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Speedy Round-Up

To follow on from our Best of the Month post yesterday, we’re kicking off July proper with a quick collection of excellent new tunes for you to stream. They come from the likes of metallic punk rockers Holograms, classic indie janglers Veronica Falls, sludgy metallers Torche, garage punks Wet Spots, the always top-notch Richard Buckner, brash garage snarl from TRAAMS, unique singer-songwriter Joseph Childress, and psych-blues rockers Heavy Times. Dive in. . . . . . . . Continue reading Speedy Round-Up

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Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: June 2013

Here we are again, a round up of twenty five of June’s best downloads on Mad Mackerel (plus a few new tunes) that combine to make another perfect mix for those long summer days. Stick these on the iPod, crack a cold one, relax and enjoy! Honeyslide – Drippin Swathed in reverb, bathed in noise and drowned in dreamy vocals. [Click through for free download] … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: June 2013

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Catfish And The Bottlemen – Free Download

We’ve covered Catfish and The Bottlemen a couple of times previously, and the band are giving away their track Pacifier for free in conjunction with XFM’s Summerfest Series – the band have festival sets at Latitude, X&Y, Tramlines & Wakestock coming up over the summer months. Originally the B side to the hugely impressive debut single Homesick (see our post here), Pacifier kicks every bit as … Continue reading Catfish And The Bottlemen – Free Download

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Rose Windows

The Sun Dogs is the title of the new album from Rose Windows. It is a brilliant blend of the past and the present to create something that overflows with imagination and new ideas. Influences range from the mystic shamanism of The Doors, to heavy Sabbath style riffs, the traditional sounds of the Middle East and Eastern Europe, classic folk and pedal steel, prog rock … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Rose Windows

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MM Shorts 402: Caviare Days

Being of sound Norwegian stock, we love Scandinavian caviare, and we also love Swedish duo Caviare Days. On The Light Is Breaking, they so effortlessly evoke the golden days of sixties sunshine psychedelia, days of the Mamas & The Papas, Scott McKenzie and Strawberry Alarm Clock, that you’ll have the lava lamp switched on, the incense burning and the kaftan out the wardrobe before you know … Continue reading MM Shorts 402: Caviare Days

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New Album From Chelsea Wolfe

The dark, bewitching folk-noir and heartbreaking pop of Chelsea Wolfe has, over the past three albums, gradually infiltrated, then beguiled, and then seduced us completely. Unique in her outlook, she uses drone, echoing vocals, and electronica to weave haunting, foggy tales of (often) despair, loss and sorrow. Her new album Pain Is Beauty will be released in early September and first single The Warden shows … Continue reading New Album From Chelsea Wolfe

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