We’ve long been admirers of Gaoler’s Daughter and they have returned with a cracking new single, St Peter, which is released on the 2nd October. This time the band have upped the tempo and delivered a song that is more urgent and direct, charging ahead on a clatter of percussion and guitars before settling into a groove that recalls the halycon days of prime Echo & The Bunnymen. The … Continue reading New Single From Gaoler’s Daughter
A few videos worth checking out. From the twangy beach rock of MM faves Two Wounded Birds to the indie eccentricities of Peter Kernel, there is plenty to enjoy! a Download The Parson Red Heads – Burning Up The Sky mp3 (from Yearling) a a Download Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Teenage Tide mp3 (from Paper Crush) a a Download Girls – Vomit mp3 (from Father, Son, Holy … Continue reading Video Round Up
The Around Town Collective is releasing new single, Limbs In A Fight by Zach Zeller (of Harlowe & The Great North Woods, Soft Crest). Zeller is releasing singles, rather than a conventional album this time around after his last solo record, From Here To There was released in 2009. He joined and recorded with Harlowe & The Great North Woods for their first self-titled EP … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Zach Zeller
Grass House were one of our favourite new discoveries of 2010, their combination of brooding indie rock with folk tinged gothic undertones created a sound that was both instantly recognisable and pleasingly original. Their brilliant double-A side single Faun b/w The Breeze is released on 17th October on Holiday Club Recordings. The release is the band’s third single, following Lazy Bones in late 2010 and, … Continue reading New Single From Grass House
The Minks debut album more than tipped its hat to The Cure and the golden age of 80s UK indie. Araby is their new single and the influences are still apparent in this endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Buy from Captured Tracks. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Continue reading MM Shorts 3: The Minks
Here are a few tasty covers that are worth more than a moment or two of your time. We have MM faves Deer Tick taking on ZZ Top’s Cheap Sunglasses, Asobi Seksu’s hazy version of the Walkmen’s Little House of Savages and lastly rising folk troubadour James Vincent McMorrow who has covered Chris Isaak’s classic Wicked Game. Download Deer Tick – Cheap Sunglasses mp3 (ZZ Top … Continue reading Some Tasty Covers
It’s been an unfortunate week on the domestic front. Water continues to leak. Holes have been dug. In the right place and deep enough, who knows? If it carries on much longer I may jump in too. I wish Colin from Thames Water would understand that I simply don’t understand the mechanics and really have no desire to do the wrong thing. And football. I … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (30th September)
Gospel Music are purveyors of fine, lo-fi indie pop in the vein of Jonathan Richman or the Magnetic Fields. The excellent This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us comes from forthcoming album How To Get To Heaven From Jacksonville, FL. Order from Kill Rock Stars. Download Gospel Music – This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us mp3 (from How To Get To Heaven … Continue reading MM Shorts 2: Going Gospel
The Animal Of Choice is a new track from The Daredevil Christopher Wright. It comes from their new, recently released EP, The Longsuffering Song and is six minutes of folk goodness that travels from a gentle acoustic start to a full-on stomp and then back again, and all the while offering up lyrics like these: “Wooly and wild, everyone that I meet thinks I’m lovable. … Continue reading New From The Daredevil Christopher Wright
Really enjoying the new single of fuzzed out garage goodness from Bleached. You Take Time is the ultra-catchy b-side to their Carter 7″. Vinyl available from Art Fag Records. Download Bleached – You Take Time mp3 (from Carter 7″) Continue reading MM Shorts 1: Bleached Take Time
