Wooden Wand has already released the brilliant Blood Oaths of the New Blues this year and the even better news is James Jackson Toth will be hitting the the road with the musicians with whom he created the record (and who had also joined him previously for the superb Briarwood LP) for a European tour in April. The band is made up of David Hickox, … Continue reading Wooden Wand Tour And New Free Download
Enjoy music videos from Mice Parade and their beautiful film for This River Has A Tide and London based folksinger Lucy Cait’s strange and hypnotic Gabriel’s Wharf, the title track from her debut EP. After taking a couple of years off to focus on other projects, Krist Krueger returns to the Southerly moniker and celebrates with a new single and video for Desolation Low. And … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Mice Parade || Lucy Cait || Southerly || Autumn Owls
With Sacred Bones release of New Moon, The Men will have delivered their fourth full length album in four years. And this might well be the best. Piano, mandolin, harmonica, four-part vocal harmonies and even no-input harsh noise all weave their way through the record in the most perfectly judged and engaging manner. Proof? Take a listen to I Saw Her Face. Continue reading MM Shorts 331: The Men – New Moon
We’ve been long standing advocates of Salesman’s and so are delighted to offer you their latest single Horn for download. Released a couple of days ago it is built on a mantra and will appear on their summer release Escalante. For those who don’t know (and we didn’t) Escalante is in southern Utah – it’s the staircase the moon climbs every night. The horn in … Continue reading New Salesman Single
The first track of woozy, psych-pop we posted by Australian band Blank Realm was an absolute corker. An epic of melancholic churn and burn and noisy guitar squalls. The second track we have for you, and the title track from their forthcoming long player Go Easy is (you guessed it) another absolute corker. This one takes 90s slacker indie and buries it in a heady swirl … Continue reading Another Gem From Blank Realm
HGTV and Paste have combined to put together a fantastic free sampler to promote their ninth annual series of day parties in Austin during SXSW next week. Offered via NoiseTrade, this sampler of nearly thirty artists who will be appearing at The Stage On Sixth March 13-16. It includes a number of MM faves such as Mac DeMarco, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Brendan Benson, Josh … Continue reading Free HGTV & Paste SXSW Sampler
Great Mountain Fire’s debut album is called Canopy – apparently it manages to combine elements of Pink Floyd, The Klaxons, AC/DC and The Mystery Jets. And all to remarkably good effect if this taster track, Crooked Head is anything to go by. A frantically paced explosion of energy, topped with folk rhythm guitars and accompanied by a Pixies-like bass line. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 328: Great Mountain Fire
Here is the latest Insound Vinyl mixtape featuring tracks from A Giant Dog, Amateur Best, Autre Ne Veut, Banque Allemande, Foals, Grave Babies, Holy Wave, Iceage, Inc., Psychic Ills, and Snapped Ankles. Just click here to go and get it – as always it is only available for a few days, or grab a little taste with a couple of our favourites from the mix below. Download Iceage – … Continue reading MM Shorts 327: Insound Vinyl Mixtape
We admit, when we first came across Georgiana Starlington, we assumed it was going to be a solo performer, so were quite surprised to discover that in actuality it was duo Jack and Julie Hines who (even more surprisingly) are better known for the Black Lips and as the visceral K-Holes. Even more surprisingly because Georgiana Starlington actually play weary, sunburnt, country tinged music that meanders into psychedelia, shoegaze … Continue reading Georgiana Starlington To Release Paper Moon
Here is our selection of the best of our February downloads together with a few brand new tracks to dig into. So go on. Knock yourself out. Blank Realm – Cleaning Up My Mess Sitting somewhere between the melancholic churn and burn of Mercury Rev and the noisy squall of Sonic Youth, the four-piece gleefully meld psychedelia with punk and pop and even a smattering … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: February 2013
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