Category: Indie

Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mad Mackerel Premiere: Callow’s Philosophy

We are delighted to offer a premiere for Callow’s Philosophy from their forthcoming eight track release Blue Spells (which, by the way, includes our favourite song title of the year so far with closing track, Sex Moans for a Dead Man). Philosophy is a less experimental, a less frenetic, offering than their previous (excellent) single Strange. In fact it is, by some distance, some of the most gorgeously haunting … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Premiere: Callow’s Philosophy

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Now Eagulls Cover The Mekons

Recently we posted Eagulls excellent cover version of the early Killing Joke nihilistic classic Requiem, and now the raucous slacker-punks have taken on another classic tune from the era with the Mekon’s seminal 1978 single Where Were You? With the potential to go horribly wrong, it could have been a dangerous choice, but as with Requiem, the Leeds five piece have absolutely nailed it…they’re rapidly … Continue reading Now Eagulls Cover The Mekons

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Blank Realm Announce New Album

Brisbane quartet Blank Realm will return with a new album, Grassed Inn, in January next year. It follows on from one of our favourite recent releases Go Easy, which we posted a number of tracks from earlier in the year. The new record is catchier, if lyrically darker, and our taster track Falling Down The Stairs has certainly veered away somewhat from the melancholy churn … Continue reading Blank Realm Announce New Album

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

New From Formes

Almost exactly a year ago, we introduced Leeds based psych-rock band Formes as a band to watch. Now a three-piece, they are gearing up for the release of new tune Inside I’ve Flown, which certainly makes good on that early promise – it would appear that the intervening 12 months have not been wasted. It is available as a free download until its official release … Continue reading New From Formes

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Grass House Debut Album

Next Monday will see the release of A Sun Full And Drowning, the debut long-player from long-standing MM faves Grass House. Featuring ten tracks, the album includes new versions of the bands critically acclaimed and sold out singles Spinning As We Turn (one of our favourite tracks of the year), And Now For The Wild and the recent I Was A Streetlight, as well as … Continue reading Grass House Debut Album

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Alternative, Blues, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing >>> Graveyard Lovers

We are pleased to report the spirit of rock ‘n roll is exhumed, drenched in heavy blues riffs, and smeared with earthy grit by Brooklyn trio Graveyard Lovers. On latest release Dreamers, essences of Jack White, The Black Keys and Band of Skulls can be heard, but the whole is closer to a Louisiana-blues-infused grunge-rock for a modern age. Mighty fine it is too – we have three … Continue reading Introducing >>> Graveyard Lovers

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Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic

More From Steady Sun

Back in the Spring we posted about Steady Sun’s lovely blend of gentle psychedelia and pastoral folk. Now they have given us a new track, Garden Path Song, which builds considerably on the promise of their debut album Good Evening. Kicking off with a slow and slightly ominous groove it soon breaks out into something far more infectious taking with it a little reverb, some synths … Continue reading More From Steady Sun

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Alternative, Electronic, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Besnard Lakes || Swearin’ || Forest || Pyyramids

No less than four new videos for you to immerse yourself in this morning. We have Besnard Lakes depicting the life of a man struggling to retain his grip on reality in Colour Yr Lights In and from Swearin’ we have their bedroom rehearsal video for Dust In The Gold Sack. Fuzzy, blissed out indie rockers Forest have released a new video for lead single Coaster … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Besnard Lakes || Swearin’ || Forest || Pyyramids

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Agnes Obel

We have been utterly entranced by Agnes Obel’s session on Radio 6 today. A Danish singer-songwriter possessed of the most affecting and haunting voice, we missed her 2010 debut release Philharmonics completely, and we have only just discovered the follow-up Aventine that was released at the end of September. It is a record conceived for the angels. Strings and piano are much to the fore, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Agnes Obel

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