Video: Charles Howl – Garden Train

Charles Howl are a four piece outfit who perfectly combine psychedelic and garage-y vibes, creating a delicious splendour of brilliantly crafted psychedelic pop. These psychedelic leanings perfectly fuse with their brash, joyous and infectious riffs. Garden Train is the second single from their self-titled EP. . . Continue reading Video: Charles Howl – Garden Train

MM Shorts 521: The Greeting Committee

As we’re away for a few days we have scheduled a few posts to highlight some excellent stuff that has come our way, but which we haven’t had the time to do justice too in words! Taking their musical cues from delta blues, surf rock and the expansive sounds of Phil Spector, and mixing up sun-dappled melodies, scabrous passages of drone and feedback, and mutant blues with … Continue reading MM Shorts 521: The Greeting Committee

Videos of the Day: The Wet Secrets || The Pack A.D. || Deleted Scenes || Tail Feather

Videos to enjoy today from The Wet Secrets, the ever wonderful Pack A.D., something dark and unhinged from Deleted Scenes for Stutter, and a mix of groovy psychedelia and sun drenched nostalgia from Tail Feather. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Wet Secrets || The Pack A.D. || Deleted Scenes || Tail Feather

More From New Electric Ride

We’ve already given you a couple of tracks from New Electric Ride’s lysergic-fuelled forthcoming long player Ballon Age (due on the 25th February). Now, a mere two weeks before release, we have Here Comes The Bloom, its heady swirl effortlessly transporting you back to a kaleidoscopic age of free love, kaftans and spliff.  Take their advice its “time to go with the flow“… . Continue reading More From New Electric Ride

More From Turchi

We recently posted Turchi’s cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s Eye, the lead track from their 10″ vinyl release My Time Ain’t Now EP. They’ve followed it up in pretty rapid succession with a new 7”, cryptically titled When You’re Lost It’s All A Sign, out on the 25th February via Fat Elvis Records. You can watch the video for the A side below and stream the … Continue reading More From Turchi

Another From The Woodgrains

Distinct three-part harmonies, sing-a-longs, dream-drifting jams, and powerful riffs all wrapped in the sounds of the golden days: folk, soul, rock ‘n roll, and the psychedelic revolution. The Woodgrains are all these and more. Grab yourself Devils Disheveled below. It comes from their self-titled album apparently released a couple of weeks back (though we can’t find any specific details…). . Check our previous Woodgrains post here. Continue reading Another From The Woodgrains

Round Up Time

A few very choice tunes have come our way recently and which for one reason or another we’ve been slow to post them. So here is a quick and dirty round up of some of them! First up the very welcome return of the wonderful Pink Mountaintops and the first taste from their forthcoming album Get Back. We also have the brilliant Bass Drum Of … Continue reading Round Up Time

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2014

Our first collection of free downloads from the new year taken from the best of our posts for January. Twenty tracks to tickle your fancy including, as always, a few new ones. Dig in. The Woodgrains – Nobody Too Lysergic folk-rock anchored by three part harmonies and an instinctive feel for classic songwriting. . The Rebel Set – Monster Vintage crash and snarl – a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2014