Pretty confident we’ve given you a hat-trick of great posts and songs now. After the skewed, unsettling brilliance of Lower Dens and the promise of newbies Rare Grooves comes the downright catchy, 60s inspired, garage-psych of The Fungi Girls (who you won’t be surprised to learn are an all boy trio from Texas). We first became aware of them last year with promising debut album Seafaring … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Fungi Girls
Tuesday next week will see the release of Twin-Hand Movement, the debut album by Lower Dens. It is the new vehicle for the renowned, but as yet relatively unknown, Jana Hunter. Weirdly beautiful, it is throbbing, insistent drone-pop on the one hand and haunting, ghostly freak-folk on the other. It brilliantly mixes styles and approaches in a way that is accessible, surprising and despite some … Continue reading Mad Mackerel (thoroughly) Recommends…Lower Dens
Last month we posted a couple of excellent tracks by The Vitamin Sees, now Stuart from the band has been in touch with this offering from another band he is involved in called Viva Stereo. Knee High Boots comes from the bands fourth long player, Roar Lion Roar and while it doesn’t quite have the recurring visceral impact of The Vitamin Sees it still packs … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Viva Stereo
We’ve come across a number of excellent freebies recently and thought we ought to share some with you. First up, top record label Suburban Home have been releasing a series of excellent mix cds for a while now, which this time (volume 5) they have made available as a completely free download. Containing 30 tracks from bands old and new – Townes Van Zandt through … Continue reading Some Great Free Stuff
Big Blood are entirely new to us, although they have released a handful of CD-Rs (see Dontrustheruin here), Dead Songs is apparently their first CD and vinyl release proper. The only track we’ve heard is this one, e-mailed through to us from a source we can’t quite identify, but whoever you are, we’re most grateful. Lay Your Head On The Rails II comes across like … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Big Blood
Devotionals is the new solo project by Tyson Vogel of Two Gallants, a band that MM likes an awful lot. His self-titled full-length debut reached stores a couple of days ago in CD, digital and limited edition vinyl formats through Alive Records. Devotionals music is based around Tyson’s guitar compositions, with Anton Patzner invigorating the musical space with his violin mastery, and they are joined … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Devotionals
Our friend Scottish Kate is back with a new post and a new discovery. I’m not big on winsome troubadours. Odds and sods, here and there, mostly, sometimes, but not always, picked up from Mr and Mrs M. But what I like most about music is its ability to surprise, for an artist or track to come out of leftfield and grab you. Which is … Continue reading Introducing…Simon Lynge
We were asked to ‘guest edit’ for the rather marvellous Track of The Day website a little while ago, and the results are up today. Track of The Day offer a free download of new music every day, and it covers all genres, new, old, signed and unsigned. You can sign up via e-mail to get a daily reminder and summary of what’s on offer … Continue reading MM Guest Edits on Track of The Day
You can get the full story here at Song By Toad, but basically they’re encouraging you to donate the price of a pint (or whatever you feel like really) to help save Phil from Meursault having to sell his guitar. For those who don’t know, Meursault are a superb band and the chap needs his guitar… Visit their MySpace here. Download Meursault – Crank Resolutions … Continue reading Help buy Phil’s Guitar…
The latest monthly sampler from Insound is now available. It is a collaboration with NYC’s Seaport Music promoting their free summer shows. The mix features Avi Buffalo, Best Coast, Bear In Heaven, Zola Jesus, Woven Bones and plenty more besides. In other words, the usual good stuff. And all for free if you sign up with an e-mail address. As always, only available for a … Continue reading Latest Free Insound Sampler Available
