Leeds noiseniks Dinosaur Pile-Up have announced the release of Peninsula on limited transparent purple 7″ vinyl backed with a new track, Hanging By A Thread. In anticipation of their biggest ever headline show, the single will be exclusively available at Scala, London on Tuesday February 18th on a strictly first come, first serve basis. . . Continue reading New From Dinosaur Pile-Up
The excellent Crockpot is the first single on Slothrust’s new record, Of Course You Do, which is out on Ba Da Bing! Records this February 18. When a comment on the Soundcloud describes it as a cross between Total Eclipse Of The Heart and Smells Like Teen Spirit it has to be worth a listen doesn’t it? And it is a lot more the latter … Continue reading Introducing >>> Slothrust
Now that the new year is slowly grinding into gear and starting to pick up some momentum, we are starting to see some really tasty new releases being promoted. Here is our pick of a few new tunes from new records that we are really looking forward to… First up, we have another gorgeous track from Marissa Nadler’s new album July, and a live taster of … Continue reading Round-Up Time Already…
The countdown of our one hundred favourite tracks of 2013 continues…today we reach halfway as we bring you 75 down to 51. 75 GRMLN – Summer Days Thrashy, catchy, singalong rock’n’roll with platform shoes and ridiculous flares. Download GRMLN – Summer Days mp3 . 74 Sisters – Clearhead Here are my shoes. See how I gaze at them. It says 2013 on the label, but I’ve gone … Continue reading MAD MACKEREL’S TOP TRACKS OF 2013: 75 – 51
Here is the second part of our mammoth round-up of the best of our downloads from the past three months. The Hunting Party – Bobby Indie-folk reminiscent of smoky backwoods bars, songs of longing, nostalgia, and the uncertainty of both past and future. . The Parson Red Heads – To The Sky Trademark loose, country inflected folk-rock. . The Reference Desk – Try Not/Try To Three-piece … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Months: September, October & November (Part 2)
The brilliant Pontiak will return in January with a new album, Innocence. The title track is available to download now and is just over two minutes of anthemic sonic brilliance channeling classic MC5 riffing, stoned Sabbath grooves and thunderous percusssion. Appropriately enough it is inspired by the experience of a four day hangover from drinking Venezuelan hooch. Sounds like it too. Marvellous. Pre-order from Thrill … Continue reading Pontiak – Innocence
After releasing their excellent debut LP of ferocious, thrash party anthems Bloodstreams last year, Australia’s DZ Deathrays have literally spent the last eighteen months touring the world. Now the duo have offered up the first taste of their forthcoming sophomore LP (scheduled for the first half of 2014) in the form of a crushing new single entitled Northern Lights. Continue reading New From DZ Deathrays
Here is our traditional free Halloween Mix for 2013 – twenty five great tunes and the fourth year we’ve provided a soundtrack for one of the best nights of the year. Download a perfect mix of ghouls, ghosts, spooks, and all manner of assorted monsters…from all genres and the past 40 years. No trick, all treat! Download Gene Vincent – Race With The Devil mp3 … Continue reading Free Halloween Mix 2013
The songs we’ve heard so far from the new Wooden Shjips long player Back To Land have been uniformly excellent. Our favourite grizzly psych-rockers have now offered up the title track for streaming – dive in below. Pre-order the album here (out 11th November). See them live: Mon Dec 9 Brighton Audio Tue Dec 10 London Scala w/ kandodo Wed Dec 11 Leeds Brudenell Social … Continue reading MM Shorts 462: Wooden Shjips
This weekend sees the annual Gathering festival in Oxford – a brilliant event that takes in seven venues around the city and runs from the afternoon into the wee small hours. This year the line up includes such MM luminaries as Local Natives, Drenge, Waxahatchee, Temples, Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs, Pyyramids, Port Isla, Wolf Alice, To Kill A King, Cheatahs and a whole host more. … Continue reading The Gathering – A Playlist
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