together PANGEA have shared a new track, Never Said I Wanna, from their upcoming Dispassionate EP, out on the 31st May. It is breezy, upbeat indie rock that casts a knowing backward glance to the surfing tunes of the 60s. Give it a listen. Continue reading together PANGEA – Never Said I Wanna
Portsmouth based psych aficionados, Is Bliss, have announced the release of their debut album Strange Communication, released on the 7th June via Club AC30. Formed via a shared love of Slowdive, Spacemen 3 and Verve, the band paint a sprawling, reverb filled sonic landscape mixing hypnotic, drug induced reveries with explosive noise, droning instrumentation and plenty of emotional rawness. Listen to an intimate and confessional … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Is Bliss
Field Medic, the moniker of Los Angeles-based folk artist Kevin Patrick, has released the bottle’s my lover, she’s just my friend (possibly our favourite song title of the year so far), from his forthcoming album fade into the dawn that will be released on April 19 via Run For Cover Records. The new album features ten sparse, acoustic tracks that reckon with our perceptions of success … Continue reading Field Medic – New Album and New Single – The Bottle’s My Lover, She’s Just My Friend
Loving these two tracks from Spectator. The band consists of wife and husband duo, Megan Rooney and Jeffrey Albert, who first met in 2006 in Saint Louis, Missouri. After years of playing each other’s songs, they began to cultivate their individual ideas that naturally blended together to form Spectator. Apparently the duo draws comparisons to the dream-pop sensibilities of Mazzy Star and early Tennis, which … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Spectator
San Francisco indie duo The Dodos have shared a new single, The Surface. It is a standalone single that follows the release of their excellent album of last year Certainty Waves. Stream it below. Continue reading New Single from The Dodos
Discovering LIFE at Truck Festival back in 2017 was one of our festival highlights, so much so we went straight out and bought a vinyl copy of their excellent debut long player Popular Music. A follow-up is (thankfully) due for release this year and they’re sharing the biting first single, Moral Fibre, which is out today via Afghan Moon / PIAS, and is available for … Continue reading New Single From LIFE
Following the announcement of their third album, The Ceiling, Birmingham dream-pop group JAWS have shared another single from the record entitled Please Be Kind. Stream it here. The album is out on the 5th April Continue reading New Single From JAWS
Emerging experimental art-rock group Deliluh have announced a brand-new mini LP, Oath of Intent, for release on the 3rd May via Tin Angel (UK/EU) and Telephone Explosion (CA/US). The band have shared the first cut from the record – Freeloader Feast is a gritty, urgent, visceral explosion of a tune. The accompanying video was shot on 16 mm film in a vacant room of the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Deliluh
After 4 years, Mikal Cronin is back with a breezy new garage-pop single. His new 7″ Undertow / Breathe is his first new solo material since 2015 when he released his excellent album MCIII. Stream the A side here and click through to order. Continue reading Mikal Cronin Returns With Undertow Single
T. Hardy Morris -Scare Easy (Mudcrutch cover) Damien Jurado – Throw Me Now Into Your Arms Cate le Bon – Daylight Matters Calexico And Iron & Wine – Father Mountain Wand – Walkie Talkie An Horse – This Is A Song Weyes Blood – Movies Honeyblood – Glimmer The Dream Syndicate – Put Some Miles On Mitski – Let’s Get Married (Bleachers cover) Cherry Pickles … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
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