With their mix of yearning alt-country and literary indie rock, Quiet Hollers featured large in our best of 2015 lists, and now we are excited to learn they have announced a brand new single, the gorgeous Broken Guitar. It is the first new song they’ve shared since their brilliant eponymous debut album that came out in October. Listen below, it is a hazy, harmony-filled heartbreaker and reminds us exactly why … Continue reading New From Quiet Hollers
Dealing in slightly introverted, eloquent, chiming-indie rock, London two-piece Desert Planes will release their debut single Wake In Fright, via Killing Moon Records on July 2nd. They’ll also be playing their stage at The Great Escape in a couple of weeks as well and on the basis of this we’ll be adding them to our gig itinerary. Listen below. Continue reading MM Shorts 845: Desert Planes
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
Time for ten more tunes for you to check out and decide if they cut the mustard or not? This time, we’ve kept the selection to a (broadly) Americana feel so kick back and immerse yourself in these – some lovely stuff here… Josiah & The Bonnevilles – Cold Blood [RIYL: Father John Misty, Ryan Adams] J Burn – Moonshine [RIYL: Tom Petty, The … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 14 – the Americana edition)
Brooklyn based indie-rockers Bird Of Youth have shared Dad, a track from their forthcoming album Get Off (out on May 20). Frontwoman Beth Wawerna chronicles her father’s passing on the song with heartrending candor: “When I fed my father / When I poured his water / He looked to his daughter / ‘Til he couldn’t see,” she sings. Listen below. Continue reading MM Shorts 844: Bird Of Youth
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
It is always extra pleasing when a local band demands some attention. And so it is with Oxford’s excellently named Little Brother Eli, a five piece offering up their own take on bluesy garage rock combined with powerful, soulful vocals and appropriately growling guitars. Our very good friends at Nightshift describes them thus, “These boys have got the blues, and dirt under their fingernails, like White … Continue reading Introducing >>> Little Brother Eli
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
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