Category: Indie

Alternative, Americana, Country, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Third Sound

Since forming in 2010, The Third Sound have enjoyed significant support from none other than Anton Newcombe including an album released on his label ‘a Recordings’ and supporting The Brian Jonestown Massacre in Europe. Most recently the group has shared members with Newcombe and Tess Parks’ band, which has led to this collaboration. Featuring the aforesaid Tess Parks on vocals, the single You Are Not Here echoes the baggy … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Third Sound

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Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> exmagician

We’re loving this track, Job Done, with its heady mix of guitars meeting synths and spiraling threads of psychedelia. It comes from Belfast duo exmagician, and is taken from their upcoming debut album Scan The Blue, due March 25th on Bella Union. Listen to the hazy crush of infectious strummed guitars, distorted garage wig out and propulsive non-stop percussion below. Marvellous. Dive in.   Continue reading Introducing >>> exmagician

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Post Punk, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This/Last Week

We’re a bit late to the party this weekend with our round-up of the best of the new releases of the past seven days. No matter – consider it a nice late finish to Sunday or a nice new start to the new week. Courtney Barnett – Three Packs A Day Woods – Sun City Creeps Soft Fangs – Birthday Matthew And The Atlas – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This/Last Week

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Americana, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

New Album From Shearwater

Long standing MM faves Shearwater will return with a new album, Jet Plane and Oxbow later this month (out on the 22nd), and by all accounts it is their biggest and their loudest yet. Stream Only Child below. Remind yourself of Quiet Americans the excellent first taste from the album here.   Catch them live: Feb. 17 – London – Islington Assembly Hall Feb. 18 – … Continue reading New Album From Shearwater

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 100 – Sonder Saloon

And so we reach the end of our marathon 100 songs posted every hour for the past four and one sixth days. We finish with the lovely pastoral folk sounds of trio Sonder Saloon who, after a month in a secluded cabin in the Utah mountains, were able to conjure up the sounds found in their debut EP. Their influences include Fleet Foxes, Wilco, Beach … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 100 – Sonder Saloon

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 97 – Andrew Adkins

The new album by Andrew Adkins, Glass Castles is a collection of thirteen new songs steeped in a varied mixture of Americana, blues, country with some shades of folk-rock. Unique melodies with compelling and provocative lyrics guide the listener in a soft yet edgy manner through stories of ghost towns, coal mines, self-doubt/self-worth, smokey bars and the precariously reckless side of love. Listen to the … Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 97 – Andrew Adkins

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Alternative, Blues, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

100 Songs In 100 Hours: 96 – Hey Bulldog

Hey Bulldog are a three piece psychedelic blues rock band from Manchester and recently released their excellent single Under My Spell. Stream it here, a high octane, no holds barred psych-rocker that will strip the paint from the walls.   100 Posts in 100 Hours is a series rounding up the best of our inbox from the tail end of 2015. Continue reading 100 Songs In 100 Hours: 96 – Hey Bulldog

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