MM Shorts 375: Windhand
Q: I need to screw up my Friday. Have you got any backwoods psychedelic doom rock? A: Windhand Buy the split single with Cough via Bandcamp. . Continue reading MM Shorts 375: Windhand
Category: Psychedelic
Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Arrows of Love || Temples || Water Liars
Watch the tripped out video for Secret Colours excellent track Blackhole and the unsettling and spooky video for Arrows of Love delicate yet blood-splattered murder ballad The Knife. We have more kaleidoscopic effects on Temples video for forthcoming single Colours To Life, and finally (via a heads-up from Slowcoustic) comes Bird Of Song from a Show Me Shows session by the wonderful Water Liars that was way … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Arrows of Love || Temples || Water Liars
A Third Track From Blank Realm…
Having first been been fascinated by the seven minute melancholic churn and burn of Blank Realm’s Cleaning Up My Mess, then charmed by the scuzzy guitars and 90s slacker indie of second track (and album title) Go Easy, we have now been left grinning like maniacs after listening to the utterly seductive, completely irresistible, and totally infectious Working On Love. It pairs an increasingly frantic and frazzled … Continue reading A Third Track From Blank Realm…
Videos of the Day: Yeah Yeah Yeahs || Oracle O. || As Elephants Are || The Callen Sisters
Videos today follow a bit of a natural history theme. We have a mesmerising film for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito and feathers fly in Oracle O.’s video for excellent single Rosy Princess. We have Youth Blood, the exuberant indie single from As Elephants Are, and finally we have the sepia toned film for The Callen Sisters Light Bringer, an excursion into baroque pop and traditional … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Yeah Yeah Yeahs || Oracle O. || As Elephants Are || The Callen Sisters
Roll Up, Roll Up: Round Up Time Again
Here is another collection of fifteen top tunes lovingly collected and filtered for your listening pleasure. So gather round and invest some time in these – a veritable aural treasure trove of tracks. First up is another track of swaggering blues rock and roll in the shape of New York Avenue from the Delta Routine’s recently released album, Cigarettes And Caffeine Nightmares. . In a … Continue reading Roll Up, Roll Up: Round Up Time Again
MM Shorts 373: Heavy Deeds
We have become quite taken with the shimmering psych-rock of Heavy Deeds that sounds like it has hitch-hiked here in a stoned fog from the early 1970s. That, in case you’re wondering, is a very good thing indeed. Five track EP Light Lunch is available in a limited edition vinyl run of 150 – order via Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 373: Heavy Deeds
Better Late Than Never – Black Manila Offer Up Free Download
How we missed this in our in-box (from way back in March) is beyond us, but miss it we did. We need to right that wrong! Black Manila have featured a few times on MM with their blend of classic west coast garage riffs, Detroit proto-punk and British charm, that combined makes a heady and compelling marriage. To celebrate the recent release of their debut … Continue reading Better Late Than Never – Black Manila Offer Up Free Download
Videos of the Day: The Handsome Family || Dead Confederate || Jonny Fritz || Foxygen
The brilliantly weird Americana of the Handsome Family has long been a fave at MM and new album Wilderness is awaited here with much eagerness. For now, enjoy the video for Woodpecker about the famous 1890s Wisconsin window smasher Mary Sweeney (pre-order the album here) and stream a second album track in the shape of Caterpillars. We’ve already posted a couple of times about Dead Confederate … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Handsome Family || Dead Confederate || Jonny Fritz || Foxygen
Introducing >>> Landmarks
We have to confess that on Cuscutta the lead track from their new digital single Public House, Landmarks managed to catch us by surprise. The track is a lovely, unhurried, slice of woozy psych-pop in the grand traditions of Spiritualized or Mercury Rev, and unlike so many others, they manage to do it without ever bring derivative or mere copycats. So an entirely pleasant surprise, as guitars … Continue reading Introducing >>> Landmarks
MM Shorts 371: Carton
A four-piece, hailing from Windsor, Vermont, Carton are noisemakers par excellence, navigating the tumbling rapids of garage rock and psychedelia with aplomb whilst retaining a presence in the murky backwaters of drone rock. Their latest release is the six track Sunburst EP and in July they will follow up with a split 7″ release from Negative Fun Records, with Carton’s tune Fingertips, alongside a track from … Continue reading MM Shorts 371: Carton
The Mad Mackerel 