This is the new single from LA based The Sweaters, titled Can’t Stop Winnin’, it will be released on White Iris Records. The quartet grooves around with bent sounds, thick harmonies, and vocals with energy second to none (that kick-in at about 1:30 into the track) and combine to make a syrupy garage gem. It’s upbeat and has as much soul as it does jangle and … Continue reading These are Sweaters you’ll actually want for Christmas…
This may be a day late (snow, sickness, another quiz), but Christmas has come early for us here at MM because we have a new song from the Cave Singers – glad tidings of great joy indeed. In fact, so excited were we that fishy wars broke out, with MM posting it (albeit briefly) yesterday afternoon after promising the missus that it was hers. He … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (3 Dec)
To celebrate our lovely WordPress snowflakes (which are making Mrs M and Polly Pocket quite happy) and will take you through to Christmas and beyond, here is a free Christmas song from The Boom Bang. In case you missed them when we posted about their debut Bummer Camp EP, they’re a bunch of garage rock devotees playing fuzzy, reverb laden rock ‘n’ roll with added … Continue reading Christmas is coming…according to The Boom Bang
We posted recently about the new album, Kudos, from New Zealand’s Surf City on the wonderful Fire Records. The album has now hit stores (real and virtual) and to celebrate here is a second download from the album. So if you like your Spacemen 3, your Animal Collective or even the angular punk-pop hooks of The Clean you’ll find something here to savour. Visit their … Continue reading Surf City Release Kudos
Written On The Forehead is the first taste of Let England Shake, PJ Harvey’s new album, which will be released via Island Records in February. Recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset with long time collaborator Flood who co-produced the album with PJ Harvey, John Parish and Mick Harvey. Let England Shake was also mixed by Flood. Listen to the song below, and here … Continue reading New Single from PJ Harvey
Here is the best of our November posts, a perfect mix tape to kick off the festive seasons and a nice reminder before we all get immersed in all those end-of-year top tens/twenties/fifties etc. And as always a couple of new ones too. Twenty five great tracks. Enjoy. Download Outer Minds – Until You’re Dead mp3 Pristine nugget of 60s inspired garage rock, twangy rough-cut … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: November
Fistful of Mercy is comprised of Ben Harper, Joseph Arthur and Dhani Harrison (George’s son) – a supergroup of sorts I guess. The band’s debut album, As I Call You Down, was released last month via Hot Records. We’ve got a taster for you below, Father’s Son. To be honest we weren’t expecting a great deal and we were pleasantly surprised and it was a … Continue reading Introducing…Fistful of Mercy
School of Seven Bells have released this rather good puppeteering video to accompany their track I L U (which is one of our favourites), from their album Disconnect From Desire. Watch it, and then download below. They will be heading out on a North American tour with Interpol in January starting in Vancouver on the 27th and ending in Boston on February 19th. Buy the album from … Continue reading New Video from School of Seven Bells
Here again is a short round-up of some of the better new releases we’ve come across recently. Once again, they all deserve more in the way of a narrative, but time can be a hard taskmaster on occasion. First up is the rather strangely named EP’s Trailer Park and their strangely compelling folk song tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa – this year’s Nobel Laureate in … Continue reading New Releases Round Up
Oh dear, after a spot of Mother Theresa, the week only got worse. I’ve given up on karma, perhaps wax effigies and pins are the order of the day? This time it’s a matching set and not a mixed pair. Nothing for a pair in this game … This week saw the mackerel daughter reach double figures. In her loveliness, she is the perfect antidote … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (26th Nov)
