Nick Marsh, lead singer with 1980’s alternative goth-rock luminaries Flesh For Lulu (yep, we loved ’em) and lead guitarist in London’s raucous 10 piece gypsy blues outfit The Urban Voodoo Machine finally officially releases his haunting solo album, A Universe Between Us. To listen to this album is like pulling up a stall beside some beaten barfly loosened by liquor, contemplating life, love and loss. Like … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Nick Marsh
The Holy Cobras hail from Canada and deal in a marvellous blend of droning, krautrock rhythms under a full-on fuzzed-up garage stomp. Feed Yr Head is (I think) their first 7″ single, having previously released some stuff on tape, and is a keeper. And if you like the single, you can also get a free download of a four track EP/album titled Dead Bodies Float … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Holy Cobras
We usually post about the high quality free mixes available each month from Clash Magazine. The mix this month is no exception featuring amongst others Wavves, Deastro, Matthew Dear and Violens, there are twelve tracks that are well worth swapping your details for – just go here to get the mix. Couple of samples from the mix for you too – something brash and sneering … Continue reading Latest free mix from Clash Magazine
We’ve already given you one swamp blues infused rocker from Dax Riggs, taken from his new solo album Say Goodnight To The World which was released today. So to celebrate, here is another track for your listening pleasure. Another track of baroque, voodoo inspired darkness carried along by driving percussion…Visceral? Lets just say you can almost feel the sweat sliding down the walls of some … Continue reading Another from Dax Riggs
Passover The debut album from The Black Angels was phenomenal and became an instant favourite from the moment we first heard it. The follow up Directions To See A Ghost wasn’t half bad either. In fact it is to our eternal disappointment that we did not get to see them in their hometown on our trip to SxSW in 2009. Anyway, the muscular five piece … Continue reading New from The Black Angels
Here we are again. A round up of our favourite postings of the month. Twenty one outstanding songs from July plus three new ones to make the perfect mix tape. From folk to garage to stoner rock and summer pop it is all here for you. Download, burn to CD, play – groove! 1) Sharon Van Etten – Love More mp3 A slow burning, mesmerising … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: July
You may have noticed bratty, sneering, sleazy garage rock is one of our favourite genres. And Woven Bones are one of our favourite exponents of said genre. Their storming new single (out August 10th) titled I’ve Gotta Get delivers on every level. Bratty – check. Sneering – check. Sleazy – oh yes. Pummelling – certainly. Snarling – check. Borderline psychotic – probably. Catchy as hell – … Continue reading New Single from Woven Bones
Congratulations go to Vanessa Nyborg in California, Ann H in California and Alex Fuller in New York – all winners of a vinyl copy of the brilliant new Streets On Fire album, This Is Fancy. For those who didn’t win – sorrry folks, but you can always buy a copy here or download from Amie Street here. Download Streets On Fire – No One’s Fucking … Continue reading Streets On Fire Competition Winners
The new single from The Jim Jones Revue is called High Horse and is out on the 23rd August. It is a typically frenetic slice of rock ‘n’ roll in the band’s own inimitable style and precedes their new album Burning Your House Down on 6th September. Enjoy the video for the single… Continue reading New Video from The Jim Jones Revue
There is an increasing amount of really good music being given away by artists via Bandcamp and Soundcloud. A couple of our more recent discoveries are below. Ghost Animal offer a twisted, haunted take on surf-pop. They have a number of free EPs available from their Bandcamp page and all are well worth adding to your iTunes library. We also have their latest track for you, In … Continue reading Recommended Freebies: Ghost Animal, King Post Kitsch, Superhumanoids, Paul & The Patients
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