New Single From Wet Nuns

Wet Nuns are a hedonistic hardcore junkyard punk duo who deal in the kind of ferocious riffing and vocals that sound as if they’ve been forcibly extracted from the bowels of hell. As you might expect, they sing songs about “women, death and beer“, and mighty good songs they are too with recent single Throttle proving especially good for scaring OAPs and the like. Their … Continue reading New Single From Wet Nuns

Wednesday Means Six of the Best

Here are six crackerjack new tunes for you. No messing – everyone a winner! Kicking us off in fine style are the reverb loving, fuzzed up, drone psych specialists Moon Duo with Sleepwalker from the upcoming Circles long player, and the Wavves contribution to the Adult Swim Singles Programme, Hippies Is Punks. We have some stunning, woozy, heroin-pop brilliance in the shape of the Lollipops, which comes from … Continue reading Wednesday Means Six of the Best

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ghost Wave

Ghost Wave is a rock ‘n roll band from Auckland, New Zealand. Inspired by skate vids, persian rugs and the music of Little Richard. 2012 will see the release of an eponymous EP on August 21st, via +1 Records. A debut full-length is slated for release in 2013. Well, so far so good. What that doesn’t tell you is what a damn fine band Ghost … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ghost Wave

New Album From Buffalo Killers

We were big fans of Buffalo Killers album 3 released last year and the follow up, Dig. Sow. Love. Grow. will be released on 7th August and promises to be just as an intoxicating mix of ferocious blues psychedelia and good old fashioned rock and roll as its predecessor. But there are some nostalgic echoes of Laurel Canyon and 60s hippiedom too, which provide some … Continue reading New Album From Buffalo Killers

No Direction Home Festival: A Review

No Direction Home Festival  ||  Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire  ||  8-10 June 2012 The omens were not good for the inaugural No Direction Home music festival, setting out in heavy rain that only got heavier as the traffic got slower the further north I went. However, despite the slate grey skies and constant brake lights of the M1, a journey of over 5 hours was rewarded … Continue reading No Direction Home Festival: A Review