We have a hopelessly inadequate amount of time to listen to all the new music we receive, even after we automatically filter out the remixes, electro-bangers, and crappy dance tunes we get sent. So here is a hasty pick and mix selection for you of some of the best of recent weeks – just dive in… Rainy Sundays comes from a Tomkins Square reissue … Continue reading Mega Round-up Time
A cracking collection of nine brand new tunes gathered from this week for you. We have the return of Grandaddy, a reverential cover of the Modern Lovers by Sunflower Bean, and tastes from new records by Weyes Blood, Howe Gelb, Marissa Nadler and TOYÂ and, as they always say, much more besides. All yours… Grandaddy – Way We Won’t Allah-Las – Terra Ignota TOY – I’m … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
After a week’s break, we’re back with our regular round up of the best new tunes of the past seven days. It includes the return of a number of MM regulars too: No Age, The Growlers and Pop. 1280 as well a stunning new track from Annie Hardy (ex of Giant Drag) and plenty more besides. So then, ten cracking songs – dive in. Pop. … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
On first listen, Philadelphia based indie rockers PALMAS manage the not inconsiderable feat of taking you back through time, straight to the stage of a 1950s tiki dive bar. It’s a place where locals and outsiders find themselves dancing close under glittering lights, surrounded by a fog of slow-swirling cigarette smoke. Here, women in thick cat eyeliner melt into mysteriously dark silhouettes. With influences spanning the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… PALMAS
Neo-psychedelic-sex-punk band May McDonough & Company from Orange, CA, recently released their new full length album Bullyboywithaglasseye. They describe themselves as “kinda like Thee Oh Sees – meets- The Growlers – meets- Jefferson Airplane“. Sounds mighty fine to us. Take a listen to Wrap Around Porch… they might even have sold themselves a little short! Buy from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading May McDonough & Company – bullyboywithaglasseye
A couple of years ago an EP called How The Ship Goes Down by a band called The Whalers reached our in-box. On that EP was a track called That Rabbit. It was a stonewall instant classic. Then later in the year came an excellent three track EP called Paddle Easy. Then things seemed to go all quiet bar the odd track surfacing on Bandcamp. … Continue reading The Whalers Are Back…MM Rejoices
Burnt out skies and a peyote drenched moonlight glow above an ancient indian burial ground in the Southern California desert created the landscape for the music of Los Angeles five piece, Blackfeet Braves. Drawing comparisons to fellow SoCal acts like The Growlers and Allah-las, Blackfeet Braves self-titled debut is a twelve song offering of 60s era psychedelia bathed in twangy reverb and infectious melody, resulting … Continue reading Introducing >>>Blackfeet Braves
The Local Natives have made a what seems to be a pretty big breakthrough with their debut album Gorilla Manor, deservedly picking up universal acclaim from critics (and fans) on both sides of the Atlantic. Now as part of what looks like a most promising Aquarium Drunkard digital compilation titled L’Aventure (which is a tribute to the 1978 Television album Adventure), they have covered the track Careful. … Continue reading Local Natives Cover Television for Aquarium Drunkard
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