The Megaphonic Thrift will unveil their debut long player, Decay Decoy on 21st February through Club AC30 Records. The band were formed in Bergen, the epicentre of Norway’s music scene, in the autumn of 2007 by Richard Mykleburst following the dissolution of his previous act Stereo 21 with members of Casiokids and The Low Frequency In Stereo. The Megaphonic Thrift make a virtue of the … Continue reading The Megaphonic Thrift Announce Debut Album
Caitlin Rose was one of the country/folk breakthrough acts of 2010 with her brilliant album Own Side Now which picked up plenty of plaudits and awards in the annual end-of-year best-of round-ups. She has released a new single, with accompanying video, from the album. Own Side mirrors Caitlin’s wish that “simple songs needing simple sounds” and from its humble acoustic openings it morphs into a … Continue reading New Single & Video from Caitlin Rose
We were slow getting round to posting the first track from Work Drugs, which only went up on Saturday, but we’re glad to say we’re much quicker out the blocks today. Dog Daze is a new track from the duo, and is another blissed out track of indie pop goodness. All we need to say is that they’ve kept up the standard of the first … Continue reading More from Work Drugs
The Young & Lost Club is one of our favourite labels and they have a couple of cracking releases coming up that are very much worth checking out. First up is a band called Fixers who hail from local waters in Oxford and are set to release their debut single Iron Deer Dream featuring chiming guitars, soaring melodies, four party harmonies and the sort of production … Continue reading Young & Lost Club’s Latest Releases
It is fair to say that Kurt Vile’s forthcoming album Smoke Ring For My Halo is one of most eagerly anticipated new releases for the first part of 2011. Jesus Fever is a tasty aperitif for the album proper. It is out on the 8th March and you can pre-order via Matador here. Download Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever mp3 (from Smoke Ring For My … Continue reading Kurt Vile offers up track from new album
Yours Truly and Sun Airway have teamed up to make a country-tinged live version of Oh, Naoko from their brilliant Dead Oceans debut, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier. The result is a transformation from an electro-pop wanderer to a folk-pop rambler, and although we are late converts to the band we would recommend you check them out if you haven’t already. The album is bursting with … Continue reading New video from Sun Airway
Work Drugs describe themselves as a sedative-wave / smooth-fi group from an abandoned pier on the banks of the Delaware River in beautiful Philadelphia, PA. Work Drugs is Benjamin Louisiana (more instrumental/less vocal) and Thomas Crystal (more vocal/less instrumental). Their first single Third Wave was ‘released’ at the start of the year and is a slyly seductive track – it’s a few parts chillwave… a … Continue reading Introducing…Work Drugs
Secret Colours could very easily have made it onto our list best new discoveries of 2010 with their wonderfully authentic brand of 60s tinged psychedelia and modern krautrock. In the wake of the band’s continuing success in their native Chicago and elsewhere from last August’s eponymous debut, the band are continuing their single series with Follow The Drone. This follows on from their crazy re-interpretation … Continue reading New from Secret Colours
The Veils 2009 album Sun Gangs met with much approval at the Mackerel headquarters, spending much time in Mrs M’s car as the album of choice. Now after nine years with Rough Trade, the band are releasing their first new material since then with the release of a six track EP on their own Pitch Beast Records called Troubles Of The Brain. Lead track Bloom … Continue reading New from The Veils
Having risen from my sick bed like a monster from the swamp, I’m once again bouncing around like a boomerang, musically speaking at least. Back we go to the early 1990s to revisit some sort of defining moments in my youth when I’d just met MM; the time of compilation tapes rather than CDs; lots of pints of cider rather than a nice glass of … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th January)
