Criminal Hygiene are releasing a third single, Alan, I’m In Love, off their debut LP, CRMNL HYGNE (buy it here via Small Smile Records). The track (along with Grady Get Angry) may well be our favourite from the album. It is a self-loathing number that bass player and songwriter, James Pratley Watson explains, “is a song about thinking you’re in love with someone, and then … Continue reading More From Criminal Hygiene
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
San Diego post-punkers New Mexico will self-release their new album Malpais on the 23rd April. The album is the result of many things: a bad breakup with a girl, a new recording technique using Otari 16-track one-inch tape, and Robert Kent’s newfound fascination with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. For now, grab yourself the excellent Alpha Male below (click through for a free download), which … Continue reading New Mexico: New Album
We’ve been meaning to post about New Zealand band The Boxcar Rattle for about a month now, and despite their self-titled album being available since the summer last year, we still wanted to bring them to the attention of your ears, because…well because they’re damn good. Taking hillbilly folk and punk and mixing it with some blues licks and a bit of psychedelia and even a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Boxcar Rattle
Videos to enjoy from local folk heroes Stornoway, singer-songwriter John Smith with a track from upcoming album Great Lakes, and blues-punk par excellence from the Burning Condors with their track Honey Trap. a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Stornoway || John Smith || Burning Condors
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
Our videos of the day come from Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs accompanying their excellent new single Things We Be, from insane noiseniks Wet Nuns, from Mac DeMarco with the official video for Ode To Viceroy from his excellent album 2 and from Charity Children, a rousing folk anthem – their tribute to the bullied and downtrodden with the video for Elizabeth, and the first single … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs || Wet Nuns || Mac DeMarco || Charity Children
Rather enjoying these two tracks from The Woolen Men’s self-titled album due out on the Woodsist label on March 5th. Paying homage to the scrappy DIY punk aesthetic of the 90s, they point the way to what sounds like it could be a very promising debut indeed. Continue reading MM Shorts 318: The Woolen Men
Suicide Squeeze are releasing a split 7″ featuring garage rockers The Coathangers and uncompromising punks Nu Sensae. The former offer up the jagged, spiky sonics of Derek’s Song, while the latter’s offering, Throw, is altogether more harrowing – a vicious and visceral pounding assault on the senses. Limited to just 750 copies, you can pre-order one here. a a Continue reading Coathangers & Nu Sensae Split 7″
You know the score. MM is a blog that (musically) tends to favour the seedier side of life – murder ballads, heartbreak, despair, stories of the downtrodden, the down-on-their-luck, and the downhearted – you know the kind of things we mean. Ours is a world of lonely beer and whiskey chasers nursed in the back booths of dead-end bars, of crack-whores turning tricks in trailers … Continue reading MM’s Anti-Valentine’s Day Mix
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