Nick Marsh, lead singer with 1980’s alternative goth-rock luminaries Flesh For Lulu (yep, we loved ’em) and lead guitarist in London’s raucous 10 piece gypsy blues outfit The Urban Voodoo Machine finally officially releases his haunting solo album, A Universe Between Us. To listen to this album is like pulling up a stall beside some beaten barfly loosened by liquor, contemplating life, love and loss. Like … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Nick Marsh
We received this track in our in-box from a mysterious someone who may or may not have any connection with The Dead Brothers. Either way, it is quite the most tasty cover we’ve heard in a long while, Bauhaus’s stonewall goth classic Bela Lugosi’s Dead given a poisonous yet intimate makeover incorporating the doom of Wagner’s gothic and the in-bred sound of cowshit on snakeskin … Continue reading Introducing…The Dead Brothers
Amen Dunes is the performing name of one Damon McMahon and he has just released a new seven track EP of hazy, sunlit psychedelic folk titled Murder Dull Mind. It came out via the excellent Sacred Bones label. We have the title track for you here and while on the surface it is sweet enough (with even an underlying pop sensibility), it still has a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Amen Dunes
The Holy Cobras hail from Canada and deal in a marvellous blend of droning, krautrock rhythms under a full-on fuzzed-up garage stomp. Feed Yr Head is (I think) their first 7″ single, having previously released some stuff on tape, and is a keeper. And if you like the single, you can also get a free download of a four track EP/album titled Dead Bodies Float … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Holy Cobras
Once again, Insound have produced a storming free monthly mix. Like the Clash magazine mix we posted about earlier today, these really are a delight and well worth waiting for. August’s effort features 15 tracks of all kinds including Jaill, Noun, Woven Bones, Magic Kids, Perfume Genius and MM faves and local Oxford lads Stornoway with the brilliant Zorbing – worth getting just for this track – … Continue reading Insound’s free August Mix
We usually post about the high quality free mixes available each month from Clash Magazine. The mix this month is no exception featuring amongst others Wavves, Deastro, Matthew Dear and Violens, there are twelve tracks that are well worth swapping your details for – just go here to get the mix. Couple of samples from the mix for you too – something brash and sneering … Continue reading Latest free mix from Clash Magazine
Athens PopFest 2010 begins tomorrow in (perhaps unsurprisingly) Athens, Georgia. Founded by Mike Turner of Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records in 2003, Athens PopFest continues this year with its strongest line-up to date. Featured bands include Mission to Burma, Apples in Stereo, Circulatory System, Go Sailor, The Wedding Present, OH-OK, and many many more. And to mark the occasion there is a 2010 Athens … Continue reading Free Athens PopFest Mix (in two parts)
After two excellent 7″ singles, Austin band TV Torso are releasing a six track 12″ vinyl only release titled Status Quo Vadis. Official release date is 31st August. We’re a little late coming to the band, but our ears were pricked when we heard the excellent, hypnotic pulse and sixties harmonies of I Can See Your Face, the b side to single Days Of Being … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…TV Torso
Just before Christmas (and on the old blog site), we published the insanely catchy Electric Skeleton by Darren Hanlon. Now the Australian has a new record titled I Will Love You At All due out on Yep Roc Records on 21st September. The first track to be released from the album – All These Things – has echoes of Electric Skeleton, but is perhaps slightly … Continue reading New from Darren Hanlon
Efren is a folk group hinting on the psychedelic, from areas around Athens, Georgia. New EP Always Been A Bleeder comes hot off the heels of the band’s debut album, Thunder & Moan. The four piece is the songwriting vehicle of one Scott Leon-O’Day; with roots in jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass and rock. Efren touches on Southern Americana music, draws from indie lo-fi ideas, and tells … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Efren
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