Drawing on the ramshackle melodies of the Lemonheads, the lo-fi drawl of Pavement and some of the self-deprecating humour of Art Brut, throw in some Velvet’s chug and Stooges sonics and you have a reasonable approximation of Scott & Charlene’s Wedding. We’ve known about the band for a while, but it has been since the relocation to New York from Melbourne and the reissue of the … Continue reading Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – New Single & Album
Having first been been fascinated by the seven minute melancholic churn and burn of Blank Realm’s Cleaning Up My Mess, then charmed by the scuzzy guitars and 90s slacker indie of second track (and album title) Go Easy, we have now been left grinning like maniacs after listening to the utterly seductive, completely irresistible, and totally infectious Working On Love. It pairs an increasingly frantic and frazzled … Continue reading A Third Track From Blank Realm…
Here is another collection of fifteen top tunes lovingly collected and filtered for your listening pleasure. So gather round and invest some time in these – a veritable aural treasure trove of tracks. First up is another track of swaggering blues rock and roll in the shape of New York Avenue from the Delta Routine’s recently released album, Cigarettes And Caffeine Nightmares. . In a … Continue reading Roll Up, Roll Up: Round Up Time Again
How we missed this in our in-box (from way back in March) is beyond us, but miss it we did. We need to right that wrong! Black Manila have featured a few times on MM with their blend of classic west coast garage riffs, Detroit proto-punk and British charm, that combined makes a heady and compelling marriage. To celebrate the recent release of their debut … Continue reading Better Late Than Never – Black Manila Offer Up Free Download
The brilliantly weird Americana of the Handsome Family has long been a fave at MM and new album Wilderness is awaited here with much eagerness. For now, enjoy the video for Woodpecker about the famous 1890s Wisconsin window smasher Mary Sweeney (pre-order the album here) and stream a second album track in the shape of Caterpillars. We’ve already posted a couple of times about Dead Confederate … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Handsome Family || Dead Confederate || Jonny Fritz || Foxygen
There has been a little burst of free samplers and downloads hit the web recently and some are very much worth a few moments of your time to check out and get hold of – after all what is there to lose apart from your e-mail privacy? First up is the brilliant Garage Swim compilation, curated under Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records label. It consists of … Continue reading Some Free Stuff You Need
A four-piece, hailing from Windsor, Vermont, Carton are noisemakers par excellence, navigating the tumbling rapids of garage rock and psychedelia with aplomb whilst retaining a presence in the murky backwaters of drone rock. Their latest release is the six track Sunburst EP and in July they will follow up with a split 7″ release from Negative Fun Records, with Carton’s tune Fingertips, alongside a track from … Continue reading MM Shorts 371: Carton
Over the past 12 months or so, The Orwells have been gererating quite a buzz for themselves in the blog-o-sphere (and wider) with their frenetic blending of garage rock with a healthy dose of punk swagger and attitude. The next release, an EP titled Other Voices, will see the light of day on the 25th June via East End/Canvasback and here in the UK via East … Continue reading New EP From The Orwells
Musical films today in the shape of a hazy, tripped out offering from The Away Days, some brilliant dirty blues rock from The Detroit Rebellion, and an incendiary live performance from Paradise who continue to single-handedly keep the sixties mod revival going in Portland, Oregon. Finally, take a sepia tinged road trip for the indie folk of Green Apple Sea. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Away Days || The Detroit Rebellion || Paradise || Green Apple Sea
Better late than never, here is our monthly round-up of the best of our April downloads together with a handful of brand new tracks. More than twenty songs especially prepared for you to put together an eclectic and appealing mix to impress all your friends and bore your boring work colleagues. Enjoy! Wild Wild Wets – Criminal Blue Tripped out, freaked out, psych pop. . Hey … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: April 2013
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