Back last summer we wholeheartedly commended Conner Youngblood’s imaginative blend of folk and electronica to you. Now he has given us a new song Vegas, which kicks off with some ominous ringing guitar over which his vocals echo and swirl before slow but hypnotic percussion cuts in and the song gradually increases in intensity before finally fading away like a firework over a night sky. Download … Continue reading New From Conner Youngblood
Videos to watch from Three Blind Wolves and the film for their new single In Here Somewhere, from James Yuill and his Greek mythology inspired video for Turn Yourself Around. We have the ACBs 70s Grindhouse inspired video for Television and finally Fat White Family’s video for their macabre and slightly unhinged track Cream Of The Young. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Three Blind Wolves || James Yuill || ACBs || Fat White Family
Here is our selection of the best of our February downloads together with a few brand new tracks to dig into. So go on. Knock yourself out. Blank Realm – Cleaning Up My Mess Sitting somewhere between the melancholic churn and burn of Mercury Rev and the noisy squall of Sonic Youth, the four-piece gleefully meld psychedelia with punk and pop and even a smattering … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: February 2013
We’re a bit late to the party with this, but what the heck, Videotape by Ghost Carriage Phantoms is as good a piece of off-kilter, freakout pop as you’re going to hear in a long while. Frankly it was too good not to post even if Ghost Carriage Phantoms released their debut album The Boy Lives back in November. Continue reading MM Shorts 323: Ghost Carriage Phantoms
Lapland, the engrossing and introspective folky project of Josh Mease, has made another track available from his self-titled debut album, which is due out at the end of March. Mixing styles from electronica to jazz, soul and indie, this track Where Did It Go? is a sweetly hypnotic strum in classic Fleetwood Mac style. See our previous post featuring Lapland here. Continue reading MM Shorts 321: More From Lapland
We’re not quite sure what to make of this by Aan…the more we play it the more we like it, but it kicks off like a weird slice of freak folk before morphing into something much more edgy and direct yet still with an experimental feel. Then just as abruptly it becomes like a nightmare nursery rhyme and then… Well just listen and make your … Continue reading MM Shorts 320: Aan
We start with apologies aplenty for the lack of interesting and cogent words to accompany this post of many new, and excellent tunes. We are regularly afflicted by an internal conflict as to whether we use our time to write the original, erudite prose some of the songs we are sent deserve (as many of the much better, and smarter blogs than ours do), but … Continue reading MM’s (Slightly Lazy) Friday Round Up
San Diego post-punkers New Mexico will self-release their new album Malpais on the 23rd April. The album is the result of many things: a bad breakup with a girl, a new recording technique using Otari 16-track one-inch tape, and Robert Kent’s newfound fascination with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. For now, grab yourself the excellent Alpha Male below (click through for a free download), which … Continue reading New Mexico: New Album
London-via-Kendal four piece Woman’s Hour are set to release their debut single To The End / Our Love Has No Rhythm on the 8th April. You can pre-order the 7″ vinyl from Parlour Records here. A four-piece band originating from the Lakes, they entwine carefully layered atmospheric melodies with ethereal vocals, resulting in a seemingly effortless natural sound. Think of Kraftwerk’s electronics melded with Fleetwood Mac’s song … Continue reading Introducing >>> Woman’s Hour
Our in-box has grown to ridiculous proportions, it fair creaks and bulges with good music and we are desperately trying to keep up with the flow. Time then for eight of the best to come our, and now your, way. First up, we have East India Youth who caught our ears on 6 Music yesterday with Heaven, How Long their brilliant new single of krautrock … Continue reading Tuesday Means Eight Of The Best
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