We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… The fifth selection comes in the shape of London psych-rockers Bonfire Nights and their new video for the groove-laden, stoner jam Easy Touch. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (5) Bonfire Nights
We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… Second off the blocks are fuzzy drone experimentalists Collapsing Scenery with the video for Common Cause, from recently released EP God’s Least Favorite. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (2) Collapsing Scenery
Everyone To The Savage Mansion is the debut ep from Glasgow’s Savage Mansion. It contains four tracks of effervescent power-pop informed by the likes of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and Guided By Voices and is well worth some ear-time. Buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 883: Savage Mansion
It’s a big week of new releases in the Mad Mackerel world – new tunes from Foxygen, Cloud Nothings, the wonderful Traams and Blossoms to name but four. Add to that songs from James McMurtry, Weyes Blood, TOY, and long standing MM faves Trance Farmers and Estrons and we’ve had a bonanza seven days. Nine songs for you. Enjoy. Cloud Nothings – Modern Act Foxygen – America Traams – Slipping … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Psychedelic rockers The Vryll Society have announced the release of their brand new single A Perfect Rhythm via Deltasonic Records. With nods to the likes of Tame Impala and Beach House, as well as similarities to early influences such as The Verve and The Horrors, A Perfect Rhythm is mellower and more pastoral than we’ve previously known from the band – it is an intriguing transition from … Continue reading The Vryll Society – A Perfect Rhythm
The in-box overfloweth with new tunes, videos and music of every variety. Even once we’ve deleted the electro-trance-house-mash-up-rave-bangers and all the shitty remixes there are still far too many good tracks to share with you. Here are ten of them – from baroque pop to slacker indie rock and from pastoral Americana to garage punk. An eclectic digital jukebox and something for anyone with a modicum … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 25)
Many Voices Speak’s debut Away for All Time EP is out on the 28th October. Her version of the classic Rodgers and Hart ballad, Blue Moon is an out-take from the recording sessions for the EP. Melancholic, mournful, and in parts chilling, it is well worth a listen. And check out Video Child from the EP proper as well. Continue reading MM Shorts 882: Many Voices Speak
Dark Stream is the new single from Northern Ireland’s Arborist. Beginning with a stark, quasi-funeral horn it launches in to a haunting and affecting lament, awash with typically gorgeous melodies and arrangements that showcase Mark McCambridge’s rich vocals and thoughtful songwriting. We’ve already shared the six minute ramble of A Man Of My Age and the subtly melancholic I Heard Him Leaving, but this may … Continue reading Arborist Share Dark Stream
We’ve posted about Swedish duo Pale Honey a few times in the past, but they have been pretty quiet for the past eighteen months or so. The pair have oft drawn comparisons to the likes of PJ Harvey and Sleater-Kinney, but there is a lot more to them than mere pale imitation. What is certain is that they have their own breed of nervy, direct, and … Continue reading New From Pale Honey
Following her recent collaboration with Katy Goodman of La Sera on an excellent covers album Take It, It’s Yours, LA singer/songwriter Greta Morgan aka Springtime Carnivore released her own second album Midnight Room last week. It is a record borne of a relationship breakup and subsequent insomnia, and is in equal parts reflective, questioning, tender and heartbreaking. There are echoes of Neko Case and Jenny Lewis, and excursions … Continue reading Springtime Carnivore – Midnight Room
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