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Alternative, Americana, Country, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends… One Eleven Heavy

The latest project to involve long standing MM fave James Jackson Toth (aka Wooden Wand), as well as Hans Chew, Nick Mitchell Maiato, Ryan Jewell and Dan Brown, is an album from One Eleven Heavy titled Everything’s Better. It wonderfully evokes the classic 70s cosmic country of Gram Parsons and The Grateful Dead via their own unique take on that era’s psychedelic jams and gnarly roots rock. Check … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… One Eleven Heavy

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Electronic, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

New Album From Benjamin Shaw

Born (accidentally) in Canada, raised in Blackpool and now hiding in Melbourne, polarizing anti-genre artist Benjamin Shaw returns with a new long player Megadead. Sitting somewhere between Smog and Four Tet, it is a wonderfully miserable album of disarmingly accessible songs filled with fuzz, brittle melodies, looping guitars, ‘80s synth, self-sabotage, self-doubt, violent fantasy and uncertain swagger. The album will be released on the 31st August … Continue reading New Album From Benjamin Shaw

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

No less than thirteen corking new tracks this week from the brilliant hypnotic post-punk thrum of FEWS to the infectious indie pop of Hater by way of a Ramones inspired Colleen Green, wiry art-punk from Public Practice, fuzzy urgency from Ron Gallo, raucous arena ready rock from We Were Promised Jetpacks, and sunburnt, pastoral psych from The Smoking Trees. And lots more besides… Do we … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Acoustic, Folk, Music

Introducing >>> Copper Viper

London-based traditional folk duo Copper Viper have released their latest single Hung Up Alone. Beginning intimately with just intricate vocal harmonies and the gentle hum of frogs croaking in the distance, a sense of warmth is immediately apparent. The pace then picks up as some mesmerising fiddle playing comes into play alongside melodic acoustic guitar, giving Hung Up Alone a classic British folk feel. Listen … Continue reading Introducing >>> Copper Viper

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Indie, Music, Rock

Soccer Mommy Covers Bruce Springsteen

Soccer Mommy – twenty-one year old Nashville native Sophie Allison – released her debut album Clean earlier this year to much critical acclaim, and now she has shared details of a new 7-inch single. The A-Side is a newly reworked version of Henry, a song that originally appeared on her 2016 collection For Young Hearts and the B-Side, which we have for you here, is … Continue reading Soccer Mommy Covers Bruce Springsteen

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Gently Tender

Gently Tender have risen from the ashes of Palma Violets, a band that started promisingly (we saw them perform an insane set at SXSW a few years ago), but soon faded into rather generic, mundane indie rockdom. The new band features three ex-Violets (Sam Fryer, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle) plus Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown. Who knows if they have taken their … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Gently Tender

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

New Album From Laura Gibson

Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Laura Gibson has shared details of her new album, Goners, which will be released on 26th October via Barsuk Records. The album explores themes of grief and loss and the first taste is the haunting and beautiful Tenderness, an intimate and somewhat pensive fable that reflects, almost dreamlike, on how we project pain and lash out, holding on to each other’s trauma … Continue reading New Album From Laura Gibson

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Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

IDLES – Great Death Valley Girls – Disaster (Is What We’re After) Fucked Up – Normal People Cat Power (feat. Lana Del Rey) – Woman Low – Disarray Spain – Maya In The Summer Iron & Wine – Waves Of Galveston Les Big Byrd – I Fucked Up I Was A Child Whitney Ballen – Fucking Sudakistan – Last Love Supreme Fidlar – Are You … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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