Having shared a couple of tracks already from psychedelic garage rockers Ranch Ghost’s just released album Lookin, here is another in the shape of Bleu. It is a potent Southern backwater concoction, with elements of 60s and 70s psychedelia and a chugging Velvets undertone. Spin it here. Continue reading Ranch Ghost – Bleu
Here is this week’s round up of new tunes. We have nine tracks for you from the kaleidoscopic pop of Ezra Furman to the fuzzy shambling pop of Fireworks by way of the infectious hooks of Dogbreth and the Mercury Rev inspired psych of Avers. Enjoy. Cass McCombs – Run Sister Run Ezra Furman – Teddy I’m Ready Tacocat – I Live For The Sun (Sunrays … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Green Glass Room, the debut LP from Seattle trio VATS was officially released yesterday on End of Time Records. We discovered it by happy accident after our Soundcloud meanderings led us to this track Melting Culture following our posting of the new Three Dimensional Tanx track yesterday. It is a brilliantly propulsive slab of bristling post-punk with a pneumatic riff that recalls Killing Joke in their pomp. Stream / download … Continue reading VATS – Melting Culture
Rock ‘n roll four-piece, GANGS, were born out of the dregs at the bottom of a double Jack and Coke, the band came together in the shadowy underbelly of Glasgow during its cold winter months. Now they are unleashing their pounding sound upon us with the release of their single, Thieves, due for release on 22nd July via Smooth Action Records. Have a listen… Continue reading MM Shorts 855: GANGS
Electric Soul Unity is Happy Diving’s fourth record in less than three years, and showcases the band taking their noisy lo-fi indie rock to ever greater heights. Taking their cues from luminaries such as Japandroids or Dinosaur Jr, their characteristic thick fuzz is coupled with tender melodies, a yin-yang of scorching in-your-face rippers and contagious hook-laden singalongs. Check out the aggressive driving force of lead single Holy Ground below. The … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Happy Diving
Jamie T is back with a cracking new single. Tinfoil Boy is a tense, angst-ridden rocker which erupts into a dark, anthemic chorus. It is the first track since 2014’s brilliant comeback album Carry On The Grudge. Listen below. Continue reading New Single From Jamie T
Having announced her third studio album My Woman – out on September 2nd via Jagjaguwar – Angel Olsen has shared the video for excellent new single Shut Up Kiss Me. Directed by Olsen herself, the video encapsulates everything that’s captivating about her and her music – fiery, yet beguilingly playful, whilst the song itself has a nervy, grungy quality to it with an edge of desperation. … Continue reading New Video: Angel Olsen – Shut Up Kiss Me
The charmingly named New Jersey trio Vomitface have announced details of their debut album, Hooray For Me, which sees a release on the 26th August. The album is chock full full of sharp, deceptively catchy songs, each delivered with a self deprecating smirk – you can check out the booming drums and buzzsaw guitars of the first single Senior Pictures below. Continue reading New From Vomitface
Well, on this gloomiest of weeks a little ray of sunshine perhaps with some new music gathered up from the best of the last seven days (oh the irony). So while Johnson and Gove revel in the toxic slime of their own making and the Labour Party implodes, hit play on nine new songs from the likes of Devendra Banhart, ShitKid, Wymond Miles, The Wind-Up Birds and covers … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Today is a sad day. A day I am sad to say I feel embarrassed to be “English”. A day I feel impotent rage at the Tory party’s supreme arrogance that constant austerity measures and cuts after cuts after cuts aimed at the poorest and the weakest wouldn’t leave people feeling ever more disenfranchised and disconnected from the world. A day I feel impotent rage … Continue reading WTF!
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