Psych-folk troubadour Jon Allen’s Lady Of The Water is a great Jackson C. Frank / Nick Drake style haunting acoustic ballad, with soulful vocals floating over some sweet finger-picking. The video goes quite psychedelic and was created by Akira The Don. Watch it here. . Continue reading New Video: Jon Allen – Lady Of The Water
The Midnight Pine have just released their second album, Buried. It is a collection of gorgeously evocative and restrained psych-tinged folk that uses sparse, eerie instrumentation to showcase the haunting, beautiful vocals of Shelbi Bennett. In fact, to keep the focus on her vocals, there are no drums, just found objects, chains, saw blades, sheet metal, utensils and short wave radios, which are layered to keep a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Midnight Pine
1. Peggy Sue (featuring Willy Mason) – Longest Day Of The Year Blues 2. Menace Beach – Tennis Court 3. Brother Dege – Set It Off 4. Shovels & Rope – The Devil Is All Around 5. White Fence – Like That . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The Pharmacy’s charming blend of indie garage pop bliss has featured a few times on MM. The band’s latest release, the first since 2012’s Stoned & Alone, Spells was written in a cabin in Big Sur and recorded in the basement of a used car museum in downtown Tacoma, with each of its raw, psych-tinged tracks laid down live. The band have just offered up … Continue reading The Pharmacy – Anna Bella
The Growlers took the phrase “Beach Goth” as an apt descriptor of their music. Sunburned and salty, that term perfectly describes their distinctive melding of reverb heavy surf guitar and Bakersfield-style honky tonk with ‘80s post-punk. This is especially true of Chinese Fountain, the band’s fifth full-length set to be released on September 23rd via Everloving Records. Eleven songs that finely hone their gypsy folk dirges and … Continue reading New Growlers Album
The marvellous Owsley Brothers are back with a free download of Flash In The Pan, taken from their forthcoming album TOB, which is the follow up to 2012’s excellent Cobalt. For lovers of heavy garage-blues infused with a healthy dose of experimental psych rock… Listen below and grab it via Bandcamp. . Continue reading The Owsley Brothers – Flash In The Pan
1. Invisible Familiars – Clever Devil 2. Real Lies – North Circular 3. Alice Boman – Red Eyes (War On Drugs Cover) 4. Arborea – Sea Of Polaris 5. Castanets – Out For The West 6. Matt Kivel – Open Road 7. J Mascis – Every Morning 8. The Wytches – The Holy Tightrope . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Stagnant Pools’ sophomore album Geist was released this week on Polyvinyl Records. The result is ten songs that refine and expand on a shoegaze-meets-noise pop sound that has previously drawn comparisons to Joy Divison, Sonic Youth, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Lead single Intentions continues in this tradition of pushing droning guitars barely over the edge into melody and amping up the fuzz and distortion … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Stagnant Pools
On our last visit to SxSW in 2013, the laid back, vintage jangle and classic pastoral psychedelia of the Allah-Las was a real treat to catch live and made us big fans in an instant. So from our perspective a new album (September) and a new single (August) are great news. The former will be titled Worship The Sun and the latter is the first track to … Continue reading The Allah-Las To Release 501-415
Avers, the Richmond indie rock quintet that includes members of The Head and the Heart, Hypercolor, The Mason Brothers, and Farm Vegas, is heading out on a summer tour in support of their recently released debut album Empty Light. Having given the record a couple of spins, we think these are shows you might want to add to your must-see list. A fabulous mix of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Avers
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