We have had a taste already from the Young Knives forthcoming album Sick Octave, which sees a release on November 4th following a successful Kickstarter campaign. Here is another, and Something Awful would seem to confirm that the three piece have gleefully taken a sharp left to deliver something darker and more industrial than anything they have done before. The band say of the song, “Something … Continue reading New Young Knives Track
Brooklyn’s Graveyard Kids are back with a new single and keeping the garage rock theme going of the day. While not as visceral as our earlier Oil Boom post, this track Jor G is equally good – just over two minutes of jerky, insistent garage pop that descends into musical chaos about half-way through before recovering only to collapse in on itself again at the end. Download … Continue reading New Graveyard Kids Single
Loving this track from Oil Boom, 45 Revolutions Per Minute is a full-on, high octane garage rocker in the vein of the Hives or the Vines. This is primal rock’n’roll just the way we like it – loud, fast and furious. Buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 438: Oil Boom
Cold Blooded is the first taste from Knives and Teeth, the third long player from American Babies. Embedded at the rockier end of classic Americana, Cold Blooded is powerful and uncompromising yet steeped in uncertainty as frontman Tom Hamilton offers such biting assertions as: “When I mean so much to you, doesn’t hold for me it’s true” Watch the stop motion video or stream it … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> American Babies
So we have 200+ songs marked for potential posting sat patiently waiting in our in-box, and a whole host more diligently collected from the nooks and crannies of the web. Time then for a round-up of some of the most deserving of your ears. Without further ado, lets set out our stall with Aussie troubadour Owls of the Swamp’s beautiful and sweetly sorrowful Happiness Is A Sad … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Rounds ‘Em Up
Our videos of the day are Pond’s ethereal, mind expanding O Dharma, the classic roots rock of Semi Twang’s Dark Out, Dancing Years’ poignant and melancholic Here’s To My Old Friends, and the stunning, haunted Tumbleweeds from Jesse Woods. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Pond || Semi Twang || Dancing Years || Jesse Woods
We’ve been fans of Detroit’s Dirtbombs since we first came across their two excellent albums released at the start of the millennium, Ultraglide In Black and Dangerous Magical Noise. Unconventional garage punks, equally at home mixing in soul, R&B and surf-pop as they are covering techno classics, their latest album is Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey. And as if the title didn’t give it away, this time they are … Continue reading New Dirtbombs Album
Dundee based alternative rockers, Scary People have announced the release of their debut EP, Smoke, out via RedRoom Recordings on September 23rd. To mark the event the band are giving away the track Dreams of Gold – a song energetically laden with time changes and bound by glorious hooks, but anchored by thumping, driven drum beats, soaring guitar passages and heady distorted vocals. Listen/download it below. Continue reading Debut EP From Scary People
Here (better late than never) are our favourite download picks from our August posts, together with a few new tunes. Altogether a genre-busting mix of nearly 20 great songs. Dive in! Spook Houses – Living The Dream Tempo-shifting, slacker pop. . The Great American Canyon Band – Lost At Sea Gorgeous, rural folk-pop. . Vikesh Kapoor – I Dreamt Blues A narrative about endless work … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2013
Danish trio Roxy Jules revolve around distorted guitars, pounding drums, an eerie theremin and beautiful vocals. Think Hope Sandoval fronting the Jesus & Mary Chain – fragile, noisy, confrontational, and captivating. Listen to outstanding new single Lillies of the Valley. Continue reading MM Shorts 437: Roxy Jules
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