You may have noticed bratty, sneering, sleazy garage rock is one of our favourite genres. And Woven Bones are one of our favourite exponents of said genre. Their storming new single (out August 10th) titled I’ve Gotta Get delivers on every level. Bratty – check. Sneering – check. Sleazy – oh yes. Pummelling – certainly. Snarling – check. Borderline psychotic – probably. Catchy as hell – … Continue reading New Single from Woven Bones
Congratulations go to Vanessa Nyborg in California, Ann H in California and Alex Fuller in New York – all winners of a vinyl copy of the brilliant new Streets On Fire album, This Is Fancy. For those who didn’t win – sorrry folks, but you can always buy a copy here or download from Amie Street here. Download Streets On Fire – No One’s Fucking … Continue reading Streets On Fire Competition Winners
Some heavy rock is just too good to pass up. Black Mountain push all the right buttons with this, the second track and new single, to get released from their much anticipated forthcoming album Wilderness Heart. Even the track title calls up an era of stoned Hells Angels with straggly hair having fun on their Harleys while terrifying your mum. Marvellous. Pre-order the album from … Continue reading More from Black Mountain
This weekend was our first visit to Truck, an intimate and friendly music festival held on a farm near Oxford. This was their 13th such event and was blessed with sunshine throughout. Mrs Mackerel and I took the three Mackerel sprats along on both days and had a thoroughly good time whether it was learning the Poyes(? – top left) , sampling the Rotary Club’s … Continue reading The Mackerels go to Truck
A little while ago we posted about The Streets on Fire and their rather magnificent forthcoming album This Is Fancy. The record, the band’s first full length, gets its official release tomorrow and we have a new track for you to sample and, better than that, three copies of the vinyl to give away. For those that don’t know, Streets on Fire play a brilliantly … Continue reading New from Streets On Fire and Vinyl Giveaway
We’re going to keep the tempo up today, so following the start given to us by the frenzy of the Ten Kens earlier, we can now offer you Cardiac Arrest In D from Hillstomp. And if the title of the song doesn’t tell you all you want to know, they go on to describe themselves as Mississippi trance blues, a bit from the hills of … Continue reading New from Hillstomp
We’ve come across a number of excellent freebies recently and thought we ought to share some with you. First up, top record label Suburban Home have been releasing a series of excellent mix cds for a while now, which this time (volume 5) they have made available as a completely free download. Containing 30 tracks from bands old and new – Townes Van Zandt through … Continue reading Some Great Free Stuff
Dax Riggs fronted one of MM’s favourite bands, the criminally under-rated Deadboy & The Elephantmen. Playing a scuzzy, hypnotic blend of swamp rock with buzzsaw guitars and a healthy dose of psychedelia their album We Are Night Sky is a classic you should hunt down (or at least get off eMusic). Since the demise of the band, he is due to release his second solo … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dax Riggs
Although from the West Coast, to MM’s ears, The Stone Foxes play no-nonsense, straight up southern rock, but thankfully do it really well. While we suspect that there might be a Drive-By Truckers album or two in their collection, it doesn’t detract from the enjoyment of listening to the full on bluesy roar of I Killed Robert Johnson (a confessional from the point of view of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Stone Foxes
Here is our regular monthly round up of 25 of the best tracks posted on Mad Mackerel in the past month, and three new gems too. That’s a more than decent mixtape sorted even if we were crap in the World Cup! The Futurebirds – Battle For Rome mp3 Glorious, up-tempo alt-country gem that recalls Neil Young at his finest Puro Instinct – California Shakedown … Continue reading MM’s Best Of The Month: June
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