Japandroids are back! The House That Heaven Built is the full throttle, anthemic first single from new album Celebration Rock. Buzzsaw guitars anyone? Crunchy! a Continue reading MM Shorts 126: Return Of Japandroids
We can’t help but think of Enid Blyton’s wartime children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree whenever we hear the name Moonface, however, Spencer Krug’s incarnation of said name is about as far away from pixies, fairies, magic lands and wholesome well-mannered children innocently called Fanny and Dick as you can get. So having already posted the excellent, full on aural synth/guitar assault of Teary Eyes … Continue reading More From Moonface
Residents of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Screen Door Porch’s music evokes open space, dramatic textures, and a genuine character that steeps within your psyche from the first experience. Residing in the country’s least populated state as an Americana / Alt-Country/ Folk band has its own set of demands and challenges but this duo are more than equal to it. Seadar Rose’s vocals are a languid, whiskey-smooth … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Screen Door Porch
Lordy, really should have given up gallivanting for Lent, home and away. TFI Friday is turning into Mrs Mackerel’s shifty Sunday. It was an away fixture in the Big Smoke on Friday: sober affair, late night, loads of gabbing, followed by an early evening kick off at home on Saturday – think less Stadium of Light more Den of Iniquity, led by the High Priestess … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday – on Sunday again (25th March)
We posted a couple of tracks a few days ago of Is/Is’s distorted, moody and menacing indie rock. Here is another – ticks all the boxes again! a Continue reading MM Shorts 125: New Is/Is Track
Brunswick punks Screaming Females will release their new studio album Ugly on April 3rd via Don Giovanni Records. This is the suitably coruscating and pummeling cut, It All Means Nothing. Download Screaming Females – It All Means Nothing mp3 (from Ugly) Continue reading MM Shorts 124: Screaming Females
Thrill Jockey are releasing a split LP by Hush Arbors and Arbouretum on Record Store Day, and we have a track from the Arbouretum side for you to check out and download. In their own ways, each been exploring for years now the intersection of progressive folk and psychedelic rock and so it seems a good fit for a split release. Hush Arbors are all … Continue reading Hush Arbors & Arbouretum Split LP For Record Store Day
The Graceful Slicks are Oxford’s very own psych-rock warriors pumping out swirling, stoned, krautrock inspired grooves with a tasty side order of blues inflected garage and shoegaze. They have made a few demo EPs available via their Bandcamp pages and the latest (Demo 4) has three excellent tracks to sample. So seeing as it is Friday, why not turn down the lights, stick on the … Continue reading Freak Out With The Graceful Slicks
We recently posted Orpheum Bell’s track Poor Laetitia, describing it as Gypsy Americana or Country & Eastern music. It came from their scheduled new album The Old Sister’s Home, due May 8th and the band have made a new song available for free download. Daddy’s Crying is, as you might expect, a melancholy lament accompanied by suitcase pump organ, shepherd harp, oboe, violin and french horn. Over … Continue reading More From Orpheum Bell
Maverick, outlaw-country legend Ray Wylie Hubbard seems to be turning up a lot here at MM – whether it be our belated discovery of his cover of US national-anthem-in-waiting Choctaw Bingo or his sublime recent Daytrotter session, and now we find his hand in this wonderful record by gut-honest southern singer-songwriter Chelle Rose. He is the producer of Ghost of Browder Holler (out via Lil’ Damsel Records, May 1st) … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Chelle Rose
