We’ve posted the catchy, uncomplicated indie goodness of Daddy Lion a couple of times in the past. Electric Malaise is a new track, and comes from forthcoming debut full-length Habitat. Download Daddy Lion – Electric Malaise mp3 (from Habitat) Continue reading Daddy Lion’s New Track
September 5th will see the release of a new double A-side from The Victorian English Gentlemens Club latest album Bag Of Meat. The album, released earlier this summer via This Is Fake DIY Records is a brilliant amalgam of visceral art-pop, machine gun guitars, fuzzed up rock and macabre lyrics. The new single is As Jungle Drums Rang Across The Amazon (We Held Our Heads And Screamed) backed … Continue reading New Single From Victorian English Gentlemens Club
Well, it was a week off last week, for legitimate reasons, I hasten to add. Nurse Mackerel reported in for duty. Remembered quite a few things and a few people from my former Northern life. Still feeling a few pangs now. It doesn’t matter how long it’s been, or how far you go… rekindles a little bit of something deep inside. Lot less money flying … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (26th August)
Loving this song from Amy LaVere’s new album Stranger Me. a Buy the album from Amazon here. Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Amy LaVere
As anyone with more than a passing acquaintance with this blog will know, we are huge fans of James Jackson Toth, aka Wooden Wand. That is why we were immediate contributors to his recent Kickstarter project to fund latest album Briarwood, recorded with the Briarwood Virgins. While the album is not getting its official release until 7th November (via the wonderful Fire Records), but we … Continue reading New Album From Wooden Wand
With only a month until the release of their new LP, Milwaukee band Blessed Feathers is happy to release the second single from the record, Stinging Nettle, Honeysuckle. Nipping at the heels of the first single, By Song Through The Americas, which centered around Donivan Berube’s sultry baritone as a jubilant kickoff, this track dials things back to focus on the delicate voice and arrangement surrounding … Continue reading New Album From Blessed Feathers
Andrew and Brad Barr have spent the majority of the last decade playing music in The Slip. In 2004, they were playing a club in Montreal when a fire broke out in the venue. They grabbed a few guitars and drums and were able to escape unscathed. A year later, Brad and Andrew were living in Montreal, and Brad’s first apartment shared a wall with classically-trained harpist Sarah … Continue reading Introducing…The Barr Brothers
Another slice of shimmering, smooth, chilled pop goodness from Work Drugs – say farewell to the summer with new track, Swimmer Girl. Download Work Drugs – Swimmer Girl mp3 Continue reading New Track From Work Drugs
Rat Columns are releasing a 7″ containing four songs of dark, ill- fitting pop wanderings and mangled noises. Or is it four tracks of innocence, melancholy, and melody with a satisfying pop finish? Listen to Darkness and download I Wonder – then decide for yourself. The single is out on a pressing of 500 copies only, available to order from label Smart Guy Records a Download Rat … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Rat Columns
We’ve been sat on this for a little while trying to work out how best to describe it, and while we’ve not found a definitive answer to that conundrum, it was no good reason to not post about Hot Head Show. The trio are experimental certainly, but that’s like simply saying the sun is quite warm. They are hugely unsettling one moment and sweetly melodic … Continue reading Hot Head Show Release Debut Album
