Author: madmackerel

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

The Black Angels Stream Sunday Evening

As the perfect companion to our earlier all-things-psych related post, we now have a brand new track for you from undeniable psych-titans The Black Angels. Sunday Evening comes from the seven track collection Clear Lake Forest, which, having previously seen a limited release for this years Record Store Day, now gets a full release across all formats, due July 21st, via Blue Horizon (pre-order here). Have a … Continue reading The Black Angels Stream Sunday Evening

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Alternative, Ambient, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Gets All Psyched-Up

While that might be the worst post heading we’ve ever produced, thankfully this round-up of all things psych-inspired that have been worming their way into our in-box, and from there into our ears is far better and certainly well worth investigating. We have the crunchy psych-noise of A Sunny Day In Glasgow, the epic space jams of Formes, the ferocious krautrock inspired aggression of Autobahn, sweetly psychedelic dream-pop … Continue reading MM Gets All Psyched-Up

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

bentcousin Get Dizzy

bentcousin are twin’s Patrick and Amelia and their new single Dizzy is a paean to their home town Brighton. It sees a release on the 1st July via Team Love Records. They mine from a rich vein of British indie pop and rock with nods to classic bands like Orange Juice and Altered Images but with a pleasingly unpolished edge that even recalls Frank Turner at times. It is infectious stuff, a … Continue reading bentcousin Get Dizzy

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Americana, Folk, Music, Psychedelic

Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Midnight Pine

The Midnight Pine have just released their second album, Buried. It is a collection of gorgeously evocative and restrained psych-tinged folk that uses sparse, eerie instrumentation to showcase the haunting, beautiful vocals of Shelbi Bennett. In fact, to keep the focus on her vocals,  there are no drums, just found objects, chains, saw blades, sheet metal, utensils and short wave radios, which are layered to keep a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Midnight Pine

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The Pharmacy – Anna Bella

The Pharmacy’s charming blend of indie garage pop bliss has featured a few times on MM. The band’s latest release, the first since 2012’s Stoned & Alone, Spells was written in a cabin in Big Sur and recorded in the basement of a used car museum in downtown Tacoma, with each of its raw, psych-tinged tracks laid down live. The band have just offered up … Continue reading The Pharmacy – Anna Bella

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Introducing >>> 3D Shark

In honour of England’s apocalyptic, winner-takes-all style clash with Uruguay in Brazil kicking off about now, we have that rarest of treasures, a half-decent football song for you to listen to (and for our friends over the water, that is proper football – the one with the round ball). It comes from 3D Shark, a punky kind of gent from Belfast, winningly described as “like … Continue reading Introducing >>> 3D Shark

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