Woozy, psych-pop weirdos, Happyness have announced that a brand new EP, titled Tunnel Vision On Your Part, will be released this September 23rd through Moshi Moshi Records. The lead track on the EP is Anna, Lisa Calls – stream it below. Continue reading New From Happyness
Unseen (out on 16th September) the forthcoming album from Americana royalty The Handsome Family is already picking up some outstanding reviews and we are looking forward immensely to getting our greasy paws on a copy. Until then though we have a second track from the album to share with you. Back In My Day is a wonderfully tongue in cheek celebration of years past and sees the band … Continue reading Another From The Handsome Family
Drive-By Truckers have shared a new track, the powerful and poignant What It Means, from their much-anticipated new album, American Band, due out on 30th September via ATO Records. Describing the song, Patterson Hood said “it’s a song I wrote a couple of years ago protesting the Ferguson decision and the Trayvon Martin killing. Unfortunately, the song is still timely today. I hope and pray that … Continue reading Drive-By Truckers – What It Means
We’ve previously posted a couple of tracks from San Francisco based four-piece Cool Ghouls’ new album Animal Races – the follow up to band’s excellent 2014 album A Swirling Fire Burning Through the Rye. They have updated the raw, primitive sound of their debut into a refreshingly contemporary take on classic psych-rock and the laid-back Spectator is another excellent example. The album is out on the 19th August. … Continue reading Cool Ghouls – Spectator
The eleventh installment from the Adult Swim Singles Program is from MM faves Detroit post punk outfit, Protomartyr. The track titled Born To Be Wine is another one of their disquieting, uncomfortable indie rock gems, featuring timeless riffs and typically sardonic lyrics from frontman Joe Casey. Check out the new track below, and share and download it for free via AdultSwim.com Continue reading Protomartyr – Born To Be Wine
Usually drawing on a heady brew of Pink Flag Wire, The Fall, Wipers and Deerhunter, Murmur of the Heart is the third track from Cold Pumas’ new record The Hanging Valley and is possibly their “poppiest” moment yet. It follows two other cracking singles, the brilliant, epic sludged-out motorik of Fugue States and the post-punk smear of Severed Estates. Stream all three below. We’re looking forward to … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Cold Pumas
Belying it’s somewhat melancholy message, American Dream from Cereus Bright’s recently released debut album Excuses is a lovely example of their easy-going strummed Americana. Similarly with second track, Claustrophobic which has a touch more urgency, but still features some lovely harmonies and guitar work. Nice stuff. Listen to both below. Buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 865: Cereus Bright
As we have been soaking up the rays in Crete this week it seems appropriate to share a track from Holy Monitor who also hail from the sunbaked Mediterranean shores of Greece. They seamlessly blend acid-drenched, neo-psychedelia with krautrock to create dreamy, groove-heavy soundscapes. Golden Light/Aeolus brings together the groups two self-released digital EPs for the first time, creating the perfect summer album for turning on, tuning … Continue reading Introducing >>> Holy Monitor
Having spent a mighty fine week soaking up the sunshine in Crete we are feeling pretty good about life. And if that wasn’t enough here are ten of the best of the week’s new releases (as judged by us of course). They Include the very welcome return of fire and brimstone gothic folkies Wovenhand and Argentinian garage-posters Las Kellies, cracking tracks from Bueno and Okkervil River, … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
So Cow have now been around for over 10 years. Lisa Marie Airplane Tour is their fifth album, although there are those who could argue that it is number six, seven or eight depending on how much value can be placed on temporary bandcamp releases or hastily uploaded .zip files. No matter, these are twelve songs about anxiety; written in the midst of it, but … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… So Cow
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