Videos of the Day: The Coathangers || Reverend Horton Heat || The Sea The Sea || Such Hounds || Rare Monk

Spoiling you with five excellent videos this morning. I don’t know where you are, but we’ve got yet another day of dank, dreary, drizzly rain and I need something to brighten up my Friday. So, contrast and compare scrappy indie jangle from Such Hounds, gentle intricate harmonies from The Sea The Sea, tough, catchy garage from The Coathangers, fevered, intense pop from Rare Monks, and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Coathangers || Reverend Horton Heat || The Sea The Sea || Such Hounds || Rare Monk

Mad Mackerel’s Monday Round Up

Having got back from discovering some of the many delights of Denmark, there were a few songs to catch up on and share. So starting the week with a round-up of ten fine tunes seemed the right way to go… We have just discovered the excellent Cornish sisters Hockeysmith, offering an alluring mix of woozy noise-pop, claustrophobic psychedelic and even a hint of menacing, pulsating disco. Put … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Monday Round Up

MM Shorts 524: Sleepy HaHas

As we’re away for a few days we have scheduled a few posts to highlight some excellent stuff that has come our way, but which we haven’t had the time to do justice too in words! Sleepy Hahas fuses punk, blues and psych rock for a sound that is as refined and melody-driven as it is experimental. They have announced their new single Dull Days, … Continue reading MM Shorts 524: Sleepy HaHas

Video: Charles Howl – Garden Train

Charles Howl are a four piece outfit who perfectly combine psychedelic and garage-y vibes, creating a delicious splendour of brilliantly crafted psychedelic pop. These psychedelic leanings perfectly fuse with their brash, joyous and infectious riffs. Garden Train is the second single from their self-titled EP. . . Continue reading Video: Charles Howl – Garden Train

New EP From The Dirty Nil

As we’re away for a few days we have scheduled a few posts to highlight some excellent stuff that has come our way, but which we haven’t had the time to do justice too in words! The Dirty Nil’s particular brand of feral, sordid, drunken, and distorted rock’n’roll focuses on the important things in life: booze, dope, girls, and parties. Safe to say, it has … Continue reading New EP From The Dirty Nil

Introducing >>> Sir Madam

It’s Friday night and Sir Madam are a two-piece band from Huntington Beach California with a female vocalist/guitar player pushing fuzzed out break beat garage rock. It seems like a mighty fine way to kick off the weekend could be with some anti-Valentines mush? So here is a couple of tracks from their debut album Crooked Teeth (buy here). . . Continue reading Introducing >>> Sir Madam

Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Forty Nineteens

Back in the summer of 2012 we posted about the excellent debut album No Expiration Date from raucous California garage rockers The Forty Nineteens. The follow-up will be called Spin It and channels the spirit of such masters of their craft as the Byrds, Psychedelic Furs, Rolling Stones and the Ramones into a collection of fresh, sonic vignettes filled with harmonies, dirty guitars and pistol-crack percussion. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Forty Nineteens