Just The Dudes is a new three track EP from The Sweets. It dips its fingers into many musical pies – shoegaze, psychedelia, garage pop, and then coats them with hazy swirls of reverb and gentle distortion that is definitely more than moreish. Check out the delightfully woozy, surf-pop of She Says below, and order a limited run cassette or as a digital download from … Continue reading MM Shorts 404: The Sweets
SNØFFELTØFFS is a great band name and when you throw into the mix the Berlin duo’s desire to unleash “the absolute power of garage punk and rock’n roll.”, it was always pretty likely that we would become fans. And so we are, especially upon hearing Pretty Girl, their first ever song. It’s a stormer. Download it here. There will be a debut album later this year. … Continue reading MM Shorts 403: SNØFFELTØFFS
To follow on from our Best of the Month post yesterday, we’re kicking off July proper with a quick collection of excellent new tunes for you to stream. They come from the likes of metallic punk rockers Holograms, classic indie janglers Veronica Falls, sludgy metallers Torche, garage punks Wet Spots, the always top-notch Richard Buckner, brash garage snarl from TRAAMS, unique singer-songwriter Joseph Childress, and psych-blues rockers Heavy Times. Dive in. . . . . . . . Continue reading Speedy Round-Up
Here we are again, a round up of twenty five of June’s best downloads on Mad Mackerel (plus a few new tunes) that combine to make another perfect mix for those long summer days. Stick these on the iPod, crack a cold one, relax and enjoy! Honeyslide – Drippin Swathed in reverb, bathed in noise and drowned in dreamy vocals. [Click through for free download] … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: June 2013
Being of sound Norwegian stock, we love Scandinavian caviare, and we also love Swedish duo Caviare Days. On The Light Is Breaking, they so effortlessly evoke the golden days of sixties sunshine psychedelia, days of the Mamas & The Papas, Scott McKenzie and Strawberry Alarm Clock, that you’ll have the lava lamp switched on, the incense burning and the kaftan out the wardrobe before you know … Continue reading MM Shorts 402: Caviare Days
Videos this morning include the kaleidoscopic psychedelia of Temples new single Colours To Life, the retro TV spoof of Steel Phantoms and their film for track Curtain Call, some hazy, windswept moves from Golden Animals, and lastly some refreshingly sharp, snappy indie-pop from Manchester’s The Minx with an energetic video to match. . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Temples || Steel Phantoms || Golden Animals || The Minx
Domino Moon is the first single from the upcoming self-titled third LP from Miami’s Jacuzzi Boys, out 10th September via Hardly Art. It is psych-garage pop of the very best kind. Download it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 399: Jacuzzi Boys
Time for a round up of six more excellent bands and their tunes that have been spinning regularly on the MM virtual turntable. First out of the blocks are Manchester’s Temple Songs, a 4 piece outfit smashing out brilliantly crafted psychedelic pop tunes – the kind of tracks that you might stumble across on a carefully selected LA Nuggets compilation and wonder how it is of the … Continue reading Wednesday Means Six Of The Best
Cracking videos today from Deer Tick, the whiskey-drenched folk of Jesse Woods, the menacing buzzsaw punk of the Riverboat Gamblers and the sharp-as-a-tack suited and booted garage rock of The Vitamins. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Deer Tick || Jesse Woods || Riverboat Gamblers || The Vitamins
There is no band out there that writes a better covering e-mail than The Dirty Nil. Each time we’ve posted about them on MM we’ve just nicked the words they’ve sent us because, well because they are so spot on. They now have a new Summer Mixtape out, Volume Two is all covers featuring songs by The Misfits, Iggy Pop, Guided By Voices, and Merle Haggard, … Continue reading The Dirty Nil’s Free Covers EP
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