Not sure what to make of the name, but Diarrhea Planet are faves of the brilliant Jeff The Brotherhood and have signed to their Infinity Cat label. Debut album Loose Jewels is released on the 20th September and taster track Warm Ridin’ is a magnificent cacophony of guitars, pounding bass, thundering drums and begs for an open road, a booming car stereo and a warm … Continue reading Introducing…Diarrhea Planet
Today Barry-Sean and I head off, pop up tents in tow, to the marvellous End of the Road festival in lovely Dorset. Once again sold out, last year’s inaugural trip turned into the best festival visit we’ve ever had, and we’re looking forward to more of the same over the next few days. Even the weather forecast is good! Once again we have a huge … Continue reading Free End of the Road Festival Mix
The album Travels In Lowland by The Migrant was one of those that came out of nowhere last year and ended up being one of our favourites (see our Albums of the Year post for 2010 here). So we were delighted to find out that The Migrant (aka Bjarke Bendtsen) has returned with a new album Amerika, which gets a release on October 25th. Departing somewhat from … Continue reading Return Of The Migrant
Our usual round up of the very best of our August posts and some new tracks too. Dip in – every one a winner as they say. Download The Cabin Dogs – High Falls mp3 (from Midnight Trail) Invites you to kick off your boots, pour a stiff one and sit on the porch to watch the sun go down – a song for when you’re busy … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2011
Noisy noise-pop duo Gobble Gobble have reincarnated as Born Gold, but have retained their dizzying, disorientating take on the world with digital samples, choppy guitars and distortion all to the fore. This is previous GG track, the anthemic Wrinklecarver given the BG treatment. Or something like that…from new album Bodysongs. Pre-order from Insound here. Download Born Gold – Wrinklecarver mp3 (from Bodysongs) Continue reading Gobble Gobble Become Born Gold
We’re really enjoying this two minute gem of pysch-folk and indie rock from Nallo. Now a native of Minneapolis, but previously hailing from the ‘nearly-as-pragmatic-as-Yorkshire’ county of Lancashire, he tells us he misses it dearly. What that has to do with the song Submarines is anyone’s guess, but the catchy, propulsive rhythm and repetitive sing-along chorus is getting repeated plays here at MM. Head over … Continue reading Introducing…Nallo
Wavves new release will be a six song EP titled Life Sux – it is out on the 20th September. This is the rather good first track from it, I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl. Download Wavves – I Wanna Meet Dave Grohl mp3 (from Life Sux EP) Continue reading New EP From Wavves
Despite hailing from Worcestershire, a rural heartland of ours, Something Men bring something altogether more grimy and salacious to the party. Effortlessly channeling early Velvets rumble and the simple, but effective chord sequences of the Kingsmen into a classic garage sound that reveals a knack for authentic and high quality songwriting, the band’s debut single straddles the 60s and the modern-day with equal measures of swagger, verve … Continue reading Introducing…Something Men
The Spills are a 4-piece from Wakefield in the good old north of England, who met at school and bonded over a love of all things noisy and six-stringed. This autumn sees the release of their debut album Occam’s Razor. The album deftly blends youthful rawness with polished guitar pop sensibility ranging between the infectiously hazy glaze-pop of Summer Vibes and Oh Say Do – the darker, atmospheric moments of White Flag … Continue reading Introducing…The Spills
Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band are releasing their debut album – Fuck You! I’m Keith Top Of The Pops. The band were formed by chance during an Art Brut show in New York, when the support act pulled out at the last minute, and Keith and two members of the headline act joined forces to play some of Keith‘s songs. Since then, the band … Continue reading Introducing…Keith Top Of The Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band
