Category: Rock

Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Debut Album From Split Screens

Around 18 months ago we posted about the  expansive feel, dense layers and dream-like croon of San Francisco’s Split Screens. Led by multi-instrumentalist Jesse Cafiero, the band have released Close Your Eyes as the first single off their full-length debut album, due out in late spring. Over a backdrop of lush vocal harmonies, meditative fingerpicking and expressive brush work, delves into the theme of escapism and the … Continue reading Debut Album From Split Screens

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Rock

Hamilton Leithauser’s Solo Album

  We have to confess that the demise of the Walkmen, especially following their most recent, and excellent, album Heaven hit us hard. However much like our recent post on WATERS rising from the watery ashes of Port O’Brien, we do have a solo album from Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser to look forward to as some consolation. Here is a taste from Black Hours, which … Continue reading Hamilton Leithauser’s Solo Album

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Owen Tromans – Golden Margins

On Golden Margins, troubadour Owen Tromans reunites with his band, The Elders, to produce nine songs drawn from a deep well of inspiration. Recorded during the depths of winter in the Hampshire countryside the album channels ghostly chill and laid-back charm in equal measure. Described as being driven along by Byrds-ian twang and thrum, the title track takes a wry look at what it is … Continue reading Owen Tromans – Golden Margins

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Moons

Heart and Soul (released 21st July via Schnitzel Record), is the new single from British band The Moons and taken from their new long player Mindwaves, released 2nd June. Heart and Soul is an ode to a scorned lover, defiant, but with an impish rhythm and some tasty fuzzed up guitars. In fact, it has a nice glam rock feel to it evoking the classic … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Moons

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Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 533: Brown Shoe

Lonely Beast is indie rockers Brown Shoe’s follow up to 2011’s The Gift Horse and their first release since moving from Northern California to Los Angeles. The four brothers Ryan, Aaron, Bryson, and Landon Baggaley all grew up in Folsom, CA… not too far from where a certain Mr Cash recorded At Folsom Prison. Sitting somewhere between the National, the Mumfords, and Bon Iver, you … Continue reading MM Shorts 533: Brown Shoe

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MM Shorts 532: September Girls

Sister from September Girls’ album Cursing The Sea (out on Fortuna POP!) makes us feel all nostalgic for the sticky dance floor of the “alternative” nightclub of Oxford’s Zodiac all those moons ago. From the thrumming guitar intro and the tribal drums to the Siouxsie style “whoo-hoos“, and all wrapped in a post-punk icy chill. Marvellous. You can catch them at SXSW from tomorrow (Austin … Continue reading MM Shorts 532: September Girls

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

The Return Of Algernon Doll

The idiosyncratic and peculiar world of 24 year old singer-songwriter Algernon Doll caught our ears with his debut album of acerbic acoustics and raw, honest explorations of his struggles with extreme anxiety and bipolar disorder. His second album was equally engaging, but saw him moving chameleon like through musical styles. His third album will see a release later this year in June, and those restless tendencies … Continue reading The Return Of Algernon Doll

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