. Chelsea Wolfe – After The Fall … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We first became aware of Bristol’s Trust Fund following a split 7″ with Joanna Gruesome and now, less than four months since the release of his debut album No One’s Coming For Us, we have the announcement of a brand new single Dreams, which features additional vocals from Alanna McArdle (Ides, and formerly of Joanna Gruesome). Released once again with Cardiff based label Turnstile, the single is … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Trust Fund
It’s that time again. Ten more new tracks rounded up and herded into one convenient place for you… 1. Father John Misty – The Suburbs (Arcade Fire cover) 2. La Luz – Don’t Wanna Be Anywhere 3. Blank Realm – River Of Longing 4. Bully – Get Me Away From Here I’m Dying (Belle & Sebastian cover) 5. Diagrams – You Can Talk To Me … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Following on from our Monday Morning Round Up post, here is a second instalment of another eight fine tunes that we have uncovered whilst trying to catch up with our in-box. All starting with some easy going country rock from Americana band The Afternoon Edition. The solid harmonies and laid back approach on their debut single Canyon Lights recalls such greats as The Band and Crosby Stills … Continue reading MM’s Wednesday Morning Round Up
Our in-box is once again sinking slowly in a deluge of new music and videos, and even once we’ve deleted all the e-mails about house bangers, dance remixes, and other such nonsense we’re still left with an unfathomably large number of songs to listen to… However, listen we do, and here is a short selection from all around the world (Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, … Continue reading MM’s Monday Morning Round Up
This week we have the welcome return of Low amongst our weekly round up of new tunes, as well as top notch tracks from White Reaper, Beach Baby, Sianna Plavin and no less than three covers too… Dig in! 1. Low – No Comprende 2. Delta Spirit – (Cream cover) 3. Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
London four-piece, Telegram will release new single Aeons on their own Gram Gram label on the 10th of July. Channelling their love of Roxy Music, Syd Barrett, krautrock and late proto-punk to great effect, we’ve already posted the A side here, and the flipside is the band’s unique take of Needles In The Camel’s Eye, from Brian Eno’s classic 1973 album Here Comes The Warm Jets. … Continue reading Telegram Cover Brian Eno
The presumably unGoogleable trio of Dog hail from rural Devon and deal in a lovely line of melancholic indie-pop songs. No better proof could you need than new single All Dressed Up Not Dancing that brings a new definition to exqusite misery. Listen below, and order one of the strictly limited edition hand cut records from the wonderful Hardly Art Records here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 731: Dog
Here we go again, another collection of eight handpicked tunes released this week, including the return of the wonderful Mercury Rev, that are more than worth a few minutes of your time. 1. Mercury Rev – The Queen Of Swans 2. Wolf Alice – Freazy 3. Shannon And The Clams – Corvette 4. Weaves – Tick 5. No Age – It’s Oh So Quiet (Bjork … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
A perfect companion piece to our Jackie Zealous post earlier, Best Behavior have also crafted their own mix of surf and garage-rock with a playful ’60s vibe. Inspired by heartbreak and a not-so-sunny prediction made by an astrologer, frontman Alex Gruenburg wrote the band’s debut LP in under a month, and went on to play and sing every part himself. The album, Good Luck Bad … Continue reading Introducing >>> Best Behavior
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