Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail is our first experience of Rod Picott, and one we wanted to share as soon as possible. The album unflinchingly deals with the hardscrabble hopes and fears of those desperately looking for a second chance, a new start or a quick fix. Picott takes great pleasure in skewing off into the darker side of life at every available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> Rod Picott
Elf Power formed in 1994 and over the last 19 years have released twelve albums, two eps, and a handful of singles. They will soon add to this list with the release of their new album Sunlight on the Moon (out October 1st) and having already posted the title track, we now have the wonderfully named A Grey Cloth Covering My Face for your listening … Continue reading Elf Power – A Grey Cloth Covering My Face
Wooden Shjips are one of our favourite bands and each successive album they have released as cemented our love for their pulsating, hypnotic and often bruising, psych rock. They have a new album, Back to Land, due out on 11th November. On this record, the band’s scope has expanded to include more earthy, grounded tones, such as the acoustic guitar! As an introduction to those new … Continue reading Wooden Shjips Go Acoustic & Tour Dates
Having already posted the excellent Push It from Washington DC’s Sunwolf, we can now share a second track from their imminent Angel Eyes EP. This is Fire Breathing Tiger, it lives up to its name, being a steamroller of catchy needlepoint riffage and scuzzy, lo-fi distortion. Apparently it was inspired by the “shit talking phase” of a courtship… Listen below. Continue reading More From Sunwolf
Hailing from the Cajun swamplands and raging like the mad lovechild of Son House and Faulkner, Brother Dege has burned a crooked trail to the Promised Land. Avoiding traditional career paths, he’s spent decades exploring the backwoods weirdness of the southern U.S, working odd jobs and forging his own brand of southern/psyouthern music. Since the mid 90s, Dege has pushed slide guitar, resonators, and roots … Continue reading Brother Dege Shares Another Single From New Album
Rising phoenix like from the ashes of Follow That Bird, one of Austin’s most buzzed about bands, the newly monikered Mirror Travel have returned from a sojourn to the desert to create their debut album Mexico. You can have a listen to the title track below and we’ll wager you won’t find a better two minutes of fuzzy, whipsaw garage pop between us here in Oxford and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Mirror Travel
Hazy, psychedelic noiseniks The Black Hollies are making a long overdue, and a more than welcome, return to our speakers with their fourth long-player Somewhere Between Here And Nowhere. Here’s the title track. Continue reading MM Shorts 444: The Return Of The Black Hollies
Treading a line somewhere between exuberant and melancholic, New York based trio Daytona use looping finger-picked guitars to set a groundwork for sprawling harmonies over hypnotic beats. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of American folk music, classic rock, and African & Caribbean sounds and rhythms, the final result is a refined hook driven style of pop music complemented by smart lyrics and positive musical passages. … Continue reading Daytona Announce Self-titled Debut Album
The last Best Coast single was a big hit with Mrs M, and the follow up, a seven track mini album titled Fade Away (out October 21), will be the first release on Bethany Cosentino’s own Jewel City label. The new release is a faster-paced, more energetic set of songs inspired by Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline, My Bloody Valentine and Ambien. I Don’t Know How is … Continue reading New Mini-Album From Best Coast
Our video selections today include Saintseneca’s first, beautifully impressionistic video for a brand new track – the post-punk folk anthem Uppercutter, which will appear on their new long player Dark Arc out in March next year. We also have Foxygen’s new psychedelic video for the title track of their excellent album We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic. We have a playful and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Saintseneca || Foxygen || Eyes For Gertrude || Temple Songs
