As you might expect, December is a quiet month for new releases, especially non-festive ones, but we’ve still managed to come up with a mix of 16 top-notch downloads for you from our monthly postings. As always, we have a couple of new tracks too, and you can also check out our new monthly mix page here, that has every single monthly mix we’ve posted available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2013
Kick back and enjoy this collection of fine musical films from Steady Sun, July Talk, Victory and Steel Cranes. . . . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Steady Sun || July Talk || Victory || Steel Cranes
The Rebel Set have a vintage crash and snarl blended into their music that is reminiscent of guitar heroes from the 1950s like Link Wray and Gene Vincent at the peak of their thunder inducing years and pressure packed with the energy of 1960s garage bands like The Sonics and The Monks. Influenced by his father’s stacks of rock n’ roll vinyl and the lo-fi garage … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Rebel Set
Despite the name, Englishman are a Kentucky based indie-folk three-piece who have recently released an excellent seven track EP titled Unsafe & Sound. It is the follow-up to their self-titled debut of 2010, and is distinguished from the masses by lyrics that are smart, observational and sincere – all backed by lush, warm melodies that effortlessly deliver a heartfelt poignancy that so many strive for, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Englishman
We were pleased to be asked to participate once again in the UK Blog Sound of 2014 – a poll of 59 UK music blogs to highlight some of the best emerging artists, and to provide some alternative thought and debate to the BBC’s Sound of list. We were even more pleased to discover once the votes were counted that one of the three choices we … Continue reading UK Blog Sound of 2014 Results
Dead Heart Bloom recently released their second EP, We Made It, which melds dream pop with ambient folk and indie rock to more than good effect. Buy from their Bandcamp page here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 496: Dead Heart Bloom
Our first videos of 2014 come from Jared & The Mill’s foot-stomping Americana, blues rockers The Dough Rollers, fuzzy folkers Soulmates Never Die (download the EP on a pay-what-you-want deal here) and some gorgeous Scottish dream folk from Quickbeam. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Jared & The Mill || The Dough Rollers || Soulmates Never Die || Quickbeam
Seemed most appropriate for today…this is New Year’s Song, the holiday single from indie rockers The Violet Lights. Continue reading The Violet Lights – New Year’s Song
Very sad indeed to hear the news about Benjamin Curtis. We were big fans of Secret Machines and School of Seven Bells. . . . Download Secret Machines – 1,000 Seconds mp3 (from Ten Silver Drops) Continue reading R.I.P. Benjamin Curtis
Combining reverb-drenched vocal harmonies, soaring underwater noise, floating melodies and meandering guitars with a pulsing groove, Athens, GA-based foursome New Madrid’s sophomore LP, Sunswimmer, will be released February 25 on Normaltown Records. Check out the album’s lead track Manners, a driving dose of buzzsaw guitars, hollowed vocals, and pummelling drums. Continue reading MM Shorts 495: New Madrid
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