Atlanta garage punk ensemble and MM faves The Coathangers have announced a new EP, Parasite and shared the first track from it Captain’s Dead, with its sultry verses, triumphant chorus, and a bombastic freak-out of noisy guitar. Best of all the band are playing some live shows in the UK, including our local town Oxford – it seems miracles can still happen. Anyway, stream the single … Continue reading The Coathangers – Captain’s Dead
LA’s The Buttertones play raucous mid-western garage by way of The Sonics and Thee Oh Sees, fronted by your favourite b-movie anti-hero with the rockabilly stomp of The Cramps washed down with a whisky chaser. In short, they’re the sleaze of Hollywood condensed into 120 seconds. Watch the video for the excellent Sadie’s A Sadist, and then stream the fast and furious, 60s tinged A … Continue reading MM Shorts 926: The Buttertones
Diet Cig have shared a new single from their upcoming debut long player Swear I’m Good At This, which is out on the 7th April. The marvellously named Barf Day is another glistening, hooky slab of percussive indie punk that brims over with attitude. Listen below. Continue reading Diet Cig – Barf Day
Belgian garage-punk foursome Mind Rays have been shredding MM speakers lately with tracks from upcoming LP Nerve Endings (out on 24th March, via PNKSLM – order here). They keep up the good work with Trespass, the latest track to be shared from it. Stream it, nice and loud, below. Continue reading Mind Rays – Trespass
Watching Wavves at SxSW a few years ago, whilst boiling alive in the crush under the relentless Texas sun is one of my all time gig highlights, so news that Nathan Williams is back with a new album and has now extricated himself from Wavves’ publicly strained relationship with Warner Bros Records, which boiled over around the release of their previous album V can only be … Continue reading Wavves Announce New Album
Mining a rich seam running from 60s inspired garage punk to the gothic voodoo of the Cramps, by way of some trashy, swamp blues come Long Beach, California three-piece The Thingz. Latest release Vault of Tomorrow is eleven tracks clocking in at around twenty five minutes and is a blast from start to finish. Have a listen to the staccato, clattering opener Black Dust, the twangy, menacing Gospel Swamp, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Thingz
Here we are again, but with lighter nights, spring flowers beginning to bloom and eight songs from the past week rounded up for your listening pleasure. From a new benefit single for the Southern Poverty Law Center, we have wonderfully spectral folk from Bonnie “Prince” Billy, and some equally wonderful psych-folk from a re-issue of a long-lost 70s classic by Philip Lewin. There is a … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Bar is Low is the lead single from Why Love Now, the fifth album from Pissed Jeans, out today worldwide on Sub Pop. The song is one of our favourites from the record and is now the subject of a humorous new video, following the band members on a trip to the gym. Except they don’t know how to properly use the equipment. An … Continue reading New Video: Pissed Jeans – The Bar Is Low
We’ve already shared Oakland, California four piece RAYS’ raging single Drop Dead, and now we have another track for you from their upcoming self-titled debut release via Trouble In Mind. New single, Made of Shadows is just over 90 seconds of derisive, reckless, scrappy punk, speaking to the absurdities of everyday life, but with a wry smile. Watch the video below. The album is out on the … Continue reading New Video: RAYS – Made of Shadows
Los Angeles queer punk group French Vanilla was formed by four UCLA undergrads and the nine vigorous tracks on their debut record regulate the dance floor with socially sensitive lyrics, vocal freneticism, punchy basslines, and catchy sax. Check out the socially conscious lead single Anti-Aging Global Warming. Continue reading MM Shorts 924: French Vanilla
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