Category: Music

Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

New Albums Released From Wooden Wand And From Mathew Sawyer

Today is a proverbial red letter day in Mad Mackerel terms as it sees the official US release date for new albums from two of our favourite artists. From our side of the pond we have Sleep Dreamt a Brother, the new album from musician and artist Mathew Sawyer, out on Fire Records. The majority of the album was written and recorded following the loss of three friends … Continue reading New Albums Released From Wooden Wand And From Mathew Sawyer

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Alternative, Music, Punk, Rock

New Single From Screaming Females

The ever wonderful Screaming Females are back with Ancient Civilization, from their split 7″ with Wisconsin’s Tenement, out now on Recess Records. Setting off like a Ennio Morricone bad acid trip, the track bursts into bleakly nihilistic life about 30 seconds in and then carries you through another five minutes of savage, uncompromising brittle punk rock. Marvellous. Buy it from the label here, and pick … Continue reading New Single From Screaming Females

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Alternative, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Coves || Nine Black Alps || Wytches || Thespians

The excellent 60s infused, indie psych-rock duo Coves kick off our videos for Monday with a film for new track Beatings, which is the first single from their forthcoming debut album. We also have the video for Novokaine, the new single from grunge-rockers Nine Black Alps and from the much heralded Wytches comes the video for new single Robe For Juda, which is possibly the surf-doom … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Coves || Nine Black Alps || Wytches || Thespians

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Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Music

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Woody Pines

We’re loving our belated discovery of Woody Pines and latest album Rabbits Motel, which is a charming and old fashioned throwback to the days of riding the rails, jumping boxcars and sleeping beneath the stars and all with echoes of Woody namesake Guthrie (of course). These are tracks of classic, ramblin’ country blues, where songs are filled with characters fighting to climb up or sliding … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Woody Pines

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Alternative, Music, Punk, Rock

MM Shorts 457: New EP From Radkey

We were very taken with Radkey on Later With Jools Holland a couple of weeks ago and the punked-up brothers from America’s mid-West will release their second EP, Devil Fruit on the 14th October. Listen to the excellent Little Man from it below, and try and catch them on the tail end of their UK tour (dates below too). October Tour Dates 14th Portland Arms, Cambridge … Continue reading MM Shorts 457: New EP From Radkey

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Joe Pug & Vandaveer Covers

Well, seeing as our last posts were covers by Eagulls and Shearwater, and seeing as they say good things come in threes, here is long standing favourite of our blog, Joe Pug covering another long standing favourite of our blog, Vandaveer and vice versa. It comes courtesy of the excellent I Am Fuel, You Are Friends blog. The two are touring together throughout October and … Continue reading Joe Pug & Vandaveer Covers

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Alternative, Electronic, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

More From Shearwater

It seems to be a day for covers! Following on from the Eagulls taking on Killing Joke, you can now download Fucked Up Life, the second single from Shearwater’s Fellow Travelers album, a new collection of reinventions and collaborations with artists they’ve toured with over the years. Fucked Up Life is Shearwater’s rendering of the song written by beloved Denton, TX band (and labelmates) The Baptist … Continue reading More From Shearwater

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Eagulls Cover Killing Joke

We love spiky down-to-earth punks Eagulls. And we used to love Killing Joke. And we certainly loved their apocalyptic single Requiem when it came out way back in 1980. And now you can have Eagulls rather natty take on the aforesaid, doom laden classic. Altogether now: Man watching city fall The clock keeps on ticking He doesn’t know why He’s just cattle for slaughter [Or download via Rolling … Continue reading Eagulls Cover Killing Joke

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