Back in January, we gave you the first excellent track from the Obits new album Moody, Standard and Poor, which is out on Sub Pop Records on the 29th March. To help the time pass, here is a second track of surf influenced, stripped back, garage rock in the shape of Shift Operator. Download Obits – Shift Operator mp3 (from Moody, Standard and Poor) Download … Continue reading More from the Obits
Snacky Tunes Vol.1, is an excellent free compilation featuring past performances from their weekly radio show on Heritage Radio. It is now available for completely free download here. It features tracks from artists as diverse as Freelance Whales, Midnight Magic, Surfer Blood, Eli Paperboy Reed, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Blood Orange, and Au Revoir Simone, amongst others. A full tracklisting is below, along with … Continue reading Free Album Download From Snacky Tunes
The Everymen play the sort of rock’n’roll that MM likes. It is cocksure but not arrogant, intense without being overwhelming, and high on the sleaze factor as the shredded vocals of Sarin McHugh gleefully sit astride pounding drums and thunderous guitars. New four track EP Hello, Nice Evening. We Are The Everymen is out on 15th March, but you can grab yourself a copy right … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Everymen
Ahh, now there’s a proper band name. You can probably guess what you’re going to get when The Dirty Lungs explode out of your speakers and you’d be right – a slinky hipped rambunctiousness and a sly wink to the garage greats of yesteryear, all wrapped up in some down ‘n’ dirty southern blues rock. In June they’re releasing a new 7″ alongside a video, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Dirty Lungs
Here are a few tasty new releases and a couple of tracks acquired via the blogosphere to brighten up your Friday. A veritable smorgasbord for you to sift through and pick out the ones you like. First up is a second track from Canadians The Rural Alberta Advantage taken from their (very good) new album Departing and showcasing again their ear for a perfectly pitched … Continue reading New Release Round Up
We’ve mentioned the excellent label Sleep All Day Records before on MM and they have been back in touch to say they are gearing up to release the second EP from East London’s Weird Dreams titled Hypnagogic Lullaby. Following the band’s sold out tape on Sleepy King Cassettes, and a split 7″ with Brooklyn’s Total Slacker on Marshall Teller Records, Weird Dreams see the addition of a … Continue reading New EP from Weird Dreams
Swimclub’s Gene Davenport sensed he had a ghostly visitor in his NYC apartment, but rather than pack his bags he used his nightly hauntings as a source of inspiration capturing the gradual transformation of these encounters from the unsettling to the mundane. The result: a shimmering new pop tune, She’s A Teaser, with a driving beat, jangly guitars and hooks aplenty. There are more jangly guitars … Continue reading Introducing…Swimclub
Here we are again. A mix of the best tracks we posted in February and a few new ones too. Twenty seven cracking songs to immerse yourself in! Download O’Death – Bugs mp3 (from Outside) Echoes of their ramshackle and punkish best, but this time it is cocooned in something more subtle and thoughtful too. Download The Whalers – That Rabbit mp3 (from How The Ship Goes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: February
Denton, Texas four-piece Silver Shampoo will shortly be releasing their debut album Higher & Higher. It promises to be a top quality fuzzed out, reverbed up, psychotic blast of glamorous garage rock, especially if taster track Streaks Of Satan is anything to go by… …We hope it is! Visit their MySpace here. You can pre-order the album from Rough Trade here. Download Silver Shampoo – Streaks … Continue reading Introducing…Silver Shampoo
Discordant, urgent, brash, visceral, uncompromising, clatter & clang. And all the better for it. Welcome to the world of Pet Scenes. Visit their MySpace here. Download Pet Scenes – Man Contest mp3 Download Pet Scenes – Easily Fed mp3 Continue reading Introducing…Pet Scenes
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