Category: Post Punk

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Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops (Expanded Edition)

Released in 2006, Ten Silver Drops, the second album from Secret Machines was one of our favourites of that, and any subsequent year. A masterpiece of spacey widescreen guitars, prog and krautrock, it was an album that was constantly on repeat. Although the record has been out of print for more than ten years, Ten Silver Drops will be reissued on 180g heavyweight vinyl in … Continue reading Secret Machines – Ten Silver Drops (Expanded Edition)

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More From Callas with Lee Ranaldo

Back in July we shared Acid Books by Greek post-punks Callas taken from their collaboration, Trouble and Desire, with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, which has remained one of our favourite songs of the year ever since. Now we have Mirroir for you and the album’s title track. Both are equally good – taut, pulsating, menacing and with a driving psych groove that is marking this album … Continue reading More From Callas with Lee Ranaldo

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Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Titus Andronicus – Only A Hobo BRONCHO – Keep It In Line Phosphorescent – C’est La Vie No. 2 Courtney Barnett – Small Talk Kurt Vile – One Trick Ponies Flat Worms – The Apparition Death Valley Girls – (One Less Thing) Before I Die The Berries – Junkyard Dog Laura Gibson – Domestication SOAK – Everybody Loves You New Rose – Plenty Of Flowers … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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NIne Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Joe Strummer – Czechoslovak Song / Where Is England The Men – Ailment Anna St. Louis – Desert Hater – Things To Keep Up With PAINT – Daily Gazette Methyl Ethel – Scream Whole Jeff Tweedy – Some Birds Death Valley Girls – Street Justice Kevin Devine – Into The Great Wide Open (Tom Petty cover)                     Continue reading NIne Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Tropical Fuck Storm

Australian outfit Tropical Fuck Storm, featuring a couple of members from The Drones have shared the video for The Future of History, taken from their upcoming Joyful Noise Recordings’ debut, A Laughing Death in Meatspace. Mixing art-rock, deconstructed punk skronk, and a kitchen sink full of ideas, wit and acerbic observation, the album is a great listen. Watch the Gary Kasparov inspired video below and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Tropical Fuck Storm

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Adam Stone & Dead Sea Apes – (You Are) Doing What You Want (All Of The Time)

Loving this track from the upcoming album Warheads by Adam Stone & Dead Sea Apes The record is a full-length collaboration between the writer/artist and the Manchester instrumentalists. It takes classic British pessimism and speculative dystopian fiction and entwines it with morbid social commentary and a long piss-streak of bleak humour. They go on to describe the record as “Standing their ground in a dirty jumbled … Continue reading Adam Stone & Dead Sea Apes – (You Are) Doing What You Want (All Of The Time)

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Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Father John Misty – So I’m Growing Old On Magic Mountain (Live at Third Man Records) Holly Miranda – I Will Survive (FM4 Session Live In Vienna)  (Gloria Gaynor cover) Holly Miranda – A Little Piece Cloud Nothings – Leave Him Now Harmony Rockets with special guest Peter Walker – Atropos Marianne Faithfull feat. Nick Cave – The Gypsy Faerie Queen Cat Power – Stay … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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She Makes War – Undone

She Makes War (aka Bristol based artist and multi-instrumentalist Laura Kidd) has shared her new single Undone, the first installment of the double A side Undone / London Bites, taken from the forthcoming album Brace For Impact, which is out 5th October. Written in a daze the day after her grandmother Constance died last May, Undone’s monster guitars deliver palpable rage at the bad things that … Continue reading She Makes War – Undone

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Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

together PANGEA – Hi-Fi Television Kurt Vile – Bassackwards The Distillers – Blood In Gutters FIDLAR – Too Real Human People – Black Flowers Courtney Marie Andrews – Heart and Mind Fucked Up – House Of Keys Marc Ribot featuring Tom Waits – Bella Ciao Hiss Golden Messenger – Rock Holy Moaning Lisa – Comfortable TOY – The Willow Beachtape – Figure It Out William … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… SAVAK

Noisy Brooklyn rock veterans SAVAK (members of Obits, Holy Fuck and The Cops) have announced details of their new album Beg Your Pardon. It is their third long-player release, and follows a compelling progression from their past offerings (2016’s Best Of Luck In Future Endeavors and 2017’s Cut-Ups). The new album features everything from noisy careeners and ’80s hardcore nods to slightly glammy stompers and straight-up, New Zealand-inspired, guitar-pop … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… SAVAK

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