We Are Country Mice, later just Country Mice were well established MM faves and their demise was a sad day for us here. However better news is at hand as Curtin is a new band comprised of former Country Mice frontman Jason Rueger and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Austin Nelson. Their newly released album is titled One For The Doghearted, and is nine hazy tracks that create a slow-burning and hypnotic soundscape, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Curtin
A bunch of new(ish) videos to finish off the day for you. From Girlpool’s stripped back punk to Archie Bronson Outfit’s technicolour psych-rock by way of singer-songwriter Liam Finn’s plethora of celebrity impersonators for his track Helena Bonham Carter, Martha’s impassioned pop-punk, and the 60s garage inspired sound of The Electric Mess. . . . . . . Continue reading Video Round Up
Shoegazer country act Hearts of Oak released their third album New England (via Deer Lodge Records) earlier this year. We meant to post about it then, but for some reason it never happened and it is a shame as it really is an album that deserves to be heard. Fronted by singer-songwriter Nate Wallace, Hearts of Oak has been referred to as “a singer-songwriter with a druggy, … Continue reading Hearts of Oak – New England
1. Justin Townes Earle – Dreams (Fleetwood Mac cover) 2. Grouper – Holding 3. Andrew Bird & Nora O’Connor – I’ll Trade You Money For Wine (Robbie Fulks cover) 4. Chumped – Name That Thing 5. John Moore – Smoking On The Cancer Ward . . [Click through for free download] . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Gathering comparisons from 80s New Wave to dreamy psychedelic pop, Mini Mansions’ forthcoming new album, The Great Pretenders, is due in early 2015. The fast-paced first single, Death Is A Girl plays out with a sense of urgency, daring you to stand still, while the reverse sees the band take on a cover of Sherlock Holmes originally by Sparks. Have a listen to both below. You … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mini Mansions
Magic Castles’ new album Sky Sounds, was released yesterday through A Recordings Ltd, Anton Newcombe’s UK-based imprint. The Minneapolis 5-piece combine the hazy, hypnotic atmospherics of bands like Spacemen 3 and Galaxie 500 with the organ-drenched psych sound of the mid/late ’60s outfits – particularly American West Coast folk-rock -for an altogether otherworldly sound. Have a listen to the laid back, reverb laden, title track. … Continue reading MM Shorts 624: Magic Castles
A short while ago we posted the new single from cinematic psych outfit Saint Agnes, titled A Beautiful Day For Murder. Now we have the b-side Where The Lightning Strikes – a blues stomping, dirty rock n roll number with psychedelic organs, screaming guitars and haunting harmonica. And we have the video for you, with a stream of both the a and the b-side for you. . . . Continue reading MM Shorts 623: Saint Agnes
Christian Bland & The Revelators are led by the guitarist for longstanding MM faves, US psych-warriors The Black Angels. New album The Unseen Green Obscene is a masterpiece of rolling, hypnotic, guitars that throughout manage to create a lovingly authentic homage to the classic kaleidoscopic psychedelia of the 60s. Check out CB160 below, and order the record here. . Continue reading MM Recommends…Christian Bland & The Revelators
Four videos to set pulses racing from Lola Colt, The Franklys, September Girls and finishing with Meat Wave’s insanely catchy punk rock. . . . . (Download the whole album on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp). . Continue reading New Videos: Lola Colt || The Franklys || September Girls || Meat Wave
The upcoming Fire Records reissue of the frazzled, bejewelled, uniquely madcap tall tales of Howard Enyon’s 1970s acid-folk masterpiece So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam is certain to be one of our favourites of the year. Until then, here is another track to treasure, the six minute album closer Shadows & Riff. Out on the 17th November, you can pre-order the album here. Check … Continue reading Another From Howard Enyon’s So What If Im Standing In Apricot Jam
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