Baltimore’s The Flying Eyes represent the heavy end of the psych rock spectrum, and do it rather well! Done So Wrong is the second long player by the band. Their self titled debut album was celebrated as one of the best 70s sounding pieces since the Doors. On the new record, The Flying Eyes have continued to develop and intensify their own sound. The ten … Continue reading Introducing…The Flying Eyes
Transmalinnia is the name of the debut album from The Lumerians. For anyone not familiar with them, they tick the same boxes that you expect Wooden Shjips, Black Angels, and The Warlocks to tick – that being, obviously, the tick box for the more psychedelic end of the spectrum Theirs is an alien landscape populated by synthesisers, tribal drums, futuristic guitar swirls and all cloaked … Continue reading Debut Album from the Lumerians
Here we are again. A mix of the best tracks we posted in February and a few new ones too. Twenty seven cracking songs to immerse yourself in! Download O’Death – Bugs mp3 (from Outside) Echoes of their ramshackle and punkish best, but this time it is cocooned in something more subtle and thoughtful too. Download The Whalers – That Rabbit mp3 (from How The Ship Goes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: February
We first became aware of the marvellously named Slug Guts via the last Insound monthly mix and a top tune titled Town Tied. Slug Guts hail from the barren, heat stricken confines of Brisbane, Australia, apparently a town as desolate as it is depressing and suburban. In the first four months of the band, Slug Guts recorded their first LP Down on the Meat, and … Continue reading Introducing…Slug Guts
Moon Duo have finally released details of their debut album titled Mazes. It will be out on the 18th April on Souterrain Transmissions. We have the title track for you here, and this record is a must for any fans of psychedelia, drone-rock, stoner riffage or anything similar. Featuring the not inconsiderable talents of Sanae Yamada and Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson it promises to be … Continue reading Moon Duo Announce Debut LP
Here at MM we share, chat, argue, bury and praise music on a pretty regular basis…like daily. So throughout the year, the Mackerel crew (Mrs Mackerel, Barry-Sean, Christy-Popper, Dr Roddy, Polly Pocket, Starbar, MM and others) keep their own ever-changing top tens ready for publication at the climax of the festive season. So here are MM’s ten favourite tunes from 2010 – no claims on … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s 2010 Top Ten Series: No 7, Mad Mackerel
Here at MM we share, chat, argue, bury and praise music on a pretty regular basis…like daily. So throughout the year, the Mackerel crew (Mrs Mackerel, Barry-Sean, Christy-Popper, Dr Roddy, Polly Pocket, Starbar, MM and others) keep their own ever-changing top tens ready for publication at the climax of the festive season. Following Polly Pocket’s submission yesterday, today is Starbar’s debut top ten. Enjoy! 10 … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s 2010 Top Ten Series: No 2, Starbar
So after much deliberation, head scratching, discussion, and more head scratching, we have MM’s favourite albums of 2010. And we choose our words very carefully here, because we would not presume them to be the best, only those that have given us the most pleasure and enjoyment, records that we have returned to again and again, and for whatever reason have captured a moment or … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums of the Year
Like Iowa from our earlier post today, My Disco hail from Melbourne. Like Iowa, My Disco like to shred their sound into a dark, pummelling tribal noise. There is certainly no nod to the glitter balls, falsetto vocals or anything else we would associate with disco…. Their new album (their third) Little Joy will get a worldwide release early in 2011, and the tracks we’ve … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…My Disco
The chief export of Leeds’ Whole Sky Monitor is sonic shock. Their latest effort, Twisted Little Piggies, released at the start of November, is a brilliantly discordant and vaguely political body of energetic (and possibly upsetting) rock and roll blasts that smokes and sweats bullets. They boldly come wearing influences such as The Fall, Wire and The Wedding Present on their sleeves, and replete with … Continue reading Introducing…Whole Sky Monitor
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