These United States will be releasing their new album (and their fourth in little more than two and a half years) on July 20. Titled What Lasts, the early advance track, The Great River, is another example of their top-notch country rock and songwriting chops. Perhaps this time a little edgier and a little darker? Visit their MySpace here. Download These United States – The … Continue reading New from These United States
One of MM’s favourite labels, Woodsist, release a compilation on 20th July called Welcome Home Diggin’ the Universe: A Woodsist Compilation. It will only be available on LP and cassette only, without seemingly a download option, and will feature new tracks from many of the top notch acts on their roster including The Woods, Ducktails, Alex Bleeker, The Fresh & Onlys, Moon Duo, and others. Bar … Continue reading New Woodsist Compilation Looks Good
Von Haze play a dark-tinged, sultry psychedelia that has echoes of the goth giants of yesteryear such as The Cure, but also has its feet planted firmly in the current, also calling to mind indie darlings such as XX. Swirling, gloomy synths, staccato drum beats and minimal downbeat vocals are all married together to create an atmosphere of foreboding and drug-induced fatalism. Rather like the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Von Haze
From Belfast, Girls Names could perhaps be considered as the UK’s spirited answer to all those surf-rock, lo-fi garage obsessed bands from the US that are proving so popular at the moment. But let’s not kid ourselves – that is some stiff competition to live up to and thankfully with their four track self titled EP from Captured Tracks they’ve more than risen to the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Girls Names
At the beginning of this month we posted the excellent b-side to the new single from The Cloud Nothings. The single Didn’t You is out today on Old Flame and now you can get that too with a simple click of your mouse below. It’s a cleaner sound, but still packed full of hooks and shot through with that punk arrogance that we like so … Continue reading Cloud Nothings New Single
This year, one of MM’s fave labels, Young & Lost Club have put out a whopping fifty singles. They are celebrating by whittling thirty four of them down to a compilation of the greatest hits and misses! And it is a cracker. The compilation includes Noah & The Whale, Vincent Vincent and the Villains, Larrikin Love, Johnny Flynn, Bombay Bicycle Club and many, many more bands that have gone … Continue reading Free Mixtape from Young & Lost Club
Perfume Genius is the adopted moniker of Seattle singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas. His debut album Learning came out via Matador Records on Monday, and is one of those unsettling, bruised records that stays in the mind long, long after you have finished listening. Fragile, whispered lyrics and a muffled, lo-fi hiss create an intimacy that is almost painful, but at the same time totally absorbing and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Perfume Genius
One suspects The Crocodiles have had the Echo & The Bunnymen manual out for this, their new single, Sleep Forever. In fact Barry-Sean from the office (and a great E&TB fan/expert/obsessive) was suitably moved to observe that everything right down to the vocal phrasing seemed deliberately Bunnyesque. However, as he also observed, this is no bad thing – especially when they also manage to bring … Continue reading New from The Crocodiles
The Local Natives have made a what seems to be a pretty big breakthrough with their debut album Gorilla Manor, deservedly picking up universal acclaim from critics (and fans) on both sides of the Atlantic. Now as part of what looks like a most promising Aquarium Drunkard digital compilation titled L’Aventure (which is a tribute to the 1978 Television album Adventure), they have covered the track Careful. … Continue reading Local Natives Cover Television for Aquarium Drunkard
Coasting is a Brooklyn duo (Madison & Fiona) that are starting to generate quite a bit of interest amongst the indie-cool and even the not-so-cool like us. We first heard them via the Friendship Bracelet series and now they have a debut triple A sided 7″ available via M’Lady’s Records. Part lo-fi garage, part sweet harmonies and part early 80s New Wave, check out Kids … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Coasting
