Category: Pop

Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Chris Devotion & The Expectations

Chris Devotion & The Expectations are more than a little fond of a bit of savage rock’n’roll and a pert frolic with the classic pop song. Take Don’t You Call On Me, just under two and a half-minutes of power chords and forceful riffing that evokes the 70s heyday of aggressive melodies and distorted guitars, with a pleasing contemporary twist. Part confessional, part peacock strut, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Chris Devotion & The Expectations

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Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

The She’s – My Secret To Keep

San Francisco’s The She’s deal in beachy tunes filled with perfectly tuned three part harmonies and songs about hanging out, young love, and dreaming about boys – believe us when we say this is open-top boardwalk cruising manna from heaven. They just released their first new single in over 3 years, My Secret to Keep and it features Beach Boy-esque vocal harmonies, crooning base riffs and an wonderful extended 50’s inspired … Continue reading The She’s – My Secret To Keep

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Alternative, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Friday @ The Great Escape

On reflection, it was a day for the Celts at the Great Escape, and the Aussies, and even the Argentinians… We kicked off the day with a set from New Desert Blues, whose mix of folk, country and indie rock has graced previous posts here on MM. They have a debut album in the pipeline and happily the songs they showcased from this stood up … Continue reading Friday @ The Great Escape

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Thursday @ The Great Escape

A long drive, rain, a Prisoner Cell Block H style hotel room, discovering the camera was still at home… the initial omens for The Great Escape were not great. Thankfully first impressions can be deceptive as Brighton is a sparky town full of quirky shops and streets, trendy young things and youthful counter-culture swagger (“I smoked 35 bongs once” being my favourite bit of eavesdropping of … Continue reading Thursday @ The Great Escape

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

We’re Heading to the Great Escape…A Playlist

Today, Chris T Popper and I are heading south to Brighton and our first visit to the Great Escape festival. There are a whole host of bands we’re looking forward to seeing, from the South American punk-pop of Las Kellies, the angst of Gambles, the spectral folk of Mirel Wagner and the junkyard blues of the Amazing Snakeheads, to the stoned slacker indie of Dune Rats and the … Continue reading We’re Heading to the Great Escape…A Playlist

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Alternative, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing>>> Space Raft

Not specifically a psych band, or a retro-glam outfit, or a blatant ’70’s throwback, Milwaukee’s Space Raft are, instead, a classically brilliant pop-rock combo which incorporates elements of all the above while working by their own rules, beholden to no genre. Space Raft, their self-titled debut album (out next week), is proof positive of this. Have a listen to the shimmering, fulsome We’re Not Alone, and hear … Continue reading Introducing>>> Space Raft

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Americana, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Video: The Head & The Heart – Summertime

The Head and the Heart have debuted the striking and extraordinary animated video for Summertime off the band’s sophomore effort, Let’s Be Still released on Sub Pop last October. The video was made by another MM fave, the Canadian-based musical and creative force Chad VanGaalen, whose album Shrink Dust came out just last week on the same Seattle label. . . .   Continue reading Video: The Head & The Heart – Summertime

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