The sweet, fuzzed-up pysch-garage of Susannah is taken from Woollen Kits’ upcoming Four Girls LP, out via Trouble in Mind and RIP Society on 13th November. a Continue reading MM Shorts 245: New Single From Woollen Kits
Sheffield duo Bromheads (previously Bromhead Jackets) release their brand new Holding The Gun EP on the 29th October. The EP’s lead track (of the same name) is just over two minutes long and fizzes over with the energy of a can of Irn-Bru exploding full in your face. It is sharp and pithy, and fast and furious, and machetes its way into your brain like … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bromheads
To mark the advent of CMJ, Insound have put together two more of their excellent free mixes. The latest is in two parts with Part One featuring such artists as Daughn Gibson, Lowlakes, Tiny Victories, The Luyas, Young Adults and Orca Team. Part Two has (amongst others), Psychic Twin, King Tuff, Zulu Pearls, Grape Soda, High Highs, Selebrities and Yellow Red Sparks. To download Part 1 just … Continue reading MM Shorts 238: Insound’s Free CMJ Mixtapes
Back in February we gave a warm welcome to the brilliantly named Shamefaced Sparrows and their own particular brand of ‘deathpop’. After too big a gap, they have thankfully got back in touch to say “…and now that we have emerged from our makeshift den, built amid an unmapped, tree-ringed field, that time has come.,..mop your brow with relief, pour yourself a stiff iced-drink, have … Continue reading More “Deathpop” From The Shamefaced Sparrows
Here are a stack more of cracking new releases that you need to hear! Marching Church is another new project from Iceage’s Elias Bender Rønnenfelt – this time the music is nothing short of spectral – glacial goth anyone? a Flock of Dimes is the solo project of Wye Oaks Jenn Wasner, (This Is Why) I Can’t Wear White is the new single and pretty good it … Continue reading Streaming Round Up: New Releases
Combining the pop sensibilities of The Black Keys with the dark mystique of Nick Cave, The Growl are a howl of dirty barroom blues from Down Under. They are also the ‘other’ band of Cameron Avery who with Pond, already released an outstanding album earlier in the summer. For us though, this might be even better! Their self-produced debut EP Cleaver Lever is five tracks … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Growl
Here we are again – a massive free mix containing the cream of last month’s posts, a couple of new tunes and, all in all, an eclectic set of top quality tunes to kick off the onset of autumn for you. From folk to garage, from country to psychedelia and from originals to covers, there is a multifaceted, multifarious, heterogeneous, assorted miscellaney of delights for … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2012
As well as our regular Video of the Day posts, these vids have also caught our attention recently, and given the backlog we have, we thought it was time for a big round up of these as well. So here goes. Mean Creek’s video for Young & Wild perfectly captures the innocence, the excitement and the carefree joy of youthful moments reflected in the song’s message. a … Continue reading Watch These! Video Round-Up
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