In My Time is the lead single from Kurt Vile’s forthcoming new album, which is due out next year. The single gets a digital release on the 25th October or can be bought on vinyl from Matador from the 9th November. You can pre-order from the label here. Enjoy. Download Kurt Vile – In My Time mp3 (from In My Time) Continue reading New from Kurt Vile
While remaining true to the cannon of shoegaze and dream pop, Alabama’s The Sunshine Factory happily add their own ingredients to the mix with some good old fashioned DIY punk and some mellotron-heavy elements of the paisley underground. And, in doing so, The Sunshine Factory makes older music sound newer again, with juicy sonic assaults, fuzz thick enough to drive a truck through, and some light electronic … Continue reading Introducing…The Sunshine Factory
There have been some free compilations doing the rounds recently that we think are definitely worth checking out. First up is the latest monthly Cross Section mix from Clash magazine featuring, among others, Carl Barat, Badly Drawn Boy, Sky Larkin, The Heartbeats and eight more. Asthmatic Kitty have made a rather enticing October mix available on their Bandcamp page, it features Sufjan Sevens, MM fave Julianna … Continue reading Free Compilations to Check Out
Updating the psych haze of Spacemen 3 with the circular drone of Animal Collective and the off kilter melodies of The Clean with the drive of Interpol, Surf City is the perfect mix of everything you loved about the early 80s New Zealand jangle and the 60s blur of Velvets and Zombies with the shapeshifting songwriting of today. So if it’s jaw-dropping, Kiwi guitar buzz … Continue reading Introducing…Surf City
Canadian three-piece Cowlick’s second album Wires was released back in August – we’ve only just got hold of a copy, but it has been well worth the wait. They, like many before them, describe the album as wildly unpredictable, forceful, bursting with ideas. They, unlike many before them, are absolutely right! Reminding us of everything from The Gorillaz to Massive Attack to Queens of the Stone Age … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Cowlick
In this their second release, the simply titled Trust EP (out via Park The Van Records), New Orleans natives Generationals have become a band that is audibly transitioning from a jangling, sun-kissed sound in the vein of Aztec Camera or Felt to pop drones distinctly more hypnotic, textured, and far more challenging to conjure accurate comparisons for. The shimmering hooks, girl-group choruses, and late-summer breeziness of impressive debut … Continue reading Generationals release New EP
In just under two weeks on October 26, The War On Drugs new EP Future Weather will be available in stores in the U.S. (and early 2011 in the U.K.). However, you can pre-order the album today and you’ll get an instant download of the record. In celebration Secretly Canadian are releasing a second single from Future Weather, the closing track The History of Plastic. … Continue reading The War On Drugs Offer up Second Track from new EP
Here at home, in our very small Cotswold town, the only other Giant Sand fan we know is Angus – and so he will be rejoicing today as we have a brand new track to download. Arizona-based musician Howe Gelb has remained the sole epicenter and creative force behind the ever-fluid configurations of Giant Sand for over a quarter century. 2010 marks the 25th anniversary … Continue reading Giant Sand Return – One For Angus!
We’re still trying (and failing) to do justice to all the good stuff, the new stuff, the different stuff and the plain mad stuff that comes into our inbox or through the mail. So, with apologies to the bands involved, all of whom should really have had more than a couple of lines, here is another quick round-up for you covering everything from hardcore to … Continue reading Another Round-up
Lanterns On The Lake are another band that we caught by chance at the End of the Road Festival. Since then we’ve let their cinematic mix of folk and orchestral pop slowly seep into our consciousness in the way the sea slowly overwhelms a sandcastle on the beach. A six piece band from Newcastle on Tyne, they have the ability to create lush poetic soundscapes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Lanterns On The Lake
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