We have on a couple of occasions, via Mrs Mackerel’s friend Jenny Wren, been fortunate to meet St Etienne’s Sarah Cracknell who in local parlance “lives round our way”. So when we found she is about to release her second solo album Red Kite, a mere eighteen years after her first, Lipslice, and that it was a love letter to nature and the formative music of youth, … Continue reading Sarah Cracknell – Red Kite
Chicago-based lo-fi pop/rock artist Loppa Albon will release his upcoming LP, Plumblossoms on the 14th April via Hellhole Supermarket Records. Check out this single from it, O I Don’t Know (Windows) is a vulnerable pop tune, veiled in reverby guitars and washed out synths. Something like All Things Must Pass era George Harrison meets Lotus Plaza meets Fleet Foxes. Stream / download it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 695: Loppa Albon
Los Angeles’ pop punks Upset have shared a stream of their new EP, ’76, out now on Lauren Records. It is the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut LP, She’s Gone. While the EP crackles and fizzes with exuberance and energy, our favourite track is the EP closer, the low-key and poignant Wonder. Check it out together with the altogether more high spirited Glass Ceiling. … Continue reading MM Shorts 694: Upset
Evans The Death are set to release a second single Sledgehammer, from their recently released, and well received, Expect Delays album. Poppier and more immediate than previous abrasive, distortion-heavy single Enabler, it is bursting with exuberance and youthful angst, more expressive, and the sense of despair leavened by sharp wordplay and humour. Have a listen. . Continue reading Evans The Death – Sledgehammer
Brighton four-piece Black Honey’s new single Madonna backed with the brilliant surf-infused twang of Spinning Wheel is rightly picking up much praise and hype. See what all the fuss is about below, and grab a free download of their track Bloodlust from their Bandcamp page too. . . Continue reading Introducing >>> Black Honey
Sweden’s Kid Wave have announced details of the release of a new single, Honey on June 8th via Heavenly Recordings. It’s an early contender for indie-anthem of the year – with echoes of U2’s one decent song I Will Follow in the guitar work – it shimmers and swoops with a BIG chorus at its heart. Resistance is futile. Stream it here. Continue reading Kid Wave – Honey
We are loving The Magic Gang’s forthcoming debut single No Fun, backed with Alright, which is released on the 16th April via Telharmonium Records. With a ominous, hypnotic opening it calls to mind the best of the Fat White Family’s grimy, post-punk bump and grind before morphing into an effortlessly slack slice of sunshine soaked guitar pop, full of dawdling chord changes and hazy vocal harmonies … Continue reading The Magic Gang – No Fun 7″
Borrowing the name of the building they lived in, and guided by a deep appreciation for the folk and psychedelic pop of the sixties and seventies, Elstow draw on the sounds of bands like Jefferson Airplane, Jimmie Spheeris, and early Pink Floyd, coupled with an infatuation with nineties alt-psych idols Brian Jonestown Massacre and Mazzy Star. New single Evil Dreams matches dreamlike psychedelic overtones with a breezy … Continue reading Elstow – Evil Dreams
Forget the eggs and celebrate Easter with a selection box of musical videos that are all pre-screened to ensure the equivalent of the orange creme hasn’t sneaked through…instead take your pick from folk, indie, psychedelia, punk, Americana…. . . . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up
Easter weekend, and a bumper collection of ten songs for you to dip into that were released this week. 1. The National – Sunshine On My Back 2. Southern – Lone Driver 3. Cheatahs – Murasaki 4. Heartless Bastards – Gates Of Dawn 5. Woodpigeon – When You Look For Trouble, Trouble Comes 6. Radkey – Parade It 7. Allo Darlin’ – Half Heart Necklace … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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