Goat Girl will release their self titled debut album next week via Rough Trade. Traversing influences from the Kinks to the Slits, it crams 19 tracks into 40 minutes, and today we have Throw Me A Bone for you – just over two minutes of typically intense, febrile post-punk. Stream it below, and check UK tour dates too. See them live March 31st Manchester @ … Continue reading Goat Girl – Throw Me A Bone
Pop. 1280 – When No One Cares Speedy Ortiz – Lean In When I Suffer Hiss Golden Messenger – Passing Clouds Willie Breeding – Ride On Snail Mail – Pristine Dead Tongues – Won’t Be Long King Tuff – Thru The Cracks (feat. Jenny Lewis) ESCONDIDO – You’re Not Like Anybody Else Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
New Zealand punks The Cavemen will release their third full-length album, Nuke Earth, on 6th April via Slovenly Recordings. Like the band’s past releases, it features a mix of rowdy punk and raw, scuzzy garage rock, made up of frantic vocals, screeching guitars, and infectious riffs. Their high octane new single Janey is one of its catchiest cuts, packing plenty of sing-along melodies into just two-and-a-half ferocious … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Cavemen
Vive la Void is a new project from Sanae Yamada, co-founder and keyboardist of longstanding MM faves Moon Duo. The self-titled album comes out on 4th May via Sacred Bones Records. Vive la Void took shape over a two-year period, during windows of downtime in Moon Duo’s substantial touring and recording schedule. The dense, shape-shifting atmospheres of the seven songs grew out of late-night basement experiments in the layering … Continue reading Introducing >>> Vive la Void
San Diego’s Wavves will return to the UK this summer for a short run of live shows in support of last year’s excellent You’re Welcome release, which ran the gamut from the brazen indie-punk of No Shade to the fuzz-tinged glam of Million Enemies. The run takes in London, Leeds and Manchester before the band head off for a further run of European dates. To … Continue reading Wavves Cover Electric Prunes + UK Tour Dates
Nest Egg are a three-piece from Asheville, North Carolina who describe their head-heavy and kosmische psych-rock wig-outs as ‘mood music for nihilists’. That was always likely to be a good match for MM, and so it proves with the minimalist kraut-punk of lead-single Long Night Outside, which comes from their sophomore album Nothingness Is Not A Curse. Permission to wig out is granted. Enjoy… Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Nest Egg
Here is the second track from Courtney Barnett’s upcoming long player Tell Me How You Really Feel. Need A Little Time is a more fragile, tender beast than we are perhaps used to and hints at further depths while its plaintive tone and floating arrangement makes it just as memorable as the fizzing punk tones of first single Nameless Faceless. Watch the excellent video for it … Continue reading New Courtney Barnet Track
With a blend of hypnotic guitars and hauntingly sad melodies, Delaware indie rock outfit Fiancé’s latest woozy release tackles singer Andrew Fusca’s bouts with anxiety and depression. The four track EP is titled Feverdream and will be available imminently via their Bandcamp page (until then you can make do with their self-titled EP which is available on a pay what you want deal, also via Bandcamp.) Listen to … Continue reading Fiancé Announce Feverdream EP
With a pleasingly retro feel to their high energy indie that nods to the Fall, Violent Femmes and the Strokes, Manchester band The Creature Comfort’s latest single Alone By Your Side is a high octane rocker that marries off-kilter punker with a touch of classic pop. Watch / stream it below. Continue reading Introducing >>> The Creature Comfort
The Decemberists – Once In My Life The Black Lips & The Khan Family – Too Much In Love The Hold Steady – Eureka Flasher – Skim Milk Jess Williamson – I See The White Hinds – The Club Forth Wanderers – Nevermine Gang Of Four – Lucky Courtney Marie Andrews – I’ve Hurt Worse Half Waif – Torches Iron & Wine – Tomorrow On … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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