More delicious, demented, fuzzed out freakery has come our way via Love Buzzard. Download/stream the psyched-out garage punk of latest track Wild below. It comes from debut album Antifistamines. . Continue reading Love Buzzard – Wild
It has been nearly four years since we featured New York farm based band ⅔ Goat and their eclectic fusion of folk, blues, rock, and country that summoned the likes of vintage era Cash & Carter with a contemporary spin. This time they are engaged in a unique recording project – digitally releasing two songs every two months until the full album Let It Rise is completed at the … Continue reading The Return Of ⅔ Goat
On 2nd October, singer/songwriter Brooke Annibale will release her fourth full-length studio album The Simple Fear. The record’s appeal lays in Annibale’s subtle groove and alluring style encased in layers of beautiful strings, guitar, piano, and percussion. However, it’s her magnetic voice and her wonderful smouldering delivery, that really draws you in, it gives her music an evocative, poignant feel that is all too rare in today’s crowded … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Brooke Annibale
Odd Rival have just released their debut five track EP Keep Repeating, and after a couple of listens it is easy to see where the comparisons to Ride, Slaves and Ty Segall come from. Watch the video for Out Alive and stream our favourite track Paper Tiger below. . . . Continue reading MM Shorts 766: Odd Rival
Here we are, a day late, but no compromise on quality. Nine new tunes from the past week for your listening consumption. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Paper Mache Dream Balloon Elyse Weinberg – Houses Destruction Unit – The Upper Hand Avers – Come To Me Now Shannon & The Clams – It’s Too Late Childbirth – Let’s Be Bad Saintseneca – Sleeper … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Taking their name from a William Faulkner reference, the sound of Strangled Darlings is sometimes compared to David Byrne and Tom Waits performing as a folk duo. New album Boom Stomp King is a record of groove driven, swamp tinged tunes about love, rage, and small things. Harmonies and instrumental melodies with solid body cello and mandolin accompany the songs. Have a listen to Kill Yourself below, … Continue reading MM Shorts 765: Strangled Darlings
Pureland is the title of Silverbird’s debut album and is released on September 18th 2015. Check out a couple of tracks from it below. Lyfe and Seventeen are two more fine examples of their Americana infused, hooky indie-rock and bode well for the full record. You can see our previous Silverbird post here. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 764: Silverbird
Barely a year old, and yet Table Scraps have already developed a sizeable reputation for their fuzz and tape-echo drenched punk noise, built over a stand-up drum set and a single guitar fed through four amps. Latest single is the excellent Motorcycle, taken from their recent debut album More Time For Strangers. Give it a spin. . Continue reading MM Shorts 763: Table Scraps
It has been a while since we have heard anything new from cinematic, Americana tinged indie rockers New Desert Blues. Now though we have Summer Skin, a guitar ballad with a slightly menacing undertone that builds to a pleasingly impressive pinnacle. It precedes a debut album that we should have more details on soon. Have a listen. . Continue reading New Desert Blues – Summer Skin
The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing have long been renowned for their mix of anarchy and anachrony and marinating it in gin-soaked steampunk, with emphasis on the punk. Think a socially conscious punk band channelling the sound of a robot Sid Vicious, hopped up on Crass, covering Slayer in an 1877 East End Music Hall… Their third album Not Your Typical Victorians almost didn’t … Continue reading MM Shorts 762: The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing
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