London based kiwi-indie rockers Lunar Pupil have recently released a foot-stomping new single entitled Pale Blue Skies. Listen below – a mighty fine mix of grunge tinged indie rock with more than a head nodding acquaintance with classic psych-blues. Continue reading MM Shorts 821: Lunar Pupil
Chrome Pony are currently touring the UK in support of Cage the Elephant and will release new album Past Lives on February 19th. They have made their name on the back of some sonically fine psych influenced slacker rock, and this track from the album is another fine example of what they’re capable of – listen to Ragged Child below. Continue reading MM Shorts 819: Chrome Pony
Here is another track from Heron Oblivion, a new San Francisco combo consisting of some of the leading figures in the psych / folk scene, including Meg Baird of Espers and members of Sic Alps, Six Organs of Admittance, Howlin’ Rain and Feral Ohms to name a few. Together they combine West Coast psychedelic rock with English Folk roots, and on the evidence of Your Hollows, … Continue reading MM Shorts 818: Heron Oblivion
Here is the selection from the Mad Mackerel jury for our choice cuts from the past seven days. Enjoy. Black Mountain – Mothers Of The Sun Rogue Wave – What Is Left To Solve The Castillians – Come What May Witching Waves – Pitiless La Sera – I Need An Angel Thao & The Get Down Stay Down – Astonished Man Purling Hiss – My … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Last week The Survivalists released their first album, Counting Down The Days Until Aliens Ride In On A Comet Destroying Most Things On The Planet But Hopefully Not Me. They have been described as an apocalyptic folk-punk duo and hail from Oshawa, Ontario. Have a listen to the excellent Learning To Lose Interest and I Can’t Wait To Die with touchpoints as diverse as Jeffrey Lewis and The … Continue reading MM Shorts 817: The Survivalists
Been a busy week away from the blog so we’ve not been able to post as much as we would like. Here then is our usual round-up of tunes released in the past week. The Coathangers – Make It Right Cat’s Eyes – Chameleon Queen Mary Chapin Carpenter – Something Tamed Something Wild Elephant Stone – Where I’m Going Gun Outfit – King Of Hearts Eagulls … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
We’ve already posted a couple of tracks of the slow, roiling, psychedelic folk that The Murals specialise in, and which fills their debut album Violet City Lantern with a breathtaking ease. Now we have a third – listen to I Live Here below, and order the album, which is out in a couple of weeks time, via Bandcamp here. Continue reading Another From Murals
Crippled Shining Blues is the excellently named new single to be taken from London-based psych-folk outfit The Hanging Stars’ new album Over the Silvery Lake (due out on 11 March via The Great Pop Supplement and Crimson Crow). The track is wonderfully rhythmical, replete with a wandering bassline and complimentary riffs from both guitar and pedal steel. The sweetness of the verse is complimented by … Continue reading New Single From The Hanging Stars
New Zealand duo The Renderers play languid, seeping music with its guitar swells and swirls, menacing vocal delivery and a loose structure that threatens dissemblance at every turn. New album In The Sodium Light is out on the 26th February and we have the excellent pastoral psych of Seaworthy from it to share with you. Continue reading MM Shorts 814: The Renderers
Well here we go again with another collection of ten top notch new tunes picked from the past seven days, purely for your edification and enjoyment. Father John Misty – Maybe, Sweet One, You Won’t Have Nightmares Tonight Rats On Rafts – Some Velvet Morning (Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood cover) The Raveonettes – The World Is Empty (Without You) Frankie Cosmos – Sinister Summer … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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