Wavves new release will be a six song EP titled Life Sux – it is out on the 20th September. This is the rather good first track from it, I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl. Download Wavves – I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl mp3 (from Life Sux EP) Continue reading New EP From Wavves
Despite hailing from Worcestershire, a rural heartland of ours, Something Men bring something altogether more grimy and salacious to the party. Effortlessly channeling early Velvets rumble and the simple, but effective chord sequences of the Kingsmen into a classic garage sound that reveals a knack for authentic and high quality songwriting, the band’s debut single straddles the 60s and the modern-day with equal measures of swagger, verve … Continue reading Introducing…Something Men
The Spills are a 4-piece from Wakefield in the good old north of England, who met at school and bonded over a love of all things noisy and six-stringed. This autumn sees the release of their debut album Occam’s Razor. The album deftly blends youthful rawness with polished guitar pop sensibility ranging between the infectiously hazy glaze-pop of Summer Vibes and Oh Say Do – the darker, atmospheric moments of White Flag … Continue reading Introducing…The Spills
Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band are releasing their debut album – Fuck You! I’m Keith Top Of The Pops. The band were formed by chance during an Art Brut show in New York, when the support act pulled out at the last minute, and Keith and two members of the headline act joined forces to play some of Keith‘s songs. Since then, the band … Continue reading Introducing…Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band
We’ve posted the catchy, uncomplicated indie goodness of Daddy Lion a couple of times in the past. Electric Malaise is a new track, and comes from forthcoming debut full-length Habitat. Download Daddy Lion – Electric Malaise mp3 (from Habitat) Continue reading Daddy Lion’s New Track
September 5th will see the release of a new double A-side from The Victorian English Gentlemens Club latest album Bag Of Meat. The album, released earlier this summer via This Is Fake DIY Records is a brilliant amalgam of visceral art-pop, machine gun guitars, fuzzed up rock and macabre lyrics. The new single is As Jungle Drums Rang Across The Amazon (We Held Our Heads And Screamed) backed … Continue reading New Single From Victorian English Gentlemens Club
Loving this song from Amy LaVere’s new album Stranger Me. a Buy the album from Amazon here. Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Amy LaVere
As anyone with more than a passing acquaintance with this blog will know, we are huge fans of James Jackson Toth, aka Wooden Wand. That is why we were immediate contributors to his recent Kickstarter project to fund latest album Briarwood, recorded with the Briarwood Virgins. While the album is not getting its official release until 7th November (via the wonderful Fire Records), but we … Continue reading New Album From Wooden Wand
With only a month until the release of their new LP, Milwaukee band Blessed Feathers is happy to release the second single from the record, Stinging Nettle, Honeysuckle. Nipping at the heels of the first single, By Song Through The Americas, which centered around Donivan Berube’s sultry baritone as a jubilant kickoff, this track dials things back to focus on the delicate voice and arrangement surrounding … Continue reading New Album From Blessed Feathers
Andrew and Brad Barr have spent the majority of the last decade playing music in The Slip. In 2004, they were playing a club in Montreal when a fire broke out in the venue. They grabbed a few guitars and drums and were able to escape unscathed. A year later, Brad and Andrew were living in Montreal, and Brad’s first apartment shared a wall with classically-trained harpist Sarah … Continue reading Introducing…The Barr Brothers
