Janice Graham Band, four Machester lads who grew up on Europe’s largest council estate – Wythenshaw – release a brand new single Assassiner through Acid Jazz Records on Monday. It melds an indie rock aesthetic with twitchy soul and funk overtones to create a powerful and feisty brew. Have a listen. a Continue reading MM Shorts 220: Janice Graham Band
The e-mail simply said, “Zulus are a Brooklyn-based reverb drenched post-garage band“. We checked – they were right. After seven years of collaborating in post-hardcore bands on both coasts, Daniel Martens and Aleksander Prechtl formed Zulus as an outlet for their more accessible songs – a bit “poppier” they may be, but they still possess plenty of bite. Here are a couple of tracks from … Continue reading Introducing >>> Zulus
It has taken us a while to get round to listening to The Wild, the new EP from Boston’s ABADABAD. It took us a lot less time to become seduced by their sweetly chiming charms. Striking a balance somewhere between (the good bits) of Vampire Weekend, Ariel Pink’s lo-fi haze, and The Beach Boys irrevocable harmonies, the EP is in turns, hypnotic, pensive and infectious. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…ABADABAD
We’re still catching up on a huge backlog of e-mails and submissions since our excursion in search of the sun. Here then is a quick round-up of some notable and noteworthy releases. We have skate-punks Fidlar and their latest homage to the joys of alcohol with the two and a half minutes of Cheap Beer and we have Brooklyn’s latest buzz band (justified for once), … Continue reading Saturday Means Six of the Best
a Download Crooked Cowboy & The Freshwater Indians – Bed Bugs (feat. Becky Stark) mp3 (from Annalog And Her Hopeful Diaries) Continue reading Video of the Day: Crooked Cowboy & The Freshwater Indians
Well she doesn’t dribble anymore, but perhaps that will start again with the advancement of teenage years after one shandy too many – who knows?! Daughter sprat swam to big school this week with a song in her heart (one from King Charles, actually) and a spring in her step, in her hugely positive and wholly optimistic way. I miss her already. Little Sprat and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th September)
Hot on the heels of the recent Fleetwood Mac tribute album, Marissa Nadler has posted up a free cover of her own, a version of FM’s Save Me A Place. It may well be the best of all the recent offerings. This in turn comes quickly after her version of Townes Van Zandt’s The Rake, another beauty. Download both for free. a a Continue reading Marissa Nadler Covers Fleetwood Mac & Townes Van Zandt
Just in time for the end of the sunshine, if in fact we’d actually had any, comes this hypnotic, hazy debut single from The Reflections. Summer Days is classic introspective indie rock with a dash of chillwave, and makes a perfect soundtrack to the tail end of the season. Download The Reflections – Summer Days mp3 (from Summer Days single) Continue reading MM Shorts 219: The Reflections
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