We seem to have a bit of a ‘black’ theme going on with recent posts on Black Hay, the Black Angels, Blackbird & The Storm and Blackwater Fever. Entirely appropriate then that we should bring you the video for the new single from South London’s Black Manila titled Shake That Thing. The band have featured on MM a few times over the past year and there can … Continue reading MM Shorts 324: New Single From Black Manila
We are hugely impatient for the release of Indigo Meadow, the new album from The Black Angels due on the 2nd April. The band have now offered up a second song from the record, Evil Things focuses on a man and a woman on opposite sides of a conflict who meet on a war-torn battlefield. This one pushes at the furthermost boundaries of the bands sonic cannon, … Continue reading New Song From The Black Angels
Here is an animated video of eggs committing various murders and other violent acts to the tune of The Scintillas Say What You Like. We also have Harry George Johns’ new video for Tie Your Own Noose featuring a street preacher having a revelation of his own, and some classic space-rock psychedelia with accompanying b&w movie monsters from Ride Into The Sun. Lastly watch the video … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Scintillas || Harry George Johns || Ride Into The Sun || Straw Bear
We’re not quite sure what to make of this by Aan…the more we play it the more we like it, but it kicks off like a weird slice of freak folk before morphing into something much more edgy and direct yet still with an experimental feel. Then just as abruptly it becomes like a nightmare nursery rhyme and then… Well just listen and make your … Continue reading MM Shorts 320: Aan
We start with apologies aplenty for the lack of interesting and cogent words to accompany this post of many new, and excellent tunes. We are regularly afflicted by an internal conflict as to whether we use our time to write the original, erudite prose some of the songs we are sent deserve (as many of the much better, and smarter blogs than ours do), but … Continue reading MM’s (Slightly Lazy) Friday Round Up
Way back, as a fledgling listener to new digital channel Radio 6, the first brilliant completely “new” record I remember hearing was the stop-start indie venom of I Hate Models by a band called Neils Children. That first listen made the whole expense of a digital radio seem worthwhile! I bought the criminally under-rated album Change/Return/Success and then apart from a couple of singles they … Continue reading The Return Of Neils Children. MM Celebrates
August 1944 – February 2013 A founding father of British psychedelia. Download Kevin Ayers – Stranger In Blue Suede Shoes mp3 (from Whatevershebringswesing) Continue reading Kevin Ayers R.I.P.
In two weeks time Bill Baird’s two years in the making, double LP, Spring Break of the Soul, will appear on Pau Wau Records. The album contains 17 new songs. As usual, each is a genuine avant-pop nugget that evokes the untouchable sounds of Syd Barrett, Van Dyke Parks, Harry Nilsson, Ray Davies, Captain Beefheart, and Robyn Hitchcock. Accompanying the album is a 32-page book with … Continue reading MM Shorts 319: Bill Baird
Our in-box has grown to ridiculous proportions, it fair creaks and bulges with good music and we are desperately trying to keep up with the flow. Time then for eight of the best to come our, and now your, way. First up, we have East India Youth who caught our ears on 6 Music yesterday with Heaven, How Long their brilliant new single of krautrock … Continue reading Tuesday Means Eight Of The Best
Garage psych connoisseurs White Fence will release a new album, Cyclops Reap on the 9th April via Castleface Records. This is the first single, Pink Gorilla. Continue reading MM Shorts 317: White Fence
The Mad Mackerel 