Black Girls, a psych-pop quintet out of Richmond, VA recently released long-player Claire Sinclaire. The latest single from it is Buyin’ Time, a potent mix of surf and glam rock. Check it out. Buy the album from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 548: Black Girls
The Blue Angel Lounge formed in 2006, after meeting at school in their German village Hohenlimburg near the Rhine River. Led by singer Nils “O.” Ottensmeyer and Dennis Melster, the band took their name from the club in New York City that in the 1960s offered Nico her first live performances in America. New album A Sea Of Trees is a menacing, bleak collection of … Continue reading The Blue Angel Lounge – A Sea Of Trees
Departure, the debut album from American duo The Vacant Lots will be out on the 30th June via the unfailingly excellent Sonic Cathedral label. We first came across them via their excellent contribution to the Psych for Sore Eyes EP compilation. The first taste from the albumis the wonderfully titled Mad Mary Jones, a full on head rush of pinked-up psychedelia that we can’t stop spinning. … Continue reading Vacant Lots – Mad Mary Jones
It was perhaps inevitable that with a surname like that, Texas troubadour Collin Herring would receive some love from Mad Mackerel. But putting trivialities aside, what we have to share with you is Herring’s first studio effort in nearly five years called Some Knives, and due for release on May 13th. Over the course of eleven moving tracks, the record is an emotional ride. It is … Continue reading Collin Herring To Release Some Knives
Mexican psych-duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete’s new single, Sealed Scene, came out yesterday and is taken from their excellent new album Chambers. It comes backed with the brand new ‘Silo Version’ of Third Wave, and you can buy it from iTunes now. Listen to the song here, and get locked into the groove… . Continue reading New Single From Lorelle Meets The Obsolete
Lost Dawn are a 2 piece from Falmouth, Cornwall, but much more than that is difficult to find out. However, their Song For Robert video hints at exciting times, being a distorted, glammed-up stomper that sounds not unlike someone dug up Marc Bolan…. . Continue reading Video: Lost Dawn – Song For Robert
Brooklyn-based five-piece Clouder recently released their sophomore album, Sister Raygun, via Fleeting Youth Records. It is a record that over ten tracks explores themes of emotional turmoil, anxiety, paranoia, debauchery, loneliness, and reverie. We have the first two singles for your listening edification. The first is Lost In Reverie, a romping rock track about a faceless female presence that’s propelled by antsy guitars that morph in and out of surf … Continue reading Clouder – Sister Raygun
Geronimo!, are a trio from Chicago who specialize in a mix of psych, post-punk, krautrock, noise, and indie rock to almighty good effect. The band will release their new album Cheap Trick (named after their shared home origins of Rockford, IL) on May 13th via Exploding In Sound Records. It’s a dynamic record that manages to shift from sound to sound in a moments notice, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Geronimo!
I Am Fond Of You is the latest stream taken from Let’s Wrestle’s excellent self-titled third album of bold, imaginative indie rock that expertly straddles the divide between classic psych-pop and Seventies cowboy rock – it is out now on Fortuna POP! (order here). . Continue reading MM Shorts 543: More From Let’s Wrestle
An absolute plethora of cracking new music videos for you today from the brilliant Sharon Van Etten, the welcome return of the rumbling Archie Bronson Outfit, the desert-burnt junkyard indie of The Ukiah Drag, the super trippy Sleepy Sun, and a satirical sex-education video from Bleech. . . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Sharon Van Etten || Archie Bronson Outfit || The Ukiah Drag || Bleech || Sleepy Sun
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