Born out of the Rust Belt, and with influences that span decades and range from classic artists such as Dylan and the Stones, to grunge acts like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden, and all the way to artists like Interpol and Cage The Elephant, five piece Eerie Point embodies a sound that twists alternative, indie, and blues into something fresh and contemporary. The Americana flavoured Artificial Things … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Eerie Point
Deer Tick – White City (Pogues cover) Mekons – Lawrence of California Bear’s Den – Fuel On The Fire Ritual Howls – Alone Together JAWS – Do You Remember The Mountain Goats – Younger Interpol – Fine Mess Lucy Dacus – La Vie En Rose (Edith Piaf cover) Sophie Morgan – Bloodbuzz Ohio (The National cover) Martha – Love Keeps Kicking … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
For a band who released five albums in 2017, over 12-months without anything new seems like an eternity, but Melbourne’s freewheeling 7-piece, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, have ended their musical drought in some style with Cyboogie, a stomping near seven minute electro-shuffle that filters all that’s great about about the band through the Moroder-filter. Freak out to it below. Continue reading King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Cyboogie
Over the past couple of years, the nihilistic, bleakly brilliant post-punk of FEWS has firmly established the Swedish quartet as big time faves at MM, and that reputation is only going to be further enhanced by the latest track from upcoming Into Red. More Than Ever takes their propulsive menace and aligns it once more to themes of estrangement and alienation. It is a song … Continue reading FEWS – More Than Ever
Nottingham band Sancho Panza have shared new single Rearrange The Diamonds. It is a thoroughly enjoyable woozy meander through slacker rock and pastoral psychedelia. There are elements of Kurt Vile’s laid-back insouciance in the zoned-out vocals and while the song drifts good-naturedly along, it never loses its sense of purpose or identity. Probably goes really well with a lava lamp, some headphones and a footlong … Continue reading Introducing >>> Sancho Panza
Spiral Stairs – HYP-NO-TIZED Lady Lamb – Even In The Tremor Keston Cobblers’ Club – Esta Mercury Rev featuring Lucinda Williams – Ode To Billie Joe (Bobbie Gentry cover) John Vanderslice – I’ll Wait For You Rat Boy – Don’t Hesitate Frankie & The Witch Fingers – Pleasure BAILEN – I WAs Wrong Ohmme – Give Me back My Man (B52’s cover) Marry Waterson & … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Dark Tea is songwriter Gary Canino who will release a self-titled debut album on 22nd March via Fire Talk. It is a collection of warm, country infused Americana and we’re particularly enjoying the first single, Rolling Back The Dial, which also features a rather tasty guitar solo from Meg Duffy (aka Hand Habits). There is something about it that is reminiscent of Dr. Dog or … Continue reading Introducing >>> Dark Tea
Nearly 13 years since his proper debut as Viking Moses, Baltimore musician Brendon Massei is slated to release his fifth album, Cruel Child. The record offers a dozen dusty and deep and wistful explorations of the soul, and Massei sings with a deep and haunted voice reminiscent of Mark Lanegan, Will Oldham, and David Eugene Edwards, but like those masters, Massei is just as adept … Continue reading Viking Moses – Cruel Child Album
Longstanding MM faves the London-based trio Yak will release their new album Pursuit Of Momentary Happiness next month on Virgin EMI and Third Man Records. We’ve already given you a couple of standout tracks from the record and today, they are sharing another – the brilliant, widescreen new track This House Has No Living Room ft. J Spaceman. During the latter stages of the album recording process, Yak frontman Oli Burslem withdrew to Jason Pierce’s … Continue reading Yak – This House Has No Living Room (Featuring J. Spaceman)
Los Angeles-based artist, Hand Habits has shared can’t calm down, the latest single from upcoming album, placeholder. It is a lovely track of Americana infused indie, a contemplative and poignant questioning of inherited trauma. Watch the video for it here. Continue reading Hand Habits – can’t calm down
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