Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2012

You know the score. Some of our favourite downloads from the past month neatly parcelled up into one tasty mix and decorated with a few new tunes too. Nearly forty in all. Jump in! Download Wye Oak – Spiral mp3 (from Adult Swim Singles Series) A change of approach and tempo from experimental folkies Download Unnatural Helpers – Hate Your Teachers mp3 (from Land Grab) Raging. Ferocious. Punk Download … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2012

A Massive Friday Mix

The number of new releases has cranked back into top gear recently with a whole host of tasty ear ticklers coming our way. So what could be even better than an Olympic opening ceremony than a massive Mad Mackerel Friday mix – twenty four tracks handpicked especially for you. We light the flame with buzzworthy punked-up noiseniks Fidlar and in the same vein another from … Continue reading A Massive Friday Mix

Wednesday Means Eight of the Best

Here is our regular round-up of the recent best of the inbox, blogs and internet for you to peruse, scrutinise and download for your undoubted listening pleasure and aural delight. First up is a second taste from the forthcoming Two Gallants long player The Bloom And The Blight. While previous offering Broken Eyes was a gorgeous, folky delight, My Love Won’t Wait indulges the band’s … Continue reading Wednesday Means Eight of the Best

MM Shorts 197: Koko Beware – New Song

Here is a second track of good-natured jangly, surf-infused indie from Koko Beware. It comes from forthcoming long player Something About The Summer, which is released on the 7th August. Download Koko Beware – Stay mp3 (from Something About The Summer) Download Koko Beware – Beach Babe mp3 (from Something About The Summer) Continue reading MM Shorts 197: Koko Beware – New Song

More From Diamond Rugs

We are loving the Diamond Rugs album, the rowdy collaboration between John McCauley (Deer Tick), Robbie Crowell (Deer Tick), Ian Saint Pe (The Black Lips), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Hardy Morris (Dead Confederate) and Bryan Dufresne (Six Finger Satellite). The band has made another track off their raw, sweaty, dirty, rockin’ self-titled debut available for posting. Without further ado, here is Blue Mountains. a You can … Continue reading More From Diamond Rugs

Introducing Waves of Fury

We’ve taken our sweet time getting round to listening to the new single Businessman’s Guide To Witchcraft by Somerset’s Waves of Fury, but as soon as we did  we knew we’d be sharing it far and wide. It is the first track to see the light of day from their forthcoming self-titled long player and it is an unholy alliance of scowling, snarling vocals, sleazy … Continue reading Introducing Waves of Fury

New Album From Nallo

Nallo have just released their album Mechano And The Trees, a beautiful mix of garage, psych and wierdo-folk reverb! It switches from the full on freakout of album opener Different and the fizzing previous single Submarines to slower paced jams like Beasts And Cartoons (Rope And Sand). In fact it is this confident and easily managed shift of styles throughout that makes the record such a … Continue reading New Album From Nallo