Wooden Shjips are one of our favourite bands and each successive album they have released as cemented our love for their pulsating, hypnotic and often bruising, psych rock. They have a new album, Back to Land, due out on 11th November. On this record, the band’s scope has expanded to include more earthy, grounded tones, such as the acoustic guitar! As an introduction to those new … Continue reading Wooden Shjips Go Acoustic & Tour Dates
Start the week with videos from Caracol and the delightful folk pop of Shiver, and SWF’s dragon-dancing film for their excellent track Black & Golden. We also have Weird Womb’s sweaty video for Pale Piss and lastly an excellent animation for Lark by Chicago’s noise-popsters The Sweeps. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Caracol || SWF || Weird Womb || Sweeps
Here is another taste from Cate Le Bon’s much anticipated forthcoming album Mug Museum. This is the simply lovely Are You With Me Now? Continue reading MM Shorts 439: Cate Le Bon
Start the week with a sumptuous video and song from Aly Tadros & Ben Balmer, Whim is a gorgeous folk duet. We also have scuzzed-up power punk from Rainbow Jackson and their campy, cartoonish video for Psycho Betty and singer songwriter L.A. Salami’s travelogue video for standout track Gets You Wondering. Lastly we have an intense, hard hitting video from Killing Fields Of Ontario for their … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Aly Tadros & Ben Balmer || Rainbow Jackson || L.A. Salami || Killing Fields Of Ontario
Until recently I knew nothing of Ed Askew, but an intriguingly positive review of his album For The World in one of the music monthlies piqued my interest and so when, by chance, we received a digital copy via e-mail shortly afterwards I was more than curious to hear what it contained. Not only that, but the album features the wonderful Sharon Van Etten (who’s … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ed Askew
So we have 200+ songs marked for potential posting sat patiently waiting in our in-box, and a whole host more diligently collected from the nooks and crannies of the web. Time then for a round-up of some of the most deserving of your ears. Without further ado, lets set out our stall with Aussie troubadour Owls of the Swamp’s beautiful and sweetly sorrowful Happiness Is A Sad … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Rounds ‘Em Up
Our videos of the day are Pond’s ethereal, mind expanding O Dharma, the classic roots rock of Semi Twang’s Dark Out, Dancing Years’ poignant and melancholic Here’s To My Old Friends, and the stunning, haunted Tumbleweeds from Jesse Woods. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Pond || Semi Twang || Dancing Years || Jesse Woods
Here (better late than never) are our favourite download picks from our August posts, together with a few new tunes. Altogether a genre-busting mix of nearly 20 great songs. Dive in! Spook Houses – Living The Dream Tempo-shifting, slacker pop. . The Great American Canyon Band – Lost At Sea Gorgeous, rural folk-pop. . Vikesh Kapoor – I Dreamt Blues A narrative about endless work … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2013
Videos to enjoy from singer-songwriter Cameron McGill and the fatalistic, resigned romanticism of his track Sucker Love, and a cinematic journey with a twist from London based-trio Polterghost. We have a many tentacled monster mash from all girl garage popsters Sharkmuffin, and some appropriately haunting visual imagery from Owl Paws for their beautifully melancholic track Cold Lead Bath. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cameron McGill || Polterghost || Sharkmuffin || Owl Paws
Blessed Feathers delivered one of our favourite sets of SXSW this year, an understated collection of beautiful, rural folk that was breathtaking in its simplicity and authenticity. This is the first track from their forthcoming album and the somewhat oddly titled Ahbinreedis is another example of just how good this duo is – the song is simply lovely. Download it below, and join us in looking … Continue reading New From Blessed Feathers
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