New York psych-pop outfit Spires have announced the release of their debut 7″ and digital single, out on the 8th October. The tracks are Candy Flip backed with Comic Book, and you can hear the lead track below. We’re loving it. Continue reading Debut 7″ From Spires
On this new single out on Butterscotch Records, Mikael Jorgensen, the keyboardist for Wilco has teamed up with label-mate Austin Donohue of Graph Rabbit to recreate Spacemen 3′s brilliant song Ode to Street Hassle from their iconic 1987 album The Perfect Prescription. The song is, of course, a tribute to Lou Reed’s 1978 album by the same title. Using bits and pieces of classical music gathered … Continue reading Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco and Graph Rabbit cover Spaceman 3
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
Back at the turn of the year we included the intimate folk and ambient electronica of Malpas in one of our Round-Up posts. At the time they were promising a whole album of material later in the year and some of that is now imminent. As a taster they’ve offered up the first single from their new Promise EP, this is the otherworldly and subtly … Continue reading New Malpas Single
And so it was Wilderness again (or Wildness if you were the somewhat disconnected and over-excited John Newman) – this year even bigger (an increase in capacity to 15,000) and still sold out. It is surely the premier boutique festival on the circuit in the undeniably stunning setting of Cornbury Park, which happily lies within a short walk of Mackerel Towers. By its nature it … Continue reading Live Review: Wilderness Festival 2013
Fantastic Sam from Gap Dream’s new long-player Shine Your Light is probably not typical MM fare, but damned if we haven’t been completely won over by the electro-glam undertones and the most infectiously catchy slab of dance-pop since, well since we don’t know when. Have a listen and we defy you not to tap something along to this tune. Out on Burger Records in November. Continue reading MM Shorts 424: Gap Dream
Rev up your Sunday with these videos from HABITS (trippy and hypnotic), Generationals (infectious, West Coast indie), Kitten Pyramid (experimental rock), and Detroit Rebellion (gritty blues). . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: HABITS || Generationals || Kitten Pyramid || Detroit Rebellion
The Drop, the new album from Danish neo-psych rockers Pinkunoizu saw a release earlier this week. Although it had its moments, on the whole we were pretty ambivalent about their debut effort, the choppy sound mosaic and spacey folk of Free Time!, but we’re a whole lot more excited about this one. It is still strange, unsettling and intricate, but it is also more coherent … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Pinkunoizu
It is getting to that time when we’re feeling like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland – so many tunes to share, so little time! So at the risk of doing somewhat of a disservice in terms of the prose to describe these, here are a collection of tunes that have landed in our in-box or mailbox and that really deserve some ear-time from … Continue reading New Music Round Up
Videos today include another from T. Hardy Morris’ series of The Audition Tapes From Places In Peril, the brilliant Share The Needle was filmed in Georgia’s iconic Paradise Garden. We also have This Frontier Needs Heroes new video for excellent album title track Hooky, and Savoir Adore’s fiery new music film for Regalia. Lastly we have the very promising fuzzy, cinematic English psych of Strangefruit’s … Continue reading Videos of the Day: T. Hardy Morris || This Frontier Needs Heroes || Savoir Adore || Strangefruit
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