H. Hawkline’s previous single, the off-kilter, woozy Spooky Dog has proved mighty popular round these parts, and has established the surrealistic singer-songwriter as a firm MM fave. His latest single, Everybody’s On The Line is also taken from his recent critically acclaimed album In The Pink Of Condition, and further cements the MM love affair with another gem of oddball psych-pop. Dive in. . Continue reading New Single From H. Hawkline
The Catenary Wires is the new project from Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey. Their debut mini-album Red Red Skies is due for release on Elefant Records on 1st June. Together,the duo have an impressive 30 year indie-pop pedigree, including Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, Marine Research and Tender Trap. The Catenary Wires started when they moved out of London to the countryside and started writing quiet and melancholy songs … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Catenary Wires
It’s Saturday, time for our mop up of some of the tunes released this week that are well worth giving a whirl too. 1. Girlpool – Ideal World 2. Houndstooth – Borderlands 3. Death Cab For Cutie – Little Wanderer 4. Aquarian Blood – Savage Mind 5. Sheer Mag – Button Up 6. Wolf Alice – I Saw You (In A Corridor) 7. Teleman – … Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It’s Friday and a trawl through the overloaded MM in-box has been well overdue. So here are a few tunes, new and not quite so new, that are well worth giving some ear-time to0… And your starter for ten: Inspired by 70s Punk and 90s Brit Pop, NYC band Public Access T.V. have announced the release of their debut EP in the US on Terrible Records. … Continue reading Friday Afternoon Round Up
Pearl And The Beard’s beguiling mix of indie, folk, and orchestral pop has long been popular here at MM, and the trio have released a new single, the upbeat, soaring Again Animal which will feature on their upcoming long player Beast. Have a listen… . Continue reading Pearl And The Beard – Again Animal
London based four piece Fossa will release their debut EP Sea of Skies – four tracks of intimate, lush indie with shades of Grizzly Bear, Talk Talk and The Antlers. Whilst being bold enough with the instrumentation and occasional skittering beats to defy the obvious paths, at the heart of each track is a powerful sense of melody and lead single Five Days is a masterpiece of … Continue reading Introducing >>> Fossa
Unveiling the second track of their double A-side single release, the curiously named Orlando Seale & The Swell have just shared All Of The Dogs, which is to be released alongside Filthy Hope on 23rd March. Euphoric, atmospheric and tinged with darkness. Give them both a spin. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 676: Orlando Seale & The Swell
Lead singer/songwriter of The Corner Laughers, Karla Kane wears cat-eye glasses, plays ukulele and goes birdwatching, but thankfully they are no stereotype hipster-twee band. Instead you get an intriguing mixture of bookish and badass on forthcoming album Matilda Effect and an epic cast of characters including Cleopatra, Alice in Wonderland, astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, and Martha, the world’s last passenger pigeon. Wistful and wry, barbed and sly – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Corner Laughers
With the successful production of several self-recorded, lo-fi EPs to their credit, spacey six-piece Grandparents are providing a sneak peek into the band’s highly anticipated unveiling of their debut LP, Sincerely, Bagman with the arrival of the Kids in the Alley cassingle. The delightfully catchy title-track delivers audacious, jangly pop music with an eye toward the hallucinatory, prompting visions of psychedelic royalty like the Seeds or … Continue reading Grandparents – Kids In The Alley
We’ve featured the fuzzed-up, meaty, surf-tinged garage rock of Shark Week a couple of times in the recent past. They are soon to release their debut long player Beach Fuzz (pre-order here) and the first singles shared from it are the twangy Desire and the excellent Why Did I let You Go? Have a listen. . Continue reading MM Shorts 674: Shark Week
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