Those Insound free mixes just keep on coming. Their latest vinyl mixtape has tracks from Cheatahs, Cy Dune, Fear of Men, Fonda, Guards, Hey Ocean, Low Culture, Popstrangers, and UUVVWWZ. As usual, a couple of our choices below or just download the whole thing for free by clicking here. Requires a tweet, Facebook Like or e-mail address from you and will only be up for a few more … Continue reading (Yet Another) Insound Free Mix
The Cy Dune story starts with a songbook. This particular book had a 100 songs written in 20th century American visionary long hand. A book written over five years after leaving home and traveling the world in what some might call the contemporary music scene of the early 21st century, recording and performing with his band Akron/Family and collaborating with Rhys Chatham, Michael Gira, William … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Cy Dune
Watch the dazzling black and white geometry of Suuns new video for 2020, Bear’s Den’s beautiful video for Isaac filmed at St Pancras Old Church, and the softly crafted folk of Flint Michigan’s Jeremy Quint under the moniker Small Houses, Oh, Hiding Out comes from new album Exactly Where You Wanted To Be (out 26th February, order via Yer Bird Records). a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Suuns || Bear’s Den || Small Houses
We were latecomers to the Dawes party, and it took an intimate live gig in the backroom of the Bullingdon pub in Oxford to properly awaken our ears to the easy-going country rock delights that were on offer. This is From A Window Seat, the first taste of forthcoming album Stories Don’t End. Continue reading MM Shorts 311: New From Dawes
On their Bandcamp page, three-piece Rhubarb Whiskey proudly proclaim that they have been referred to as “the anti-prohibition, hellbilly goth, the bluegrass Dresden Dolls, and the fortunate love child of Bill Monroe and Sid Vicious. Bringing you atmospheric, literate, romantic drinking songs that are sexy, rugged and furiously alive, this murder ballad Americana band is here to charm you with their tales of love, friendship and the devils in … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 6: Rhubarb Whiskey
Videos to savour from Tame Impala who unleash their inner hot-for-teacher on Mind Mischief, a new suitably atmospheric, monochrome video from Bridie Jackson & The Arbour for The Scarecrow, and Austin-based Feathers gorgeous video for their equally stunning track Land Of The Innocent. a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Tame Impala || Bridie Jackson & The Arbour || Feathers
We’re really enjoying this demo from Men’s Adventures who are completely new to us, but have a nice country-surf thing going on with a sound that calls to mind Dick Dale, The Beach Boys and Ennio Morricone all in one go. Oh, and there’s a dash of tropical sunshine and an underbelly of sweet psychedelia in there too. Take a listen to the wonderfully titled … Continue reading Introducing >>> Men’s Adventures
The 1975 certainly have a way with a tune – always restless, energetic, imaginative and smart. Following on from Chocolate, the first tune to be shared from their forthcoming EP Music For Cars (out 4th March via Dirty Hit Records), we now have a second little gem to share with you, Head.Cars.Bending which is, if anything, even better. Check out February and March tour dates and … Continue reading MM Shorts 310: New From The 1975
Today’s videos come from Clinic, with an appropriately shattered and psychedelic offering of broken images and cascading colours accompanying Seamless Boogie Woogie BBC 10pm (rpt), from Steady Hills we have the folky Long Grey Roads and from the excellently monikered Roadkill Ghost Choir some nine months work of animation for Bird In My Window. Finally, watch Garrett Pierce’s spaghetti western themed video for the haunting Why, … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Clinic || Steady Hills || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Garrett Pierce
As with previous years Song By Toad Records have made a free eleven song sampler available on Bandcamp of some of the releases they have planned for 2013 (and a couple of late ones from 2012). They include new signings Sparrow & The Workshop (see our post earlier today) and Adam Stafford as well as established favourites such as Meursault, Rob St. John, Lil Daggers … Continue reading Song By Toad’s 2013 Sampler
