Silent Lions are a sinister twosome of heavy-soul, stoned blues and chill-punk, memorably described as ‘Hall & Oates backed by Rage Against The Machine.’ This is their video for Runnin’ Me Down – judge for yourself. . . . Continue reading Video: Silent Lions – Runnin’ Me Down
We are kicking off Easter with a massive Round-Up of lots of new music and bands that have been sat in our in-box patiently waiting to be heard. Some of these have been released already, some are about to be, but either way we have fifteen artists that are all well worth checking out. . Let us begin with Josh Matthews whose work has been compared … Continue reading It’s An Easter Round Up
We first posted about Halcyonaire at the end of last year and now the Oakland-based experimental Americana quintet have released a new three-track cassette in a limited run of 100, which can be ordered via their Bandcamp page here. Check out lead track Urban Arson. . Continue reading MM Shorts 550: Halcyonaire
Blues rocking, soul drenched four piece the Dough Rollers will be releasing a new five track EP, Gone Baby Gone via Third Man Records. It is the follow up to last year’s Little Lily single and sacrifices nothing in the gritty, despairing wail of the vocals and the visceral guitar riffs. Have a listen… . Continue reading Introducing >>> The Dough Rollers
Despite tender years, Andrew St James is just eighteen, the singer-songwriter’s soulful and rather epic track A Prayer For East Oakland is one that faces some pretty grim realties head on. It is a song of murder, with lyrics formed around Psalms in the New Testament. It was originally a poem he wrote after a childhood friend was murdered during the summer of 2011 outside of his home … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Andrew St. James
Following our Best of February mix post earlier, we have now rounded up a few tunes for the start of March for you too. We can offer you ten cracking new tracks to listen to including post-folkies Peggy Sue, the heavy, slow burnin’ garage punk of Twin Berlin, some rootsy soul from Greyhounds, the first single of gritty Americana from Turchi’s forthcoming long-player, and a fabulous … Continue reading Round Up Time
With a voice that could sing the phone book and still seem sultry, the wonderful Jolie Holland returns with a new album Wine Dark Sea on the 20th May. The first taste is this “joyous slice of deconstructed r&b” called Waiting For The Sun. . Continue reading Jolie Holland – Waiting For The Sun
We have to confess to being completely caught from left-field by this track from Sydney two-piece Twin Caverns. After all this is not usually a blog for electronica, soul, or trip-hop (whatever that actually is), yet apparently this is what this is according to those much more qualified than us… Around 99% of the time this type of stuff completely passes us by, but this track, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Twin Caverns
Sun Blood Stories are a psych-rock band from Boise, Idaho who embed a healthy dose of garage rock and soul into their music and put their line in the sand somewhere near the primal, hypnotic end of the spectrum. We’ve previously featured them in one of our Videos of the Day posts and now we have a free download of a rather tasty track, Desert For Days … Continue reading MM Shorts 511: Sun Blood Stories
Although Hope, Fear, Youth by Brothers Lazaroff was released back in the autumn of last year, we are only now truly appreciating its myriad charms. The album is a combination of new tunes and older songs reinvented with the current members. One of the older songs featured on the album is the lead track Battle Hymn which was recently covered by Doc Feldman & The LD50. … Continue reading MM Shorts 506: Brothers Lazaroff
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