The Vestals hail from South Wales and mine the classic vein of bittersweet indie pop that can be traced from The June Brides and The Wedding Present through to modern day exponents like the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. On February 11th Killing Moon Records will release their debut single of glorious, nostalgia tinged, melancholia – the two tracks, Perfect Pain and Seventeen, effortlessly reflect past … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Vestals
MM faves and local boys Stornoway are following up the success of their excellent 2010 debut album Beachcomber’s Windowsill with Tales From Terra Firma which sees a release on 11th March via 4AD. It was mostly written in a camper van in land-locked Oxford but on listening, the yearning for adventure and the freedom of the coast and wild places is palpable. Whilst the band strengthened their … Continue reading The Return Of Stornoway
Today we have a brilliant video for California from John Murry’s excellent noir solo debut The Graceless Age as well as some rockin’ art-pop from Manchester’s Dutch Uncles and lo-fi psych-sonics from Denmark’s Crystal Shipsss. a a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: John Murry || Dutch Uncles || Crystal Shipsss
The Blog Sound of 2013 poll is a survey of UK music bloggers to find out what emerging artists they think are best. The votes have been counted, the results are in and the winners can now be revealed. Back at the beginning of December we participated in the Blog Sound of 2013 poll (see post here for long list). Organised by Robin Seamer from Breaking … Continue reading Blog Sound of 2013: Poll Winners Revealed
Bruise or Be Bruised is the debut album from Prissy Clerks, out via Forged Artifacts. It is a mix of fuzzed up punk and slacker indie with garage pop undertones and manages to balance a confused, dark isolation with some tender sweetness. Download the title track and buy the album here. Continue reading MM Shorts 288: Prissy Clerks
First videos of the year from David Bronson, Vivienner Youel and Bellawave – a nice mellow way to start 2013. a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: David Bronson || Vivienne Youel || Bellawave
As might be expected, slightly fewer tunes make up our final monthly mix of the best of the downloads from MM – no panic tho’, the quality of new tunes on offer more than makes up for it. And as always, some new ones for you too means a top banana mix of twenty cracking songs to play in the New Year. The Cheatahs – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2012
After an absence of a few days due to the Best Of posts going up, we have videos today from Hunter Hunted, The Last Royals, Hero Jr.’s power-pop and psych-pop specialists The Ruby Suns. a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Hunter Hunted || The Last Royals || Hero Jr. || The Ruby Suns
The Storm is Passing Over A Benefit Album by Mason Jar Music & Friends In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn-based collective Mason Jar Music has assembled an all-star collection of indie-folk artists to create The Storm is Passing Over, a benefit album of fifteen classic American storm songs. Donations exchanged for these recordings will go directly to support ongoing relief work in New York … Continue reading Mason Jar’s Benefit Album For Hurricane Sandy Relief Work
To celebrate their impending fourth birthday lo-fi garage rock and pop specialists Odd Box Records have collated a retrospective 45 song compilation – that’s nearly a song from every release they’ve put out over the past four years. It includes The Medusa Snare, The Vignettes, Proto Idiot, Ace Bushy Striptease, Pocketbooks and many more. It’s available to download from their bandcamp page on a pay what you … Continue reading MM Shorts 285: Odd Box Records Compilation
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