Portland, Oregon’s Typhoon are certainly rapidly becoming one of the most talked about new bands on the web and elsewhere. They have released a new song, Dreams of Cannibalism, from their upcoming album White Lighter, for free download. We wondered what all the fuss was about – now we know. Orchestral, vibrant, energetic, emotional, flamboyant, melodic – describe it how you like, but the hype … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Typhoon
Drawing on the ramshackle melodies of the Lemonheads, the lo-fi drawl of Pavement and some of the self-deprecating humour of Art Brut, throw in some Velvet’s chug and Stooges sonics and you have a reasonable approximation of Scott & Charlene’s Wedding. We’ve known about the band for a while, but it has been since the relocation to New York from Melbourne and the reissue of the … Continue reading Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – New Single & Album
Having first been been fascinated by the seven minute melancholic churn and burn of Blank Realm’s Cleaning Up My Mess, then charmed by the scuzzy guitars and 90s slacker indie of second track (and album title) Go Easy, we have now been left grinning like maniacs after listening to the utterly seductive, completely irresistible, and totally infectious Working On Love. It pairs an increasingly frantic and frazzled … Continue reading A Third Track From Blank Realm…
Videos today follow a bit of a natural history theme. We have a mesmerising film for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Mosquito and feathers fly in Oracle O.’s video for excellent single Rosy Princess. We have Youth Blood, the exuberant indie single from As Elephants Are, and finally we have the sepia toned film for The Callen Sisters Light Bringer, an excursion into baroque pop and traditional … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Yeah Yeah Yeahs || Oracle O. || As Elephants Are || The Callen Sisters
Here is another collection of fifteen top tunes lovingly collected and filtered for your listening pleasure. So gather round and invest some time in these – a veritable aural treasure trove of tracks. First up is another track of swaggering blues rock and roll in the shape of New York Avenue from the Delta Routine’s recently released album, Cigarettes And Caffeine Nightmares. . In a … Continue reading Roll Up, Roll Up: Round Up Time Again
We have to confess that on Cuscutta the lead track from their new digital single Public House, Landmarks managed to catch us by surprise. The track is a lovely, unhurried, slice of woozy psych-pop in the grand traditions of Spiritualized or Mercury Rev, and unlike so many others, they manage to do it without ever bring derivative or mere copycats. So an entirely pleasant surprise, as guitars … Continue reading Introducing >>> Landmarks
Our video selection today includes JAN’s brilliantly creepy video for her excellent single Work For The City, which takes being leered at and pawed over to a whole new level, and David Ramirez’s monochrome view of the long drives and late nights of a touring musician in The Bad Days. We have Shellshag’s model village excursion for Driving Song (another top tune too) and Lake Isle’s energetic film … Continue reading Videos of the Day: JAN || David Ramirez || Shellshag || Lake Isle
Better late than never, here is our monthly round-up of the best of our April downloads together with a handful of brand new tracks. More than twenty songs especially prepared for you to put together an eclectic and appealing mix to impress all your friends and bore your boring work colleagues. Enjoy! Wild Wild Wets – Criminal Blue Tripped out, freaked out, psych pop. . Hey … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: April 2013
Despite living in just a small, really small, town on the edge of the Cotswolds in Oxfordshire, it is a town that brims over with talent of all kinds. None more so than artist and photographer Jon Mackay who over the past couple of years has built an ever increasing reputation for his band posters promoting gigs, tours and releases including work for The Vaccines, … Continue reading Jon Mackay – Poster Exhibition
New Communion Records signings Catfish And The Bottlemen are a guitar band from North Wales, whose debut single Homesick is out on the 17th June. It’s impressive stuff – particularly given that they’re none of them a day over 19 years old…. The single starts off gently enough, but soon ignites like petrol on a barbecue, turning into a cacophony of infectious guitar thrash and helter … Continue reading Introducing >>> Catfish & The Bottlemen
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