Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Months: March – May (Part 1)

Previously we’ve just offered Best of the Month postings with downloads, but that excludes so many quality songs we’ve decided to just post our favourite tracks – irrespective of whether they are free to download or not. If you like them add them to your Spotify playlists or do the old fashioned thing and download them from iTunes, Bandcamp, or wherever. Anyway, with a bit … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Months: March – May (Part 1)

MM Shorts 568: Joel Gion

Joel Gion is best known for his contribution to the Brian Jonestown Massacre, but will release a solo debut, Apple Bonkers, in the summer. Preceding it is this excellent single, Overthrow backed by Night Of The Living Deadbeats released by the The Reverberation Appreciation Society in partnership with The Committee To Keep Music Evil. Listen to both below. Order the limited edition vinyl here. . … Continue reading MM Shorts 568: Joel Gion

Video: SixToes – Hawthorns

Six years in the making, SixToes have announced their second album The Morning After. They have also shared a new, brilliantly animated video for the track Hawthorns. It serves as the album’s harrowing peak, with the lyrics dealing with a female’s abusive relationship with first her father, and then spouse. The album also features the single Low Guns, with vocals from Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan. Watch … Continue reading Video: SixToes – Hawthorns

Welcome Return Of The Phantom Band

It has taken more than three years but at last The Phantom Band are back with a new album Strange Friend. Their bold experimentation with krautrock, folk, electronics, all melded and seamed within a mine of good old fashioned indie-rock has long been missed round this parts and it is good to report that the first taste from the new record, The Wind That Cried … Continue reading Welcome Return Of The Phantom Band

Time For A Friday Round Up

Work has been more than hectic lately, but conversely that seems to have coincided with listening to more music too – maybe the extra time sat on the train or in the car? Who knows or cares, but it does mean a collection of mighty fine tunes for you to welcome home the weekend too… We kick off with a brilliant track of hypnotic garage-psych … Continue reading Time For A Friday Round Up