On Tuesday 2nd April Sexbeat will release the first offering from Virginia Wing (It’s Grace Slick’s mom’s name), featuring current members of Lets Wrestle. The release will be limited to 50 on Gold Cassettes – you can hear the two tracks Divination and A Worn Path below. They are two tunes of cracking psych-rock that effortlessly weave in elements of chamber pop and pastoral folk harmonies, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Virginia Wing
We’ve already posted one pummeling track from New Jersey’s Screaming Females from forthcoming album, Ugly. Here’s another, Expire. Download Screaming Females – Expire mp3 (from Ugly) Download Screaming Females – It All Means Nothing mp3 (from Ugly) Continue reading MM Shorts 129: Another From Screaming Females
A Boise, Idaho transplant, Johnny Bertram sonically channels the influences of the Pacific Northwest’s musical forebears (think Pedro the Lion, The Decemberists, Built to Spill) in his acoustic-based songwriting. His songs are steeped in indie-rock and Americana and filtered through a Deep South lens that generates an interesting perspective and sound. Bertram’s sophomore effort sees the Portland songwriter and his backing band, the Golden Bicycles, … Continue reading New Album From Johnny Bertram & The Golden Bicycles
Recorded back in the summer of 2009, My Name and The War were two of the first songs ever written and recorded by The Babies. With the 7 inch single due to be released on Record Store Day (April 21st), and digital single to follow on Monday 23rd April, this will be the first official release of these two songs. Capturing the band’s raw energy … Continue reading The Babies Record Store Day Single
Vintage loving, stoner metalists, Pontiak are set to kick off a tour of the US and Canada next week. Their new album Echo Ono is out, and label Thrill Jockey have a bonus track from those sessions called Highest Echo that they’re sharing. Download it here. a Continue reading MM Shorts 128: Free Pontiak Track
Here are some ‘hot outta the in-box‘ new releases that are well worth exploring. First up is a new track from the Forty Nineteens forthcoming debut No Expiration Date. Truckers Song is another slice of garage inflected pop-punk that sounds as though it were forged in the underground scene of late 80s Los Angeles. Download The Forty Nineteens – Truckers Song mp3 (from No Expiration … Continue reading New Releases Round Up
After the release of last year’s critically acclaimed album Turn And Face Me, The Blood Arm are already plotting their next assault after relocating from LA to Berlin. They are launching a PledgeMusic campaign to raise funds for their next release Sister City. Sister City will be the band’s fourth album release, completely self-funded on the band’s own imprint Pau! Records. With the money raised, … Continue reading The Blood Arm Launch PledgeMusic Campaign
Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands release Muses & Bones nationally in the US today. Having already offered us the crazed Eastern European burlesque show vibe of Especially Your Mother, we now have the frantic gypsy gallop of Drowned Out and the haunting, soaring melodrama of The Misplaced Zygote. Buy from Bandcamp here. Download Download Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands – The Misplaced Zygote mp3 (from Muses & … Continue reading MM Shorts 127: More From Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands
We waxed lyrical about Tyburn Saints and their album For The Benefit Of Strangers in a round-up post we did almost exactly a year ago. At the time You’ve Gone Stray was described as the sexiest serial killer song ever written, and although we didn’t post it, another song from the same record, Hollywood Forever, went on to become one of our favourite tracks of the year. So, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Tyburn Saints
She Ripped are a band from Wales who are putting out a single in April. What that doesn’t tell you is that this single is three tracks of the best nihilistic punk noise we’ve had the pleasure of hearing for a long time. The swaggering, angry vocals, by turns sneered and shouted stay just the right side of ‘screw you‘ without ever tipping over into … Continue reading Introducing >>> She Ripped
