De Facto is the title of the new record from Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, it is the Mexican duo’s fifth album and was recorded at their home studio in Ensenada, Baja California. It sits somewhere between the brave experimentation of the new Low album, Double Negative, and Tender Buttons-era Broadcast put through a psych filter. There are pure pop songs that come across like lost … Continue reading New Album From Lorelle Meets The Obsolete
It is that time again. Ten more of the week’s best new releases rounded up for your listening pleasure. This week we have new songs from the likes of Hiss Golden Messenger, Beach Slang, Gringo Star and Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, as well as tasty covers from The Avett Brothers and Sharon Van Etten. Have fun. Hiss Golden Messenger – Biloxi The Avett Brothers – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The longest day has come and gone, and halfway through the year we are. It seemed a good point to reflect and share thirty of our favourite albums of 2014 so far, and so here they are, in strictly alphabetical order of course… . The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads . Amen Dunes – Love . Avers – Empty Light . Dan Baker – Pistol In … Continue reading Favourite Albums of 2014 (So Far)
Previously we’ve just offered Best of the Month postings with downloads, but that excludes so many quality songs we’ve decided to just post our favourite tracks – irrespective of whether they are free to download or not. If you like them add them to your Spotify playlists or do the old fashioned thing and download them from iTunes, Bandcamp, or wherever. Anyway, with a bit … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Months: March – May (Part 1)
Mexican psych-duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete’s new single, Sealed Scene, came out yesterday and is taken from their excellent new album Chambers. It comes backed with the brand new ‘Silo Version’ of Third Wave, and you can buy it from iTunes now. Listen to the song here, and get locked into the groove… . Continue reading New Single From Lorelle Meets The Obsolete
Brilliant Mexican psych duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete have released their outstanding new album Chambers on limited red and green vinyl, CD, and digitally. They will also be playing a few UK dates in April. Have a listen to just three of our favourites from the album; from the hypnotic drones of Third Wave to the spacey, weaving melodic lines of I Can’t Feel The … Continue reading Lorelle Meets The Obsolete – Chambers
Guadalajara’s finest psych-warriors Lorelle Meets the Obsolete will kick off 2014 with a new album, their third, Chambers in February. Released via Captcha Records in the US, and the wonderful Sonic Cathedral here in the UK, it will be available on limited-edition pressings of red, green and white vinyl, as well as on CD and digital download. Check out the blistering, and brilliant, Music For Dozens … Continue reading MM Shorts 487: Lorelle Meets The Obsolete
Five top notch videos today come from Dr. Dog and their reappropriated footage to accompany the excellent Broken Heart, and similarly from Lorelle Meets The Obsolete we have a suitably antiquated experimental video for the superb psych-rock of What’s Holding You?. From Basia Bulat, a stunning live performance of It Can’t Be You, and by contrast from Diarrhea Planet, a spring breakers inspired film for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dr. Dog || Lorelle Meets The Obsolete || Basia Bulat || Diarrhea Planet || TV Ghost
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