Mega Roundup

Having abjectly failed to regain control of our In-box since returning from holiday, we are still working our way through a sackful of new bands, new albums, new singles, new tracks, new demos and everything in-between. So with apologies for the delay in posting some of these, here is one awesome round-up of stuff that has caught our ears, our imagination, or, best of all, … Continue reading Mega Roundup

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2012

  Here we are again – a massive free mix containing the cream of last month’s posts, a couple of new tunes and, all in all, an eclectic set of top quality tunes to kick off the onset of autumn for you. From folk to garage, from country to psychedelia and from originals to covers, there is a multifaceted, multifarious, heterogeneous, assorted miscellaney of delights for … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2012

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Peace

Suicide Squeeze Records is set to release The World Is Too Much With Us, the new LP from Vancouver-based band, Peace. The band’s sound has been described as a “hypnotic thud”, which may owe much to the downpour that keeps Vancouver in wet and darkness for nine months of the year. Yet if Connor Mayer’s bass-lines are crushing and repetitive, then Mike Willock’s manic guitar … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Peace

Introducing >>> Golden Void

Golden Void is a new project of Isaiah Mitchell (Earthless) and Camilla Saufly-Mitchell (Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound), they will release their self-titled debut LP on Thrill Jockey this November. Although the songs drift into moody and dark territories, the prevailing sentiment is optimistic. Golden Void is a record of unpretentious, extremely well crafted, totally addictive rock and roll. Download the brilliant, galloping riffage of The Curve below … Continue reading Introducing >>> Golden Void

MM Shorts 231: Negative Pegasus

Negative Pegasus are a consciousness expanding, hard-psych three-piece from Brighton. The tracks on debut album Looming weave between primordial bone-shakers, stretched-out growls and ethereal retro-pop nuggets. For fans of Oneida, Ex Models and Can. Have a listen to the gnarly riff that just about manages to anchor Psychic Energy. The album was released this week – order from Smalltown America Records here. Continue reading MM Shorts 231: Negative Pegasus

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Black Forest Fire

Some bands have stranger influences than others. Take  for instance, the Austin, Texas trio Black Forest Fire. Among their influences, they cite:
 Enochian Vision Magic, The Transmutation of the Bioluminescent Frequencies from the Base Material of the Sublunar Plane into the Highest Vibrations of the Golden Halo Aura, The Transit of Venus, Flame Geometry, The Eternity of Dispair, Whiskey & Wine, The Psychotronic War for … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Black Forest Fire

More New Releases Rounded Up

New releases are coming thick and fast, and hot on the heels of last week’s Round Up, comes part II – ten more tracks of genre-spanning goodies for you to download and delight in. We kick off with All You Can Eat, a little taste from south Philly art rockers 722, whose new EP, Haunting Me, is set to be released on 31st October. Screaming guitars, classic … Continue reading More New Releases Rounded Up

New From Tweak Bird

It seems to us that Tweak Bird have always been somewhat under appreciated compared with the plaudits heaped upon other bands like White Denim and Tame Impala. Not that those two bands aren’t fully deserving of the acclaim – they are. Its just that we think some of those plaudits and that buzz should be coming the way of this duo from Los Angeles by-the-way-of Southern … Continue reading New From Tweak Bird