One of our favourite discoveries of the past three or four years has been Tom Williams & The Boat, and they have featured many times in MM posts since their 2011 debut album Too Slow and excellent follow up Teenage Blood. They will soon be releasing a new album Easy Fantastic which they have spent much of the past year writing and recording and you can … Continue reading New Single & Album From Tom Williams & The Boat
No Kill are a band from Brooklyn who make music with loud, lo-fi energy, girl-guy harmonies, reverb soaked guitars & noisy guitar pop influences. Latest release, their five track New Dirt EP can be picked up for a pay-what-you-want deal on Bandcamp. Check out Big Muff Scream below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 518: No Kill
The Milkman’s Union have just released a new one-off single, Apple and rather tasty it is too (sorry!). It’s a revamped country-folk dirge, with flourishes of psychedelica, free jazz, and maybe just a dash of Black Sabbath doom and gloom. Get it on a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp. . Continue reading MM Shorts 517: The Milkman’s Union
Distinct three-part harmonies, sing-a-longs, dream-drifting jams, and powerful riffs all wrapped in the sounds of the golden days: folk, soul, rock ‘n roll, and the psychedelic revolution. The Woodgrains are all these and more. Grab yourself Devils Disheveled below. It comes from their self-titled album apparently released a couple of weeks back (though we can’t find any specific details…). . Check our previous Woodgrains post here. Continue reading Another From The Woodgrains
As well as being a cult Basketball player (apparently the second smallest in history to the brilliantly named 5′ 3″ Muggsy Bogues), Earl Boykins are a New York band whose debut release Friends sees the light of day on the 25th March. To keep us going ’til then we have Doves, two and three quarter minutes of fuzzy, buzzsaw guitar, reverb, distortion, and all round … Continue reading MM Shorts 516: Earl Boykins
Blood of the Bull is the musical alter ego of American born, Glasgow based musician Hillary Van Scoy. Already a well-established artist via her work with DIVORCE, Phat Trophies and Aggi Doom, she’s set to release her latest 4 track EP Bend Over via Soft Power Records on 3rd March on limited edition vinyl (order here). The EP embraces disappointment, disapproval and discomfort through an … Continue reading Blood Of The Bull – Bend Over EP
The fabulous You Be My Heart compilation, which we featured last November and which was released in December, is an extended love affair with the nonprofit 826 National, which is dedicated to offering “a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills.” San Francisco songwriter Devon Reed, who volunteers with 826, wrote all … Continue reading More From The You Be My Heart Compilation
We’re loving this cover of Primus’ Wynona’s Big Brown Beaver from band founder Les Claypool’s other band, Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang, it comes from their brand new album Four Foot Shack which was released yesterday in the US and next Monday over here. The song is radically re-worked, stripped back and as enjoyable as the original, and the rest of the album features rewordings and re-imaginings of Claypool’s … Continue reading Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang – Four Foot Shack
A few very choice tunes have come our way recently and which for one reason or another we’ve been slow to post them. So here is a quick and dirty round up of some of them! First up the very welcome return of the wonderful Pink Mountaintops and the first taste from their forthcoming album Get Back. We also have the brilliant Bass Drum Of … Continue reading Round Up Time
Our first collection of free downloads from the new year taken from the best of our posts for January. Twenty tracks to tickle your fancy including, as always, a few new ones. Dig in. The Woodgrains – Nobody Too Lysergic folk-rock anchored by three part harmonies and an instinctive feel for classic songwriting. . The Rebel Set – Monster Vintage crash and snarl – a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2014
