Creating an intriguing mishmash of musical styles – soundtrack surf, weird pop and Americana, Surfing Magazines are a new garage-rock group consisting of two thirds of The Wave Pictures and one half of Slow Club. Declaring that they intend to ‘rock out and blow your mind, and then mellow out and soothe your mind, then rock out again’, they have more than lived up to their promise … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Surfing Magazines
Chest Pains come from the Leeds non-profit / DIY scene (called CHUNK) making confrontational punk tracks drawing on awkward social interactions and the frustration of their home-town frozen in deep conservatism. We’re loving their first single, Petrified that has got a real throbbing Protomartyr / Holograms feel to it. Stream it below or get on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 953: Chest Pains
Alvvays will release their second full-length, Antisocialites, this September on Polyvinyl. The album is the much-anticipated follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album which received critical accolades at every turn and was a much-loved fave of Mrs Mackerel. On the new record the Toronto-based group dive back into the deep-end of reckless romance and altered dates. Ice cream truck jangle collides with prismatic noise pop while Molly … Continue reading Alvvays Announce Second Album, Share In Undertow
NOTS are still that punky, wild guitar band that we saw and loved at the Great Escape last year, but move into a whole new level of potency on their upcoming Cruel Friend / Violence 7″ due out on Goner later this month. In fact Violence creepy crawls without guitars in a synthier, stealthier attack, whilst Cruel Friend combines excellent riffage with near-Hawkwind levels of linear … Continue reading New From NOTS
Waxahatchee’s forthcoming album is titled Out In The Storm and this track Never Been Wrong opens the record. Powerful stuff too, built on a grungey 90s guitar riff and full on percussion, it tells the tale of a disintegrating relationship with unflinching, unsparing lyrics. A break-up anthem par excellence. Stream it below. Continue reading New From Waxahatchee
We’re a little late to this one, but having heard The Garden Is Overgrown yesterday on 6 Music decided it was well worth sharing for anyone else that had yet to come across this gem of cascading indie jangle from Isle of Wight based duo Champs. Stream it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 952: Champs
The lush, melancholy world of Monk Parker is located in the dark, hidden places of America. Empty midday honky-tonks, fogbound north-woods diners, and the shadowy, aging cinemas, libraries & museums wherein Saul Leiter, David Lynch, Bruno Schulz, Anselm Kiefer, Dennis Johnson and Wong Kar Wei yet reside… these are his natural home. Parker’s sophomore effort Crown of Sparrows is due to be released August 4th … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Monk Parker
We’ve already posted a couple of cracking tunes from Swedish indie band Mount Song that absorb some lovely touches of psychedelia, folk and even on this latest track Rocket Ride a soupçon of classic 90s grunge. Fans of bands from the Flaming Lips to Grandaddy will definitely find something to like here. It comes from their self-titled debut which dropped last Friday via Suncave Recordings. Continue reading Mount Song – Rocket Ride
We’ve become big fans of Big Thief and the latest track to be shared from upcoming album Capacity (out June 9th on Saddle Creek), is Mary. It is one of the most beautiful songs drawn from their forthcoming record. Simply gorgeous. mom and dad and violins somber country silence the needle stopped the kicking the clothes pins on the floor and my heart is playing hide and … Continue reading Big Thief – Mary
We’re loving the sunny strum and cosmic Americana of Won’t Keep Me Up At Night, a track from Sun Seeker’s debut EP Biddeford which will see a release on Third Man Records. The EP explores nostalgia, melancholy, and emotional turmoil via laid-back psychedelia pollinated with tight harmonies, classic folk songcraft, and country rock spirit. It is an ageless approach that is simultaneously archetypal, but unlike many others in … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sun Seeker
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