Gently Tender have risen from the ashes of Palma Violets, a band that started promisingly (we saw them perform an insane set at SXSW a few years ago), but soon faded into rather generic, mundane indie rockdom. The new band features three ex-Violets (Sam Fryer, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle) plus Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown. Who knows if they have taken their … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Gently Tender
Dolls have shared the lead track from their forthcoming EP Pop The Bubble. Set for release in September the EP is four garage-pop anthems with as much sass as they have bite. For now, check out Sugar Free, a riotous example of their infectious grunge-punk inspired by “the use-and-throwaway society around us today, how superficial people’s lives can be, and how rapidly people’s values and what’s on-trend can change”. … Continue reading Dolls – Pop The Bubble EP
New Zealand’s The Beths deliver a perfect blast of indie-pop, occupying a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, is out now on Carpark Records. Channelling their stew of personal-canon heroes while drawing inspiration from contemporaries like Alvvays and Courtney Barnett, The Beths serve up deeply emotional lyrics packaged within an assortment of roadtrip-ready … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Beths
Terry – Oh Helen The Dodos – Forum Colleen Green – Let Go Marissa Nadler – Blue Vapor Art Brut – Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out Tiny Ruins – How Much Dilly Dally – Sober Motel DeVotchKa – Angels Mitski – Two Slow Dancers Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe will release their second full length album on 12th October. The nine track eponymous album was recorded in Anton Newcombe’s Cobra Studios in Berlin last year and was mostly co-written by the duo. Watch the video for Right On, a sultry excursion into psychedelic dream pop… See them live: 8th Dec – Dublin – The Grand Social 9th Dec – … Continue reading New Album From Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe
The Joy Formidable’s new album AAARTH will be released on the 28th Sept via Hassle Records. The latest single from it is The Wrong Side, a lurching, hulking behemoth of a track that aligns all of the band’s best qualities – a crushing, intense rhythm, remarkably inventive, snaking guitar work, military percussion, and a soaring vocal melody. Give it a spin and watch the video below. … Continue reading The Joy Formidable – The Wrong Side
A round up of some sweet new videos. Shimmering psych-pop from Whyte Horses, some charming Syd Barrett inspired bedroom lo-fi from Tiny Eyes, gentle pastoral folk from Queen of the Meadow, rambling, soulful Americana from Valley Maker, vintage outlaw bluegrass country from the Tennessee Stiffs, rural fuzz-folk from Stray Owls, classic indie-pop from Doe, anthemic, heavy duty indie from Tired All The Time, and last, but … Continue reading New Videos Round Up
Tim Cohen of the Fresh & Onlys has announced the forthcoming release of a new solo album, The Modern World on September 28 via Sinderlyn. He says of the first single, Goodness, “like many of my songs, ‘Goodness’ spills forth as a plea of sorts. A mixture between happy and sad. A contented malaise. Throw in the dissonant synth stabs over the sing-along chorus. It just feels … Continue reading Tim Cohen – Goodness
Protomartyr & Spray Paint – Corinthian Leather Mass Gothic – How I Love You Houndmouth – Golden Age Iron & Wine – What Hurts Worse Kevin Devine – Prehistoric (Now Now cover) Swearin’ – Grow Into A Ghost The Molochs – Too Lost In Love Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Indiepop institution Fortuna POP! quit the scene last year, going out in a blaze of glory with five days of sold out London shows by artists spanning their twenty year tenure, before label owner Sean Price fled Brexit Britain for a new life in Tokyo, Japan. And frankly who can blame him. That would have been it for Fortuna POP!, were it not for the … Continue reading So Farewell Fortuna POP! with the Fortuna POP! Allstars
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