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Alternative, Music, Pop, Punk, Reggae, Rock

Culture Abuse Share Cover Of Police on My Back + UK Tour Dates

Ahead of Culture Abuse’s UK headline tour this month, the SF punks have released a cover version of one of their favourite songs, Police on my Back, found lurking in the set list of their current live shows. They have recorded with FIDLAR frontman, Zac Carper. Famously covered by (GOAT) The Clash (who pretty much did more better covers than anyone else), and included on their Sandinista … Continue reading Culture Abuse Share Cover Of Police on My Back + UK Tour Dates

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Alternative, Music, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Rock

Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops (Expanded Edition)

Released in 2006, Ten Silver Drops, the second album from Secret Machines was one of our favourites of that, and any subsequent year. A masterpiece of spacey widescreen guitars, prog and krautrock, it was an album that was constantly on repeat. Although the record has been out of print for more than ten years, Ten Silver Drops will be reissued on 180g heavyweight vinyl in … Continue reading Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops (Expanded Edition)

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More From Callas with Lee Ranaldo

Back in July we shared Acid Books by Greek post-punks Callas taken from their collaboration, Trouble and Desire, with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, which has remained one of our favourite songs of the year ever since. Now we have Mirroir for you and the album’s title track. Both are equally good – taut, pulsating, menacing and with a driving psych groove that is marking this album … Continue reading More From Callas with Lee Ranaldo

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Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Titus Andronicus – Only A Hobo BRONCHO – Keep It In Line Phosphorescent – C’est La Vie No. 2 Courtney Barnett – Small Talk Kurt Vile – One Trick Ponies Flat Worms – The Apparition Death Valley Girls – (One Less Thing) Before I Die The Berries – Junkyard Dog Laura Gibson – Domestication SOAK – Everybody Loves You New Rose – Plenty Of Flowers … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Ceramic Dog – Beer

Marc Ribot/Ceramic Dog are expressing their opposition to the Nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court with a Music Video , entitled Beer. Ribot says, “We like beer too. But we sure hate sexual assault, and super privileged machos who think they can get away with anything, and congresspeople who enable them. If this means we’re going to “reap the whirlwind: let’s make the … Continue reading Ceramic Dog – Beer

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Sick Bookies

A new discovery for us, Ad Nauseam is the third album proper from the Lincolnshire four piece Sick Bookies. A true DIY effort, it was recorded and compiled over the last year in studios, bedrooms and living rooms. Comprising of eleven pieces of music, the album explores the bewilderment of our times through twisting words, stalling arrangements and songs that are close to dismantling. The influences … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Sick Bookies

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Introducing >>> The Dunes

Despite hailing from down under, the debut self-titled album from Adelaide based six-piece The Dunes is mined from the same sonic territory that hosts the Black Angels, Warlocks and Wooden Shjips, thick with reverb, fuzz and deliciously dark undertones. Listen to the excellent space rock of (Just Because You’re Not Being Followed Doesn’t Mean You’re Not) Paranoid, and the pummelling, hypnotic Mountain. You can order the album … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Dunes

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Americana, Indie, Music, Rock

Sharon Van Etten – New Album & New Single

After five long years, the wonderful Sharon Van Etten has shared details of the follow up to 2014’s excellent Are We There. Her new record is titled Remind Me Tomorrow and will see a release on 18th January, via Jagjaguwar. The first taste from it is, appropriately enough, Comeback Kid, which is a track that is altogether more urgent and driven than anything we’ve heard … Continue reading Sharon Van Etten – New Album & New Single

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Velveteers

Colorado fuzz-rockers The Velveteers create raw and aggressive grunge with blues-rock roots, and will be arriving in the UK this month for a tour spanning the entire country. In celebration they’ve released their brand new video for EP highlight Anastasia Sings, a horror-fuelled theatrical nightmare-scape that serves as a perfect visual accompaniment to their psychedelic leanings. Watch / stream it below and check out the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Velveteers

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