The Lovely Eggs are as catchy, as irreverent, and as downright loopy as anything we’ve come across this year. This is the video for newly released (and already sold out on vinyl) single, Allergies – it features a guest appearance from the single’s producer Gruff Rhys. You can download it from iTunes here. a Continue reading Lovely Eggs – Allergies Video
Despite the end of the year fast approaching, thankfully the quality of new music shows no signs of slowing. Here are the best of our November offerings, together with some tasty new tracks to round off the mix.Over thirty great songs – just right for the roaring fire and the cocoa! Download Siskiyou – Twigs And Stones mp3 (from Keep Away The Dead) Brilliantly judged … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011
Secret Colours were one of our favourite discoveries of last year. The Chicago quintet channels the finest of the greats of late ’60s psychedelia, ’90s newgaze reverence, and a touch of driving, bucolic, no frills RnR straight from the greasiest of garages. The band released their eponymous debut in the summer of 2010 with high praise from countless blogs (including this one) and alternative newsweeklies … Continue reading New Secret Colours EP
The highly contagious and infectious Little Comets have unveiled His Thunder, a brand new track from their forthcoming Worry EP, out December 12th on Dirty Hit. Think art-rock meets folk in a battle for world domination… a Continue reading MM Shorts 48: New EP From Little Comets
Nashville singer-songwriter Amelia White is set to release her fifth full-length studio album, Beautiful and Wild, on February 28 next year. Filled with tales of loss and hope, demons and saints, and the lure of star-crossed love, the title track is a graceful homage with a gentle send off to her long time friend and famed songwriter, the late, Duane Jarvis. Have a listen. a Continue reading MM Shorts 45: Amelia White
Every so often a song comes along that instantly jumps to the top of our ‘must listen’ list and ends up on repeat on the iPod, in the car, at work and just about everywhere else. This is one of those songs. The Royal Sea are from Seattle and play a beguiling mix of surf rock, garage and indie pop. They have a self-titled album … Continue reading Introducing…The Royal Sea
When we last posted about Saint Motel, it was to give you the swaggering indie pop of Puzzle Pieces. The band describe new track At Least I Have Nothing as a contrast to that last song, being as it is, “a fucked up look at the bright side of utter despair. When you have nothing, maybe that nothingness is actually something…freedom.” Have a listen. Download Saint Motel – At … Continue reading New Single From Saint Motel
Here is another collection of tunes we’ve gathered from our in-box and the internet – we’d like to have more time to do them justice, but nevertheless a cornucopia of pleasures awaits you we promise! First up is the consistently wonderful Damien Jurado with some authentic, strummed desert blues. Nothing Is The News is the first taste of his forthcoming album Maraqopa. Download Damien Jurado – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Mega Round Up
Hailing from Lambertville, New Jersey, three piece The Great Afternoon have been playing together for just over a year and released a self-titled EP back in August. Mixing banjo with some sturdy bass lines and toe-tapping drums they come up with a soulful new take on the traditional approach and are well worth a listen. Download Science Fiction below. a Continue reading Introducing…The Great Afternoon
A fiery yet charming Australian ensemble featuring brass, guts, words and skins, Flap! formed during an informal jam at the 2007 Port Fairy Folk Festival. True to those roots they’ve since gone on to become firm festival favorites country wide having torn it up everywhere from Port Fairy to Woodford, Falls, Adelaide Fringe, Apollo Bay, Melbourne Jazz, Rainbow Serpent, the National Folk Festival and many … Continue reading Introducing…Flap!
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