Here is our traditional free Halloween Mix for 2013 – twenty five great tunes and the fourth year we’ve provided a soundtrack for one of the best nights of the year. Download a perfect mix of ghouls, ghosts, spooks, and all manner of assorted monsters…from all genres and the past 40 years. No trick, all treat! Download Gene Vincent – Race With The Devil mp3 … Continue reading Free Halloween Mix 2013
Time to round up a few more of the releases that have tickled our ears from the inbox and round the web. Ali Koehler has hitherto been best known as the drummer of the pop group Best Coast and the noisy girl punk trio Vivian Girls. After her departure from Best Coast, Koehler decided to step up from behind the kit to front a band … Continue reading Rounding Them Up Again
The excellent 60s infused, indie psych-rock duo Coves kick off our videos for Monday with a film for new track Beatings, which is the first single from their forthcoming debut album. We also have the video for Novokaine, the new single from grunge-rockers Nine Black Alps and from the much heralded Wytches comes the video for new single Robe For Juda, which is possibly the surf-doom … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Coves || Nine Black Alps || Wytches || Thespians
Suitably enough, the taster track from San Francisco duo Callow’s forthcoming album Blue Spells is called Strange. For somewhat strange Callow certainly are. It is not the influences so much (ranging from the Velvets to Pink Floyd to Nina Simone to Pavement) as the way they are combined – strong vocals, minimal instrumentals, haunting melodies, sombre tones, and poetic lyrics work perfectly together to create a sense … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Callow
Videos to start the week from Cheatahs and some blurry, blown-out landscapes to accompany the psych-swirl of new single Cut The Grass, and from Indianapolis sisters Lily & Madeleine comes their studio set video for gorgeous single Devil We Know. From Roadkill Ghost Choir we have some stunning cinematography to match the emotional resonance of standout track Beggars Guild from their Quiet Light EP, and lastly the darkly … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cheatahs || LIly & Madeleine || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Pincers
With echoes of PJ Harvey and Kate Bush, Delooze inhabit a theatrical world of haunting, grandiose, dark pop narratives and release their Holler EP on the 28th of Oct. Have a listen to the title track below and pre-order the EP here. Continue reading MM Shorts 454: Delooze
Too many good songs, too little time to do them justice. Accept this offering as the best compromise we can muster, but explore these tunes – they are well worth it – even if we are a bit slow getting some of them to your attention! Kicking us off are indie duo Big Deal and a new single from their much acclaimed album of dark, intoxicating, … Continue reading Monday’s Mega Round-up
Smoke-filled, swinging burlesque blues-trash titled the information accompanying the new release from Java Skull, and that sounds pretty much like musical nirvana to the mackerel shoal. New 10″ vinyl, The Devil’s Looking For You is eight tracks of pure, unadulterated, slow burning, primal, garage blues. Think songs about liars, cheats, loose women, horrible places, lost loves and necessary evils. Think dirty riffs, catchy hooks, and voodoo drums. … Continue reading Smoke-Filled Swinging Burlesque Blues-Trash – Welcome To Java Skull
In July we gave you a couple of tracks from up and coming Brighton four-piece Morning Smoke’s In Euphoria EP which will be released towards the end of this year. Now we have another track from it, and the unstoppable, frantic, twisting guitar riff of Tangerine may well be the best of the bunch so far. Continue reading MM Shorts 447: Morning Smoke
It’s been almost 2 years since Nottingham’s alternative goth-tinged rockers The Death Notes released any new material. However, aside from playing gigs they’ve still been busy writing and recording their second album which is expected in the New Year. Ahead of the album release they have a new single out on the 28th October. Its called Panacea and you can hear it below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 436: The Death Notes
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