Dark Horses debut single Alone will be released on Singles In The Suburbs/ Beggars Banquet in the UK on 29 Nov 2010 on limited 7″ and international download. Pulsating, beguiling electro-psychedelia – and we love it. Listen below and be seduced. a Visit their MySpace here. Continue reading Introducing…Dark Horses
Federico Garcia Lorca’s popular folk song collection Las Canciones Populares Espanolas was banned under Franco’s dictatorship and today the music survives, but marginally within the Spanish sub-conscious. Taking their cue from Lorca and La Argentinita’s infectious 1931 recording of the songs, Josephine Foster and her partner Spanish musician Victor Herrero have arranged the poetically rich collection for their new acoustic band, formed while living in … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band
Outer Minds play pristine nuggets of 60s inspired garage rock. New single on Hozac Records, Bloodshot Eyes delivers up three tracks of twangy, rough-cut harmonies backed by perfect hooks and a classic wall of sound noise. Buy from Insound here. Visit their MySpace here. Download Outer Minds – Until You’re Dead mp3 (from Bloodshot Eyes 7″) Continue reading Introducing…Outer Minds
Here is our regular round-up of the very best of October’s postings. Twenty great tracks for a great mix, plus three new ones to enjoy too. You can check out all of our previous best of the month mixes just by clicking the links for April, May, June, July. August and September. No Age – Fever Dreaming mp3 (from Everything In Between) A full on, … Continue reading MM’s Best Of The Month: October
We don’t usually do themed mixes, but Halloween is different. So many great songs lend themselves to a night of ghoulish wrongdoing and sorcery. So to get you in the mood, download a marvellous combination of folk, punk, psych-rock, paisley jangle, experimental, indie, and straight up rock ‘n’ roll. Fifteen great songs, all treats and no tricks. Download The Dream Syndicate – Halloween mp3 (from … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Halloween Mix
We have previously posted about The Soft Moon, and have just picked up a new track from them called Tiny Spiders. It is more krautrock inspired, post-punk electronic goodness with a whispered vocal that, if pushed, we’d say reminds us a little of a depressed David Sylvian backed by a demented Gary Numan. Anyway, we like it….it comes from the debut album out next month … Continue reading New from The Soft Moon
The High Dials hail from Canada and have a sound that immediately calls to mind the jangly psychedelics and country rock of the late 60s. New album (their fourth) is called Anthems For Doomed Youth and is out on November 8th. It is full of soaring vocal harmonies, orchestral flourishes and rousing choruses and while influences are unashamedly worn on sleeves, there is enough originality … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The High Dials
You’ve got to choose your battles. Some things (and people) just ain’t worth the effort; sometimes it pays to play the long game; and at other times, shoot from the hip first, ask questions later (not recommended as a blanket approach though …) It’s been a tiring week, at the hands of the sprats plus one. The dog and I are still recovering. However, an … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
It’s Friday, Mrs M’s musings are still to come, and a Halloween playlist for the weekend too, but for now, here is a quick playlist/round-up of those songs we’ve gathered up recently, but not had/found enough time to post about properly… First up Leopold & His Fiction, we’ve seen this track described as the Doors meet Wolfmother… Download Leopold & His Fiction – Golden Friends … Continue reading Friday Round-Up
Despite Mat Cothran, aka lo-fi one-man band Coma Cinema, offering two albums for free from his website, I had never really sat down and listened to them. It has taken the announcement of a new album, titled Blue Suicide, and a couple of advance tracks to make me prick up my ears and then go back and find out just what I had missed out … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Coma Cinema
