The King James Facebook by Paleo from his 2010 album A View of the Sky was one of our favourite tunes of the year, appearing in our 2010 Best Of Top Ten posting. Now the wandering folk troubadour is back with another album Fruit Of The Spirit, which will see a release on Partisan Records in June. This time he has decided to try something which’d … Continue reading New Album from Paleo
James Leg (aka John Wesley Myers), growler, shouter, composer, and Fender Rhodes finger-fucker, of the Black Diamond Heavies, steps out with some friends for more songs of hedonistic excess, crazy-ass women and Southern salvation. On new solo album Solitary Pleasure he is joined by longtime friend Andy Jody on drums and if the slow burn of blistering taster track Drowning In Fire is anything to go … Continue reading New solo album from James Leg
Last month we posted Brother Gruesome’s excellent new track Tubes – the A side from new single For The Morphine Makes You Comfortable. Here is the video for the song, THEEND puppeteers (with the help of animator Shawn Downey) have beautifully adapted the shadow show they perform live with Brother Gruesome to tell the story of a dying loved one. The song deals with long declining … Continue reading Brother Gruesome Video
Virginia’s The Diamond Center take great joy in harnessing the wild beast of psych rock with some surf-ish reverb and a hint of spectral country noir and forcing them all together to submit for an epic joy ride of the senses. New single, Caraway, has a haunting, echoing melancholy that spreads over almost six and a half pulsing minutes and somehow manages to soothe and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Diamond Center
Here’s the latest offering from Daddy Lion taken from his self-titled EP, together with an appropriately nostalgic feeling video. Falling to Pieces (Through With You) is a broodier, darker song with psychedelic swirls giving the song a sepia tinged edge. It’s a keeper. a Visit his Bandcamp page here. Download Daddy Lion – Falling To Pieces (Through With You) mp3 (from Daddy Lion EP) Continue reading More from Daddy Lion
Following on from their very well received EP Trust towards the end of 2010, Generationals will be releasing their new album Actor-Caster on 29th March. It is more indie rock of the very best kind, bursting with hooks and shimmering with pop goodness, but this time with a touch of melancholy on occasions too. For now, check out the galloping Ten-Twenty-Ten, the opening track from the record, … Continue reading New from Generationals
Last year How Snakes Eat by Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts was one of our favourite albums – a quirkily brilliant expedition into idiosyncratic folk of the most original kind where the vision and inspiration seemed almost otherworldly. Back then we said, “Quivering, quavering vocals, violins, a throbbing cello, guitars that flit from the minimal to the staccato and all overlaid with some of the … Continue reading Mathew Sawyer & The Ghosts Get US Release
Saint Motel are hard to define – they play a swaggering mix of indie power pop (maybe), some glam rock (probably), a bit of prog (possibly), some power punk (almost certainly), but, as with Puzzle Pieces it all comes out bursting out the traps in a gloriously tight and original way. Watch out for them at SxSW. Download Saint Motel – Puzzle Pieces mp3 Continue reading Introducing…Saint Motel
The Western Boundary is the title of the debut album from Santa Cruz five piece Rat Trap. It is an intriguing blend of indie rock, folk and even a bit of post rock. The results are melodic, catchy and have that little extra something that means the songs are insistently hanging around in your head long after you’ve finished listening. Good stuff! Visit MySpace here, … Continue reading Introducing…Rat Trap
Our friend Scottish Kate let us know via a comment on our post that Withered Hand made it to SxSW. Good news indeed and thanks to anyone who helped via Twitter, Facebook or anything else. They’re in for a treat in Austin. And why not check Kate’s own blog Burdz Eye View for all things good (and not so) in politics, music and much else … Continue reading Withered Hand Made It!
