Last September we ran an “Introducing” post on The Ukiah Drag. We described their cassette release Jazz Mama Is Cryin as four tracks of brilliantly bleak, desolate, and warped blues and acid-rock – taut, tense, hypnotic and all consuming – like the evil offspring of Giant Sand and the Birthday Party. Now they have a new 7″ primed for release. The Dirt Trip is the band’s first studio output … Continue reading New From Ukiah Drag
Having got back from discovering some of the many delights of Denmark, there were a few songs to catch up on and share. So starting the week with a round-up of ten fine tunes seemed the right way to go… We have just discovered the excellent Cornish sisters Hockeysmith, offering an alluring mix of woozy noise-pop, claustrophobic psychedelic and even a hint of menacing, pulsating disco. Put … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Monday Round Up
Videos to enjoy today from The Wet Secrets, the ever wonderful Pack A.D., something dark and unhinged from Deleted Scenes for Stutter, and a mix of groovy psychedelia and sun drenched nostalgia from Tail Feather. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Wet Secrets || The Pack A.D. || Deleted Scenes || Tail Feather
We recently posted Turchi’s cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s Eye, the lead track from their 10″ vinyl release My Time Ain’t Now EP. They’ve followed it up in pretty rapid succession with a new 7”, cryptically titled When You’re Lost It’s All A Sign, out on the 25th February via Fat Elvis Records. You can watch the video for the A side below and stream the … Continue reading More From Turchi
Jessica Lea Mayfield captured our attention with her brilliant, sultry 2008 debut With Blasphemy So Heartfelt (from which Kiss Me Again remains a playlist regular) and then captured our hearts with a fabulous solo set at the End of the Road Festival a couple of years later. She released the excellent Tell Me in 2011 and last year delivered one of the covers of the … Continue reading Jessica Lea Mayfield – Oblivious
Black Manila have returned with an new four track EP titled Beach Parade that is available on a Bandcamp name-your-price deal. We have been longstanding fans of their mix of proto-garage punk, blues and psych rock, and all are showcased to good effect once more on this excellent collection. You can watch the video for the surf-infused title track below and also stream/download the fantastic … Continue reading Black Manila – Beach Parade EP
TURCHI describe their sound as “kudzu boogie” which seems an entirely appropriate description to us – blending as it does an Americana style narrative with some swamp blues, plenty of slide guitar and more than a dash of relentless southern-fried groove. Their most recent release – a 10″ vinyl EP titled My Time Ain’t Now includes this gem of a cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s … Continue reading Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now
Our first videos of 2014 come from Jared & The Mill’s foot-stomping Americana, blues rockers The Dough Rollers, fuzzy folkers Soulmates Never Die (download the EP on a pay-what-you-want deal here) and some gorgeous Scottish dream folk from Quickbeam. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Jared & The Mill || The Dough Rollers || Soulmates Never Die || Quickbeam
Over the course of ten studio albums Reverend Horton Heat has consistently delivered a blend of straight up rock’n’roll, fizzing country punk, and crazed rockabilly – all underpinned by huge handfuls of swaggering black humour. Thankfully, as Spooky Boots the first taste of his eleventh album Rev, testifies, the band haven’t messed with a winning formula. The song itself tells of a friend’s hopeless search … Continue reading New Album From Reverend Horton Heat
Back at the beginning of the year we posted some tunes from the Shallow End Divers, and they have more recently released a six track EP titled Melting Skies. It is another intriguing blend of rock ‘n’roll melding psychedelia, garage, soul, and blues to mighty good effect, and you can pick it up for a pay-what-you-want deal from Bandcamp here. . . Continue reading More From The Shallow End Divers
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