Author: madmackerel

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Indie, Music, Rock

She Drew The Gun – Trouble Every Day & Live Tour Dates

She Drew The Gun have announced a brand new single Trouble Every Day released via Skeleton Key Records. It is a reinterpretation of Frank Zappa’s original, and with the blessing of the Zappa estate, She Drew The Gun frontwoman Louisa Roach has updated the lyrics to reflect our troubled times. She says, “I heard Trouble Every Day and thought it would make a great cover, Frank Zappa … Continue reading She Drew The Gun – Trouble Every Day & Live Tour Dates

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Vetiver – To Who Knows Where

Vetiver are back with a new album Up On High (out in October) and will be playing live in the UK in December. Have a listen to the acoustically styled, lush folk of To Who Knows Where with its lovely pastoral psych-pop flourishes. Gorgeous stuff. Live Dates 7 Dec 19 – Liverpool @ 81 Renshaw 8 Dec 19 – Manchester @ YES 9 Dec 19 – … Continue reading Vetiver – To Who Knows Where

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic

Isobel Campbell – Ant Life

After a wait of more than 13 years, the wonderful Isobel Campbell is back with details of a new solo album There Is No Other (out on January 31st). It seems she has been fighting legal battles since 2016 to get this record released – thank goodness she didn’t throw in the towel. The first single is the gorgeously gentle psychedelic folk of Ant Life. … Continue reading Isobel Campbell – Ant Life

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Music

More Covers…Ana Egge & Iris DeMent

After not posting any covers for what seems like a good while, we’ve already shared a couple of cracking ones this week from METZ and Whyte Horses, so it seemed appropriate to keep the run going and finish Friday with one more. Something nice and mellow too, as we have Ana Egge’s duet with renowned folk singer-songwriter Iris DeMent for their cover of Diana Jones’ Ballad of … Continue reading More Covers…Ana Egge & Iris DeMent

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Alternative, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Gong Gong Gong – Some Kind Of Demon & Notes Underground

Beijing-based art punks Gong Gong Gong (who we got quite excited about last year) have shared their brilliant new single Some Kind of Demon 某一種惡魔. This new track is a meditative slow-burner with lyrics and a vocal melody that creates a flowing framework for internal reflection. It is the second single from the duo’s debut LP Phantom Rhythm, and follows on from the shimmering and hypnotic Notes … Continue reading Gong Gong Gong – Some Kind Of Demon & Notes Underground

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Whyte Horses Cover Plastic Bertrand

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s METZ cover of Gary Numan! Today it is a foot-stomping cover of Plastic Bertrand’s 1970’s classic Ça Plane Pour Moi, by psych-pop Mancunians Whyte Horses. It is a song which always puts a huge smile on my face whenever I hear the original or any of the many cover versions and adaptations of it. This one is no different. Enjoy…   … Continue reading Whyte Horses Cover Plastic Bertrand

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Alternative, Electronic, Industrial, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Humanist – English Ghosts

Humanist is the music of multi-instrumentalist Rob Marshall. An album is due via Ignition Records and features a number of guest vocalists including Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, Mark Lanegan and RIDE’s Mark Gardener, amongst others. English Ghosts is the first official single from the album and has a stirring vocal performance by iconic post-punk front man, John Robb of The Membranes. The nine minute track unapologetically … Continue reading Humanist – English Ghosts

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Alternative, Music, Post Punk, Rock

METZ Cover Sparklehorse, The Urinals and Gary Numan

Last month, on July 12th, Sub Pop released Automat, a collection of METZ non-album singles, B-sides, and rarities dating back to 2009, available on LP for the first time, and including the band’s long out-of-print early (pre-Sub Pop) recordings. It’s a chronological trip through the lesser-known material of METZ, the delightfully noisy 3-piece punk band from Toronto. The vinyl LP format of Automat also included … Continue reading METZ Cover Sparklehorse, The Urinals and Gary Numan

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

The Growlers – Foghorn Town

With their 80s-infused take on raw, rumbling garage rock, Los Angeles-based band The Growlers have shared their sultry new single Foghorn Town. It is the second release from their upcoming LP Natural Affair. With an intro and verse that recall the band’s early singles – muggy, sprawling, slightly sinister – Foghorn Town quickly shifts to a bright, optimistic chorus, finished off with a razor-wire lead guitar … Continue reading The Growlers – Foghorn Town

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