We were big fans of LA four piece The Blood Arm’s debut album Bomb Romantics and their 2007 follow up Lie Lover Lie, so after a pretty long gap it is good to hear their third album Turn And Face Me will be released in the UK on the 4th July. For those who don’t know them, they mix an explosively catchy blend of tribal … Continue reading New Album From The Blood Arm
The excellently named Adultery Brothers got in touch with a couple of songs they all too briefly described as “catchy guitar-driven pop songwriting“. Well they were right, Something In My Drink particularly calling to mind the effervescent top-tapping drive of the Generationals. If you like what they have to offer below you can pick up the whole album Let Me Think completely free from their … Continue reading Introducing…The Adultery Brothers
It’s that time again. A few gems gathered from some of our favourite blogs and a couple of the blogosphere’s favourite big hitters with some new material. Pick ‘n’ mix time! The Black Lips follow the rather splendid Modern Art with another slice of premium garage rock from their new album Arabia Mountain, with New Direction. Thee Oh Sees also mine a rich seam of … Continue reading New Releases Round Up
Who’d have thought it – another year of married bliss slips by, that’s sixteen now. And still she’s easily the best looking fish on the block! So a song is needed and what better than this wonderful cover that I heard on 6 Music this afternoon. In fact it is as good a cover as I’ve heard for a long, long time and sums up … Continue reading It’s Another HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MRS MACKEREL
Not a band this time, but a new label – Palmist is an independently run sister to FatCat Records. Based in Brighton they are specialising in a DIY ethic and limited run, vinyl only releases. They’ve sent us details of their first two releases – two split 12″s featuring the hazy, insistent pop minimalism of the U.S. Girls (which we can’t stop playing) and the twisted … Continue reading Introducing…Palmist Records
Our post title sounds like a lost Dickens novel. No matter, Elliott Brood were, if memory serves me right, one of the very first bands we posted back when we were on (shit) Google Blogger. They confirmed all the good things we had thought about them when Barry Sean and I saw them perform a wonderful set at the End of the Road Festival last year. So, … Continue reading The Welcome Return Of Elliott Brood
Arc In Round pull from the layered-dissonance and experimentation of Disco Inferno and This Heat, the Motorik rhythms of Krautrock pioneers Neu and Can, and the more obvious sonic reference points of Broadcast, the Swirlies and My Bloody Valentine. Their II EP, out July 5th, boasts four new songs plus the original version and A Sunny Day in Glasgow remix of the song II from their … Continue reading Introducing…Arc In Round
Back in March we gave you a taste of The Dirty Lungs and their swaggering take on dirty garage infused blues rock. They have returned with a new single – the uncompromisingly titled Don’t Fucking Remind Me. Push the volume up to max and have a listen! a Don’t forget these either… Download The Dirty Lungs – New York City mp3 (from Deregulate Your Heart EP) Download … Continue reading New Single From The Dirty Lungs
The new collaboration between Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and The Phantom Family Halo, called The Mindeater got its official release yesterday. Will Oldham needs no introduction of course, but The Phantom Family Halo you may be less familiar with. For now it is enough to know that the good Family writes evil desert psych rock evocative of the chunkiness of Hawkwind and the dark theatricality of Roxy Music. … Continue reading Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Phantom Family Halo Album
UK expat and current resident of Durham, North Carolina, Dan Melchior has released more than 15 full-length albums on a diverse set of independent labels including In the Red, Siltbreeze and Sympathy For The Record Industry. For his latest release Catbirds And Cardinals he has found a home at Northern-Spy Records. You may try to peg him as a bluesman or garage rocker, or even … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dan Melchior
