Mikal Cronin knows how to write a pop song. Not like a Max Martin pop song, but a pop song that could’ve existed at almost any point in the last 50 or so years of rock history. Parents and children alike can unite in appreciation for how this guy writes a guitar song.
It’s been 182 days between King Gizzard albums – but they’ve sated our appetite with four more curious tracks, each exactly 10 minutes and 10 seconds long.
Mikal Cronin will release his third album, MCIII, on Merge Records. As previously noted, MCIII‘s second side comprises a conceptual, six-song mini-album that represents Cronin’s “coming-of-age story,” and in an interview with Exclaim!, the California songwriter and bandleader shed more light on the troubled time in his life that inspired the ambitious new full-length.
Cronin has always known his way around a melody, but on MCIII, he’s refined it to a needle’s point and woven that skill throughout a collection of immaculately written songs.
Mikal Cronin might not be the best-known of California’s latterday garage-rock pack, but he is perhaps the keenest to experiment. On his third album, MCIII, you can practically hear him rubbing his hands with glee as he stuffs his songs with joyous strings and horns, which couch his most emphatic and vulnerable moments.
Across his remarkably consistent discography, Mikal Cronin has explored the darkest depths of heartbreak, paranoia, and insecurity in a way that removes any distance between himself and the listener.
Cassettes are hip and vinyl sales are on the rise, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that a record label has spun off a new company that will release obscure soundtracks on vinyl, and… movies on VHS. That would be Terror Vision which was started by Ryan Graveface of Black Moth Super Rainbow and Graveface […]
Indie rock’s favorite goofball Mac DeMarco will follow up his 2014 breakout album, Salad Days, with a new mini-LP titled, Another One, scheduled for release August 7th via Captured Tracks.
Mac DeMarco has just announced the release of a new mini-record, called Another One and uploaded a promo video to YouTube.
Don’t call it an EP. Indie rock goofball Mac DeMarco released a video today announcing a new eight-song “mini LP” titled Another One that’s due out Aug. 7. The four-minute video is a typically weird Mac production, following the musician as he jams on a variety of instruments in his messy Queens apartment
Thee Oh Sees’ new album Mutilator Defeated At Last arrives May 18 via Castle Face. After sharing the album opener “Web”, they’ve let go of another track, “Withered Hand”.
Segall’s impassioned sets of acoustic-driven throwback were inspiring, and sound equally as raw and biting on the Segall/King Tuff split.
There is a new Ty Segall/King Tuff split live album called Live at Pickathon, Vol. 2. It’s on Easy Sound. The pre-order copies are all gone but it will be released for all to dig on May 4. This is LP only.
On his forthcoming third album, MCIII, the Los Angeles-based Cronin pays tribute to that turning point with a conceptual six-song suite called Circle that makes up the record’s entire second side.
“On his forthcoming third album, MCIII, the Los Angeles-based Cronin pays tribute to that turning point with a conceptual six-song suite called Circle that makes up the record’s entire second side…”
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard continue their celebratory week of announcements with the revelation of details for the Brisbane iteration of the band’s multi-stage event GIZZFEST following Sydney’s turn yesterday.
Tireless collective King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have raised the stakes yet again, announcing a ridiculous roster for their inaugural Gizzfest, which takes over The Corner for one arvo and three nights this May.
Pickathon Music Festival organizers are releasing a limited edition split LP capturing 2013 festival sets from King Tuff and Ty Segall.
Mac DeMarco 7:30pm (6:30pm doors) Tuesday, April 14 and Wednesday, April 15. Loma Vista Gardens, 47540 Highway 1, Big Sur. $55.
Mac DeMarco has announced plans to play a huge one-off show at London Roundhouse, 9th September.
It’s the opening track on the band’s new record, Quarters, set to release from Heavenly Recordings on the 25th of May.
Ty Segall, Hiss Golden Messenger top Initial Pickathon 2015 Lineup.
Ezra Furman is sharing his new video for recent single “Restless Year” now on Best Fit featuring nifty editing, stop-motion action and more costume changes than a Madonna concert, Furman creates a quirky, jerky clip to accompany his abrupt garage-rock smash.
Canadian wiseass Mac DeMarco isn’t someone you’ll catch too often on the late night TV circuit, but Conan O’Brien was lucky enough to snag him for a rare performance last night (March 30).
Mac DeMarco was the musical guest on “Conan” last night. (It was a rare late night TV appearance for DeMarco, aside from that time he got assaulted on “The Eric André Show”.) Watch him perform the Salad Days track “Let Her Go” below.
The video, which was posted today (March 27) on the official Field Day YouTube channel, shows the Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter in overalls and cokebottle glasses bearing an uncanny resemblance to the Bubbles character from the Canadian TV series Trailer Park Boys.
The pushy riff and swell of feedback are so damn certain sounding that they serve as a recognizable heads-up for the breakneck fervor to come, like a trigger warning for the rock ‘n’ roll weary, or something.
The new album, which is due out on Friday, 1 May, through Flightless/Remote Records, is already shaping up to be rather an epic-sounding progress, with the band revealing that the album will contain only four tracks — but that each will clock in with a running time of 10 minutes and 10 seconds.
The 405’s Hollie Fernando hung out with Mikal Cronin for a special Record Shopping feature. Mikal Cronin’s forthcoming album, MCIII, is out on May 4th via Merge Records.
The single edit of ‘God Is in the Rhythm’ clocks in under four minutes but the full 10 minute album version will make up a quarter of the record.
