We received an e-mail the other day from Red Clay River, a band from from Roanoke, VA, USA. They sent us the tracks from their latest demo CD, Cover Our Faces With Soot and Dreams which they released this spring. When we saw this picture of the band we had a feeling it was going to be something we were going to like. A lot. … Continue reading Introducing…Red Clay River
Atlanta duo Night Driving In Small Towns will release their debut album, Serial Killer, tomorrow, April 20, via Lower 40 Records. We had an immediate soft spot for them when we discovered they had moved from small South Georgia towns to the city of Atlanta in 2008. Despite being in the heart of rural England, both MM and Barry-Sean have also spent considerable time in … Continue reading Night Driving In Small Towns Release Debut Album
A while ago we posted about The War Crimes and pointed you in the direction of their stand-out single Treatise available digitally here from Shifty Disco for a paltry 99p. A small price to pay for one of our favourite tunes we’ve heard so far this year. Ed from the band has been back in touch and sent us another gem of a track for … Continue reading New from The War Crimes
Those who remember MM on the old (and ridiculously heavy-handed) Blogspot hosting site will know we loved the Daydream single by blissed out lo-fi janglers Beach Fossils. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on Captured Tracks in May. This is the first taster – enjoy. Download Beach Fossils – Youth mp3 (from Beach Fossils) Continue reading New from Beach Fossils
We were originally introduced to Woodpigeon by Mrs Mackerel and their excellent album Treasury Library Canada. Since then we’ve enjoyed the band’s beautifully constructed folk musings on regular occasions. They are back with a new album (their third) Die Stadt Muzikanten and it is released tomorrow in the UK on End of the Road Records. It is chock full of gorgeous strings and harmonies, of sprawling … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Woodpigeon
When we got an e-mail from The Thick Shakes promising us snarling, fuzzy, catchy pop tunes we had to give the EP Ooh Mummy a listen. To be completely honest, quite often things don’t live up to the promise of the write-up, and we sometimes are left a little disappointed. Not on this occasion. The Ep delivers eight tracks, only one managing to creep over … Continue reading Introducing…The Thick Shakes
It’s one rule for you and another for everyone else. Do as I say, but not as I do. And so on. On Thursday, the original MM site was taken down without warning, without a backward glance, without apology, by some faceless individual/s at a soulless organisation. All that hard work switched off, tuned out, unplugged. Unlike some we could mention, however, we are passionate … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
The music of Sydney rockers The Ransom Dance is the sound of bare bone guitars, drums & vocals being burnt into your skull. The songs they sent us recently dig up stories from the past: episodes of frustration, inadequacy, confusion and all those other wonderful things that make garage music so great. The title of the EP – Ghostalgia – perfectly describes the idea of music … Continue reading Introducing…The Ransom Dance
Apparently Kurt Vile is a real name and not a simply a made up pop star moniker, which meant from an early age the chap only had two career choices – musician or pantomime villain. Thankfully he went for music and last year’s spacey, psychedelia tinged Childish Prodigy was a fave of MM’s. Now he is back with a new EP titled Square Shells which is … Continue reading New from Kurt Vile
A while ago we posted Settler’s Song by a New York duo called Uncles. Over the past few weeks the play count on this one has just gone up and up, and we’ve grown to truly love the track – lyrically you’d be hard pressed to find a more literate or engaging song so far this year. Their album Replacing Words With Other Words is … Continue reading Our favourite Uncles return…
