The marvellous Owsley Brothers are back with a free download of Flash In The Pan, taken from their forthcoming album TOB, which is the follow up to 2012’s excellent Cobalt. For lovers of heavy garage-blues infused with a healthy dose of experimental psych rock… Listen below and grab it via Bandcamp. . Continue reading The Owsley Brothers – Flash In The Pan
Brooklyn-based fuzzcore rockers, Mount Sharp, have shared their new single Icarus taken from their forthcoming six track EP, Weird Fears, which drops this August via YK Records. First impressions are of a classic indie track of melody and distortion, but one that takes the summery feel and infects it with an eerie tinge that tips it over into territory that is delightfully uneasy. Perhaps the most discombobulating song … Continue reading Mount Sharp – Icarus
On our last visit to SxSW in 2013, the laid back, vintage jangle and classic pastoral psychedelia of the Allah-Las was a real treat to catch live and made us big fans in an instant. So from our perspective a new album (September) and a new single (August) are great news. The former will be titled Worship The Sun and the latter is the first track to … Continue reading The Allah-Las To Release 501-415
Toronto’s Mexican Slang will release their official debut EP Inside The Velvet Castle on July 15th via Buzz Records. A thrilling blast of psych rock and garage punk, that recalls the best of Fugazi to vintage Cramps, it is all twisted together within infectious melodies that are equal parts rough and deceivingly sweet. Lead by Annabelle Lee, the EP is a reflection of her time committed to a psychiatric … Continue reading Mexican Slang – Blisters
1. Avi Buffalo – So What 2. Greys – Pretty Grim 3. Traams – Giddy 4. Tennis – Never Work For Free 5. The Dune Rats – Dalai Lama Big Banana Marijuana . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Our new favourite band have released a new single Nighttime, taken from their outstanding debut album Amphetamine Ballads. Here is a suitably dark, hallucinatory video to accompany it. . Continue reading Video: The Amazing Snakeheads – Nighttime
Previously we’ve just offered Best of the Month postings with downloads, but that excludes so many quality songs we’ve decided to just post our favourite tracks – irrespective of whether they are free to download or not. If you like them add them to your Spotify playlists or do the old fashioned thing and download them from iTunes, Bandcamp, or wherever. Anyway, with a bit … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Months: March – May (Part 1)
1. Old Crow Medicine Show – Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer 2. Kult Country – Trembling Moon 3. Dust From 1000 Yrs – Party Song 4. Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang – We Love Our Hole 5. Beach Day – All My Friends Were Punks . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
An appropriately sinister video for the raucous garage punk and blues of Well Hung Heart’s Black Lightning. It comes from recently released album Go Forth And Multiply. . . Continue reading Video: Well Hung Heart – Black Lightning
Work has been more than hectic lately, but conversely that seems to have coincided with listening to more music too – maybe the extra time sat on the train or in the car? Who knows or cares, but it does mean a collection of mighty fine tunes for you to welcome home the weekend too… We kick off with a brilliant track of hypnotic garage-psych … Continue reading Time For A Friday Round Up
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