We’ve kind of missed the boat so far with Okkervil River – for whatever reason we’ve just not fallen for their slightly quirky and densely literate charms. Hopefully that may change with their latest album I Am Very Far, which seems to be picking up uniformly good reviews. First single Wake And Be Fine is typically sinewy in composition but at its heart lays something … Continue reading New from Okkervil River
Cardiff based band The Keys release their first full length album Bitten By Wolves on 2nd May through See Monkey Do Monkey Recordings. Since receiving a copy in the post we have been playing it a lot – an awful lot. It is a record that cleverly mixes 60s inspired psych rock and crunchy guitars with some more modern style jangle pop and some tasty … Continue reading Introducing…The Keys
We meant to post about The Pierces a while ago, and were reminded when we received this new video for their track Glorious – a gothic glam pop-stomper according to Q. a It comes from new album You & I and you can stream a taste of their dark forces below from their Love You More EP. a Visit their MySpace here. Continue reading Glorious Video from The Pierces
The Violet May’s frontman Chris McClure is the chap pictured on the Arctic Monkey’s debut album. He is also the brother of Jon McClure of Reverend & The Makers. Some pedigree then…the Sheffield band formed in early 2009 and self-released their debut, Bright Or Better as a limited edition single in 2010. Now having just returned from a German tour with The Chapman Family, they have been in … Continue reading Introducing…The Violet May
Brontosaurus’ debut LP, Cold Comes To Claim, will be released this spring. This bombastic LP runs the gamut – from sweeping grandeur to math-induced freak-outs. Imagine if you will, two guys who came of age with prog and classical, then transposed that aesthetic into subdued, grainy garage pop. A US tour in support of the album will start this summer during which many arguments about … Continue reading Introducing…Brontosaurus
Other Lives hail from Stillwater, Oklahoma, a small town in the vast open spaces of the mid-West, and for the past sixteen months they have been composing and recording their second album, Tamer Animals. This will get a UK release on the 29th August via Play It Again Sam Records. Underpinning Tamer Animals’ rich palette of sounds is a native dust bowl austerity: a desolate yet epic … Continue reading Introducing…Other Lives
Fizzing garage rock from the album World War Fun through Nice People Records. a Download The Boom Bang – Tobacula mp3 (from World War Fun) Continue reading The Boom Bang’s Tobacula Video
Tomorrow The Morning Birds will release their second album, The Quickening. It is one of those records that has gradually grown and grown on us and is full of lovely harmonies and rich, warm instrumentation that reminds us of duos like She & Him, but is altogether more joyful and uplifting – these two are what we would have once called hippies, and they are all … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Morning Birds
Bright Spark Destroyer offer up shimmering indie pop at its best. Apparently next single The Shortest Distance is about love and mathematics…watch and stream below: a a Visit their MySpace here. Continue reading New Video From Bright Spark Destroyer
Zachary Cale has got in touch a couple of times recently with tracks from a recent 7″ and from his forthcoming album called Noise of Welcome. Sometimes when you get sent a lot of music stuff can slip through the cracks, it’s not much of an excuse, but it is the truth and such is our excuse where Mr Cale is concerned. While at first … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Zachary Cale
