Category: Rock

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Industrial, Metal, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Ruby The Rabbitfoot || Daddy Lion || Hounds || Made Violent || Together Pangea

Our five music films come today from Ruby the RabbitFoot and her beguiling track Ways, from Daddy Lion and their new video for No Solution But Resolution. Then we turn it up a bit with Hounds’ cover of the classic Ministry track Stigmata, the Strokes style swagger of Made Violent’s anthem of youthful decadence Wasted Days and lastly together PANGEA’s give us a glimpse into their world with … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Ruby The Rabbitfoot || Daddy Lion || Hounds || Made Violent || Together Pangea

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Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Video: Jenny Said Yes – A Song About Wolves

Check out Jenny Said Yes‘ indie folk-pop mingled with glimpses of trumpet, melodica and glockenspiel – think a combination of Fleetwood Mac and the mosaic sound palette of Fiona Apple. With the excellent A Song About Wolves, the four piece take you on a haunting and uplifting journey through the streets of London. . Continue reading Video: Jenny Said Yes – A Song About Wolves

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Wooden Wand Announces Farmer’s Corner

We’re putting up the bunting at Mackerel Towers because long-time favourite, Wooden Wand will release a new album, Farmer’s Corner on May 5th via Fire Records. This time it is an album recorded on his travels, in fits and starts, and wherever and whenever he felt like it. It means nine new songs captured in six sessions in four studios in three different states. Amongst … Continue reading Wooden Wand Announces Farmer’s Corner

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Alternative, Electronic, Metal, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Formes – Lights

Lights is the latest single from West Yorkshire excellent progressive psych-rockers Formes. Kicking off like a long-lost Pink Floyd classic, the track builds from a dreamlike, otherworldly introduction until it kicks into gear a minute or so in, ebbing and flowing on the back of a hypnotic guitar riff. Half-way through, the song takes off fully into space rock territory, driven by epic drums, synths … Continue reading Formes – Lights

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Runaway Dorothy – The Wait

Americana quartet Runaway Dorothy released their latest album, The Wait at the end of February and it is a lovely mix of rustic yet refined Alt-Country, where stories are told, hearts are broken, sorrows are drowned, and murder is contemplated. There are haunting, melancholy ballads, beautiful harmonies, and gritty, down-to-earth country tales. And these are all songs that have been tested, refined and honed in … Continue reading Runaway Dorothy – The Wait

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> That Hillbilly Palace

Sweden by way of Montreal band That Hillbilly Palace play a sweet brand of Americana, mixing acoustic and electric guitars, pedal organ, oboe, violin, accordion, and layered vocals to good effect on their five track EP The Tellers. Inhabiting a space somewhere between classic artists like Crosby Stills Nash & Young and The Band and contemporary leading lights like Band of Horses and The Low Anthem, … Continue reading Introducing >>> That Hillbilly Palace

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Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

MM Shorts 531: Southern

Southern are Belfast-born, Liverpool-based brother and sister band Thom and Lucy Southern.  They follow the acclaim for the Southern EP, with Where The Wild Are EP, another instinctive collection of songs that veer from juggernaut-sized blues-kissed rock’n’roll to gorgeously  opaque pop-noir. Take a listen to the title track – it stomps and swoops, loaded with melody and the infectious vocal delivery. It’s leftfield pop with heart. … Continue reading MM Shorts 531: Southern

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