We’re not quite sure what to make of this offering by Twiggy Frostbite. By The Ocean is one of those hazy, dreamlike songs that sounds like it was created in a netherworld where surreal is the norm, and nothing is quite as it seems or as it should be. It has echoes of Portishead and Massive Attack, but also turns the volume up in a … Continue reading Introducing…Twiggy Frostbite
Arc In Round pull from the layered-dissonance and experimentation of Disco Inferno and This Heat, the Motorik rhythms of Krautrock pioneers Neu and Can, and the more obvious sonic reference points of Broadcast, the Swirlies and My Bloody Valentine. Their II EP, out July 5th, boasts four new songs plus the original version and A Sunny Day in Glasgow remix of the song II from their … Continue reading Introducing…Arc In Round
Amplifying Host the new album from Richard Youngs finds him wandering the guitar desert somewhere between Ry Cooder’s Paris, Texas score and Neil Young’s work on Dead Man. For more than 20 years, Youngs has been at the forefront of progressive minimalism, through solo home recording projects and collaborations with the likes of Simon Wickham-Smith and Makoto Kawabata (of Acid Mothers Temple). This time, Youngs is joined … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Richard Youngs
You never quite know what you’re going to get from the cult Portland, Oregon psychedelicists, Jackie-O Motherfucker. Are you going to be in for some deep brain thrombosis space rock? Are they going to prescribe you a dose of some heavily medicated camp fire drone? Will they be hitting you with some improvisational and angular free jazz? Well, on Earth Sound System, the band’s 15th … Continue reading New Album From Jackie-O Motherfucker
Golden Sombrero is the latest slice of laid back indie goodness from Work Drugs – the cover shows you what to expect… Buy their album Tropic Of Cancer from their Bandcamp here. Download Work Drugs – Golden Sombrero mp3 Continue reading More from Work Drugs
The Graceful Slicks make a perfect follow-on from today’s Night Beats post being the meandering jam (pun intended) in the Night Beat’s rumbling sonic sandwich. They are a relatively new band and hail from our own home town of Oxford. We received a cool looking demo CD in the post and having seen some nice words about them from our friend Ronan (who runs Oxford’s … Continue reading Introducing…The Graceful Slicks
Folky and ambient with a bit of dream pop and rock and roll. That’s The Great American Canyon Band, and their track A Song For The Rest has been getting repeat plays here. You can find it on their Wild Heart EP. Purchase the EP from their Bandcamp page here. Visit their website here. Download The Great American Canyon Band – A Song For The … Continue reading Introducing…The Great American Canyon Band
Half Past Sun have been busy releasing a series of free digital EPs and songs via their website, which are well worth checking out. It is a swirling, kaleidoscopic mix of psychedelia, indie rock and electronica with a naggingly insistent edge that burrows in through your ears and then settles in your brain with no intention of leaving anytime soon. Fifth instalment of A Never Ending … Continue reading Introducing…Half Past Sun
We’ve posted the chilled indie lo-fi of Philadelphia’s Work Drugs a couple of times and they will be releasing an album, Tropic of Cancer/Capricorn to support their forthcoming tour. First single is the excellently named Curious Serge. Investigate below. Visit their website here, or Bandcamp here. Download Work Drugs – Curious Serge mp3 (Digital Single) See them live with Two Door Cinema Club in April. 06 … Continue reading Work Drugs Album Release
Another bonanza month. Another round up of the very best tracks we posted in March. Another selection of new tunes to get your teeth into too. So without further ado… Download White Denim – Drug mp3 (from D) First taste of rockers new album. Bodes well. Very well. Download The Everymen – Ballad Of Sarin mp3 (from Hello, Nice Evening. We Are The Everymen) Cocksure but not … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March
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