Here is a second taste from Lightning Dust’s forthcoming album, Loaded Gun ups the tempo somewhat both in the heavier, muscular percussion and the use of synths…it seems as though Fantasy out later this month on Jagjaguwar will be quite a change in direction… “Official” audio is below – have a listen. . Continue reading More From Lightning Dust
Work Drugs are back with a first taste from their forthcoming album Mavericks. West Coast Slide is another example of their smoothly confident, upbeat indie pop that hums and fizzes with energy and an ultra catchy chorus. Download it below. Continue reading MM Shorts 386: New Track From Work Drugs
Believe it or not, Mad Mackerel has been around for more than five years now. During that time we’ve posted more than 4,000 times, and offered more than 5,000 songs for your listening pleasure. And more than three quarters of a million people have paid MM a visit during our lifetime on Google’s (godawful) blogspot and since April 2010 on WordPress. We asked some of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel The Last Five Years – Polly Pocket Picks Her Favourites
Start the week with some excellent music videos from Cayucas, San Cisco (covering Daft Punk), Generationals, and King Khan & The Shrines. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cayucas || San Cisco || Generationals || King Khan & The Shrines
Enjoy videos from Brazos and their track Charm, from Arborea with Pale Horse Phantasm filmed on location at Acadia National Park in Maine, from The Night Jars who use edits of episodes of the old Defenders of the Earth cartoons for their 60s garage inspired Drones, and from Lars Bygden, a truly brilliant animation for his dark and sorrowful track The Hole – not to be missed. … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Brazos || Arborea || The Night Jars || Lars Bygden
Better late than never, here is our monthly round-up of the best of our April downloads together with a handful of brand new tracks. More than twenty songs especially prepared for you to put together an eclectic and appealing mix to impress all your friends and bore your boring work colleagues. Enjoy! Wild Wild Wets – Criminal Blue Tripped out, freaked out, psych pop. . Hey … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: April 2013
We were stupidly oblivious to the diverse charms of Wampire until we were blown away by the driving drums and electronic organs of recent single The Hearse, and subsequently discovered that the duo have an album, Curiosity out this month. They have made a new track from the album available for streaming, and in contrast to the single, Trains is an excursion into more easygoing, laid-back … Continue reading MM Recommends…Wampire
Begin the week with videos from Liars, and Folly & The Hunter with Moth In The Porchlight from their Wood & Wires Session (grab a free download of Ghost too). From Cobalt Cranes we have a weird LA road trip and lastly another video from decker for Killing Me, their truly heart-wrenching song about tumultuous relationships. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Liars || Folly & The Hunter || Cobalt Cranes || decker
Anyone who read our post on Daughn Gibson’s album All Hell, back in the summer last year will know just what an impact it had on us, as we first laid ears on what was possibly the most twisted Americana record of 2012. Since then we’ve been following the fella pretty closely as he signed to the big hitting Subpop label. And now we have … Continue reading New Daughn Gibson Album
Today’s selections of videos to enjoy come from Bass Drum Of Death, American Royalty, Airstrip, and Lost Animal. . . Download Airstrip – Pleasure Center mp3 (from Willing) . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Bass Drum Of Death || American Royalty || Airstrip || Lost Animal
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