We don’t usually do themed mixes, but Halloween is different. So many great songs lend themselves to a night of ghoulish wrongdoing and sorcery. So to get you in the mood, download a marvellous combination of folk, punk, psych-rock, paisley jangle, experimental, indie, and straight up rock ‘n’ roll. Fifteen great songs, all treats and no tricks. Download The Dream Syndicate – Halloween mp3 (from … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Halloween Mix
We have previously posted about The Soft Moon, and have just picked up a new track from them called Tiny Spiders. It is more krautrock inspired, post-punk electronic goodness with a whispered vocal that, if pushed, we’d say reminds us a little of a depressed David Sylvian backed by a demented Gary Numan. Anyway, we like it….it comes from the debut album out next month … Continue reading New from The Soft Moon
The High Dials hail from Canada and have a sound that immediately calls to mind the jangly psychedelics and country rock of the late 60s. New album (their fourth) is called Anthems For Doomed Youth and is out on November 8th. It is full of soaring vocal harmonies, orchestral flourishes and rousing choruses and while influences are unashamedly worn on sleeves, there is enough originality … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The High Dials
You’ve got to choose your battles. Some things (and people) just ain’t worth the effort; sometimes it pays to play the long game; and at other times, shoot from the hip first, ask questions later (not recommended as a blanket approach though …) It’s been a tiring week, at the hands of the sprats plus one. The dog and I are still recovering. However, an … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
It’s Friday, Mrs M’s musings are still to come, and a Halloween playlist for the weekend too, but for now, here is a quick playlist/round-up of those songs we’ve gathered up recently, but not had/found enough time to post about properly… First up Leopold & His Fiction, we’ve seen this track described as the Doors meet Wolfmother… Download Leopold & His Fiction – Golden Friends … Continue reading Friday Round-Up
Despite Mat Cothran, aka lo-fi one-man band Coma Cinema, offering two albums for free from his website, I had never really sat down and listened to them. It has taken the announcement of a new album, titled Blue Suicide, and a couple of advance tracks to make me prick up my ears and then go back and find out just what I had missed out … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Coma Cinema
We recently streamed the new single from up and coming Oxford band Trophy Wife. Now they’ve made a truly lovely acoustic version of Microlite available for download. The single is out on the 8th November and you can pre-order here. Visit their MySpace here. Download Trophy Wife – Microlite (Acoustic Version) mp3 Continue reading Trophy Wife Go Acoustic
We received this today – a video for someone new to us, Ivan Ink ‘N” Isa. The song, Standing on a Hill is from an EP collaboration between Ivan Ink & Pen with Isabella Summers (the ‘Machine’ part of Florence + The Machine). Both the EP and project are called Ivan Ink ‘N’ Isa, and the EP is due for release in January. The song … Continue reading Ivan Ink ‘N’ Isa – New Video
We’ve been a bit slow getting round to this post about Wing Commander, having been listening to these songs from their EP From 93 Onwards for a while now. The tracks themselves are hard to define, melding what could almost be described as vast sonic soundscapes with a bit of dubstep and underpinning it with a folkish mentality to create something that is naggingly familiar … Continue reading Introducing…Wing Commander
The latest free monthly mix from Insound is now available. It is up for a limited time and features 15 tracks themed around CMJ artists including Salem, FLIGHT, Young Prisms, DOM and more. A couple of our favourite tracks are below, and you can get the whole thing for free here. Enjoy. Download Frankie Rose & The Outs – Candy mp3 Download Weekend – End … Continue reading Latest Insound Digital Mixtape
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