The Reverberation Appreciation Society, the label arm of Austin Psych Fest, will release the new Night Beats record, Sonic Bloom on September 24, as a co-release with Burger Records. A first taste of what to expect comes in the shape of Outta Mind, a reverb laden slab of psych-rock with echoes of blues and soul and a healthy nod to the mind-bending sonics of the … Continue reading New Night Beats Album
A welcome second taste from Deer Tick’s forthcoming new album Negativity. This new single is The Dream’s In The Ditch, a resigned, mid-tempo rock song that speaks to the rigours and travails of relentless touring. Listen below. Continue reading New Track From Deer Tick
The Cigarette Bums are described as “a Dylan-meets-Daniel Johnston–meets-Replacements-meets-Beefheart smash-up”, which, upon a couple of spins of debut single Rude Dude would seem as accurate as anything we might have come up with. Less frenzied or raw than you might expect, there is nothing sloppy about these fellas and real, honest-to-goodness songwriting chops are hard at work here. It channels its undeniable energy into delivering … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Cigarette Bums
Danish three-piece Boho Dancer have announced the 2nd September as the release date of their debut album Gemini. Ahead of the album they are offering this debut UK single, Bohemian Child, for free download. Boho Dancer immerse themselves into an organic form of eccentric, indie folk, with a distinctive vagabond style, where naïve and optimistic feelings are contrasted against a backdrop of darker gothic tones. Enchanting … Continue reading Introducing >>> Boho Dancer
London three-piece Flowers release their first single on Fortuna POP! next month. Despite only having formed last year, they are already an enticing blend of fuzzed-up wall-of-sound noise and jangly indie pop, but somehow they have also managed to come up with the stark, minimalist genius of Stuck, one of three songs on the single, and played on a single-string bass with just a plaintively beautiful vocal … Continue reading MM Shorts 418: Flowers
Back in June we featured the whiskey drenched folk of Jesse Woods and his track Gold In The Air in one of our Video of the Day posts. Since then we’ve become rather more intimately acquainted with his forthcoming debut album Get Your Burdens Lifted, which sees a release on August 6th via Guns In The Sun. And the pleasure has been all ours because this … Continue reading New Single From Jesse Woods
New York punk three piece Pedico are soon to be releasing their first EP The Days Are Just Packed, from which comes this charmingly titled ditty, You Can’t Get AIDS If You Never Get Tested. It seems somewhat inappropriate to call it infectious… . Continue reading MM Shorts 417: Pedico
Chloë Sunshine are a Brooklyn-based all girl surf rock band. They have just released a new single called Want You. It’s about that feeling you have when you first meet someone and you absolutely cannot get enough of them. It is a wonderful blend of jangly, shoegazey pop with echoing vocals and Beach Boys style harmonies. The song can be downloaded for free below and will also be included … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Chloë Sunshine
Some city themed videos for you today. First from Shark Week shot in Washington DC’s Puerto Rican district, then Chastity Belt take on Seattle from the comfort of a couch in their video for excellent track Seattle Party. Next we have The Secret History’s Brooklyn centered video for Johnny Panic (Forget Everything) and lastly A Grave With No Name’s video for The Steps, made from … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Shark Week || Chastity Belt || The Secret History || A Grave With No Name
Desert Stars is a five-piece band from Brooklyn, formed at the tail end of 2008, and now releasing their debut long player Habit Shackles. It is a intriguing mix of indie rock, shoegaze and psych pop, tipping its hat to Beach House certainly, and Mazzy Star, and also with nods to bands like The Walkmen too, but always confident enough (and intriguing enough) to demand more than … Continue reading Debut Album From Desert Stars
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