Taking their cues from garage punk and 90s indie rock, Martha play energetic, impassioned power pop with intricate vocal interplay and lush four-part harmonies. They will release their second album Blisters In The Pit Of My Heart in July via Fortuna Pop!, and the first single from the album is Goldman’s Detective Agency, which shows the band’s playful side as they re-imagine 19th century anarchist Emma … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Martha
After a week away, we’re back with eight tracks selected from the past week and covering everything from hardcore to goth-pop by way of some shoegaze and a classic cover. Enjoy. Hooded Fang – Dead Battery M. Ward – Time Won’t Wait Bonnie Prince Billy & Friends – Rubin & Cherise (Grateful Dead cover) Joana Serrat featuring Neil Halstead – Cloudy Heart The Don Darlings … Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It’s Friday, and I’m bored waiting for my working week to finish. So instead of what I should be doing, here are a selection of videos that have caught my ears and eyes recently…kicking off with The Manimals and their Game of Thrones inspired musical film for Talk. Continue reading Some Friday Videos
Pittsburgh four-piece The Gotobeds have shared Brash Not Rash, the second track from their forthcoming album Blood // Sugar // Secs // Traffic, out June 10th via Sub Pop. It is a completely riotous explosion of guitars and drums that doesn’t let up from the first moment to the last. Wake up your day below… Continue reading The Gotobeds – Brash Not Rash
The spectacularly badly named TERRY manage to contrast the quality of their moniker with Don’t Say Sorry – a jerky, hectic slab of art-punk that skitters and writhes and eventually turns in on itself, collapsing into a sonic self-implosion. Rather good. Stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 843: TERRY
On 10th June Death Valley Girls will release their debut album Glow In The Dark via Burger Records. It’ll be worth the wait if the title track – an instant classic of feral, spiky, punked-up garage rock – is anything to go by. Stream it below and feel the sweat drip down the walls… Continue reading MM Shorts 842: Death Valley Girls
The story goes Arbor Labor Union was born from a peach tree in Georgia in the American south, and on that tree they heard a bird singing, a calling. The four members have reinterpreted that birdsong into a psychedelic, repetitious and joyful rock ‘n’ roll call for arms just for you. It’s called Mr Birdsong and it’s the brilliant, opening chugging juggernaut of a track … Continue reading Arbor Labor Union – Mr. Birdsong
It has been a month since the last Nickel in the Jukebox, so here are another collection of ten tunes to put before our most discerning jury… you. So give them a spin and decide, hot or not… The Vryll Society – La Jetee [RIYL: Space-rock, the Horrors, the Brian Jonestown Massacre ] Reddening West – The River [RIYL: Americana, Hiss Golden Messenger, Andrew … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 13)
Here are this week’s careful selections for you dear reader/listener. No less than ten new tunes, all released, blinking and dewy eyed into the spring sunshine over the past seven days. They include Spray Paint, Flat Worms and Diarrhea Planet for those who like the needle in the red and Money and Andy Shauf for those who prefer the more sedate, maudlin side of life. … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Here is a quick round up of a bunch of cracking tunes that have been earmarked for posting in our inbox for too long! Treat it like a musical pick ‘n’ mix and make your selections from the queasy, post-punk drama of Greys, Ladada’s surf-psych, the crisp indie rock of Clean Spill, rustic American from The Convergers, dystopian garage rock from Sans Pareil, gorgeous, ambient … Continue reading Musical Pick ‘n Mix – Quick Round Up
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