Glass Owls hail from New Zealand and released their six track debut EP Dead Love earlier on this year. While it may have taken its time crossing the world to get to us, we’re glad it eventually arrived battered and bruised, but still demanding to be played. And deservedly so. The EP is well crafted, intelligent indie pop with nods to folk and garage rock … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Glass Owls
The British Public’s debut double single Breasts/Bears is a celebration of British peculiarity in all its guises through the medium of perfect, quirky rock. Like they say, is there anything better than a catchy three minute pop song where the bears attack and the high street breasts get bigger? These adventures through the great and the grim of In-ger-land are the first threads unraveling in … Continue reading Introducing…The British Public
While being aware of Dinowalrus, for whatever reason we’ve never really invested a great deal of time in tracking down and listening to the band. This new track, Phone Home From The Edge may well change that for good. It comes from their forthcoming second album and is less aggressive than we were anticipating and more an easy going and colourful slice of psychedelic freak … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dinowalrus
Continuing our ‘down under’ theme for the day, this track comes from the brilliantly named Australian band The Oyster Murders. The group draw inspiration from an eclectic array of sources from science-fiction novels to silent films from the 30s. Their newest episode of ambient pop goodness, an EP entitled Whatever became of Marie St. Clair? was recorded in the idyllic surrounds of a renovated old … Continue reading Introducing…The Oyster Murders
We got a short e-mail from Popstrangers, a three piece from Auckland, New Zealand. It said little other than asking us to listen to this track, Happy Accidents, which comes from a new EP of the same name that will be released later this month. From the opening bars, from the moment the chiming guitar was joined by the frantic drumming and the vocals kicked … Continue reading Introducing…Popstrangers
It was the End of the Road festival that opened our eyes and ears to Joe Pug. If we’d heard Hymn 35 in time last year, it would most certainly have been a contender for our end of year top ten. It may also be reasonable to say that it was also the End of the Road Festival that truly opened Barry-Sean’s eyes and ears … Continue reading Joe Pug covers The Low Anthem
The Toronto-based indie pop quintet Dinosaur Bones has amassed an impressive amount of accolades to date, and unusually, the hyperbole seems justified on this occasion. Their sound is a collage of influences, borrowing from NYC garage and not too far-gone from the current crop of off-kilter Canadian pop. Eclectic and energetic is a start, but not even close to the extent of what Dinosaur Bones … Continue reading Introducing…Dinosaur Bones
We have been fans of My Teenage Stride for a long time and their brilliant track Skin Lieutenant from 2008’s Lesser Demons album was one of our favourite songs of that year. The recording project of Jedediah Smith, he/they have been previously described as sort of aural encyclopedia of 60s pop and 80s post-punk put through the spooky and idiosyncratic prism of Smith’s particular emotional and … Continue reading My Teenage Stride Return
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again … music and the power of association (good and bad) is such a powerful one. This week, I had one of those perfect moments. Despite the fact that BBC 6 Music is not the station it once was (and if you’ve listened to it for a while, you’ll know what I’m getting at), this week they … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (Nov 12)
Following the release of her debut album Without Why, Rose Elinor Dougall has announced plans for her next single, Start/Stop/Synchro. Originally given a limited release in 2009, this new version has been given a brand spanking new mix and will be released by Scarlett Music in early 2011. She is also due to go into the studio in December to begin work on album number … Continue reading Rose Elinor Dougall – new single and album
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