Surplus is the debut single from alansmithee, released via Flowers In The Dustbin Records. Imagine if you will a heavily intoxicated Velvet Underground trapped in a sack with a nest of vipers – frantic, woozy and with the occasional yelp – it makes for a very good single indeed. Pre-order it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 381: Alansmithee
The Sudden Death of Stars: think The Byrds, Fairport Convention, Syd Barrett and Spacemen 3. So said the headline on the brief press release. To be fair, we get these kinds of comparisons drawn quite a lot on press releases, and often the reality is it sounds more like music that Phil Collins has given up on. So a genuine pleasure then to discover that this … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Sudden Death Of Stars
Gaoler’s Daughter have been firmly on the MM radar since the release of Nine Pieces of Silk back in 2010, but it has been well over a year since we’ve had anything new from them. So, a pleasure indeed to discover they have released a new EP on Bandcamp both as a physical CD and a digital download (even though it gives a release date … Continue reading New EP From Gaoler’s Daughter
No Kill are a three-piece, noise-pop band from Brooklyn who have drawn comparisons from The Vaselines to Dinosaur Jr. Their debut EP release, the five track No Kill is a keeper – a treasure of jangly guitars and sugar-sweet melodies expertly woven with a woozy, fuzzed up garage rock sensibility and some good natured lo-fi distortion. It kicks off with the utterly infectious and disarming … Continue reading Introducing >>> No Kill
Norwegian songstress Therese Aune will release her album Billowing Shadows, Flickering Light in the US on the 6th August. There will be much to like for fans of the Joannas – Newsom and Barwick. Try Chameleon, which through a haunting amalgamation of sounds from accordion, to metallophone, to piano, paints a picture of an introvert, who is marooned on the outside looking in. The record will be released … Continue reading MM Shorts 380: Therese Aune
Estrangers emerged from the ashtrays and smokestacks of the old industrial city of Winston-Salem in the summer of 2011, cutting through the haze of an oft-apathetic town with a surprising, honest vibrance and potent energy. Within the first six months of their existence they had recorded and released Black Ballroom, an 8-song debut EP rich with promise, and shared stages with heralded groups like Unknown Mortal … Continue reading Estrangers To Release Season Of 1000 Colors
Echoes of Sparklehorse and Damien Jurado are shot through Young Readers new single Homesick. It depicts a tale of lovers estranged by war set to a backdrop of a strikingly mournful horn section and haunting ghost choir. Continue reading MM Shorts 379: Young Readers
Believe it or not, Mad Mackerel has been around for more than five years now. During that time we’ve posted more than 4,000 times, and offered more than 5,000 songs for your listening pleasure. And more than three quarters of a million people have paid MM a visit during our lifetime on Google’s (godawful) blogspot and since April 2010 on WordPress. We asked some of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel The last Five Years – Chris T Popper Picks His Favourites
An excellent set of videos/tunes today from the outstanding Joe Pug with a lyric video with a slight difference and the song itself, a cover of Harvey “Tex” Thomas Young’s Deep Dark Wells is a stunner. We have the Young Knives continuing their welcome return with their new musical film for Maureen, and Soledad Velez’s video for Black Light In The Forest. Lastly, we have MM … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Joe Pug || The Young Knives || Soledad Velez || Hookworms
Latest signings to Marshall Teller Records, the brilliant Grass House are set to release a new single, And Now For The Wild, on June 24. It comes backed with live favourite Spinning As We Turn (which we posted here) and will be released on seven inch vinyl and available to download. Possibly their finest moment to date (and they’ve had a few damn fine ones already), the new … Continue reading Grass House Announce “And Now For The Wild” Single
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