We are lucky to live on the edge of the Cotswolds and on the fringes of the beautiful Cornbury Park Estate. Previously it was home to the Cornbury Festival, which was unfortunate in, for a few years, consistently having the worst musical line-up you could contrive to put together. It was a source of constant disappointment to us. However, last year the Cornbury Festival thankfully … Continue reading Live Review: Wilderness Festival (Day 1)
Drawing comparisons to Helium, the Breeders and Stereolab (if they had grabbed a drum machine and danced a bit more), Panda Riot’s Serious Radical Girls 7” is an enthralling collage of ghostly vocals, dance-y drums (real and otherwise), dub-y bass lines and blurry guitars. Golden Age (Precursor) is, if anything, even better – they describe it as “an acid peak on your sunny day” and that pretty … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Panda Riot
Sweeten The Deal is the debut release from The Deadline Shakes. They are a Glasgow based band who have played only a handful of gigs. There are no reviews. But don’t let that put you off. Because from first listen what is immediately apparent is that this band have an abundant gift for melody. The download single is out 5th November. Have a listen. a Continue reading MM Shorts 206: The Deadline Shakes
Here are six crackerjack new tunes for you. No messing – everyone a winner! Kicking us off in fine style are the reverb loving, fuzzed up, drone psych specialists Moon Duo with Sleepwalker from the upcoming Circles long player, and the Wavves contribution to the Adult Swim Singles Programme, Hippies Is Punks. We have some stunning, woozy, heroin-pop brilliance in the shape of the Lollipops, which comes from … Continue reading Wednesday Means Six of the Best
San Francisco’s Philistines wonderfully mangled pop takes well established songwriting rules and gleefully contorts them into something entirely new until they either give in, or shatter into musical shrapnel. Drums, melodic and addictive. Bass, propulsive and charging at one moment, quiet and claustrophobic the next. Guitars, spiraling leads transformed into gnarled ditties that zigged when they wanted to zag. Sour notes linger, until that note no … Continue reading Introducing >>> Philistines
Conner Youngblood has released a new ‘single’ from forthcoming album Sketches Pt. 2, which is released on the 28th August. It is our first real introduction to him, and The Warpath is a imaginative blend of folk and electronics that combine into a genre-bending, ultra-smooth whole, topped off by his laid-back nonchalant vocal that fits the mood perfectly. Grab it below. Visit his Facebook page … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Conner Youngblood
Here is a second cut from Ormonde’s debut album Machine. Seductive, alluring and fascinating, Cherry Blossom is another perfect taste of their mysterious and mesmerising record that is becoming better and better with every spin we give it. Machine is officially released this coming Tuesday via Hometapes. Download Ormonde – Cherry Blossom mp3 (from Machine) Continue reading MM Shorts 203: More From Ormonde
WALL is a London-based singer – songwriter. Her minimal, intimate music is as haunting and powerful as anything we’ve heard for a good while. Influenced by artists such as St Vincent and Patti Smith, WALL takes her lead from women with a strong sense of identity, using her unique formula of layered production as an integral part of the writing process. WALL creates sparse soundscapes, … Continue reading Introducing >>> WALL
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