Category: Psychedelic

Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly

Videos of the Day: Radical Face || Drowners || Mona & Maria || Reverend Horton Heat || Twin Rivers

We’re catching up with a backlog of excellent videos to accompany excellent songs. Today watch Radical Face, Drowners, Mona & Maria’s pretty and epic pastoral ode to 60s/70s psych, Reverend Horton Heat’s octane-fueled pyschobilly with a little help from burlesque star Michelle L’Amour, and finally Twin Rivers story of a praying mantis living in the perils of a modern world. The praying mantis in the film is called … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Radical Face || Drowners || Mona & Maria || Reverend Horton Heat || Twin Rivers

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Psychedelic, Rock

Devin James Fry – Headwater Songs

Headwater Songs is the solo album from Devin James Fry – a regular contributor to many MM playlists through his work with Salesman and Lord Buffalo. Headwater Songs is a psychedelic country and clawhammer guitar reflection on the fires and flooding that tore through the Arkansas River Headwaters region of Colorado during the summer of 2013. Neighbours who banded together to cut fire breaks in … Continue reading Devin James Fry – Headwater Songs

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2013

As you might expect, December is a quiet month for new releases, especially non-festive ones, but we’ve still managed to come up with a mix of 16 top-notch downloads for you from our monthly postings. As always, we have a couple of new tracks too, and you can also check out our new monthly mix page here, that has every single monthly mix we’ve posted available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2013

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Americana, Country, Folk, General, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Shorts 497: The Woodgrains

Georgia three-piece The Woodgrains delightfully mix an easygoing Americana sound (think CSNY or the Band) with dream-drifting psychedelia. The results are a lysergic brand of folk-rock anchored by three part harmonies and an instinctive feel for classic songwriting. They will release their self-titled album later this month, but until then move and groove to Nobody Too, the first taste from the record. Continue reading MM Shorts 497: The Woodgrains

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

MM Shorts 495: New Madrid

Combining reverb-drenched vocal harmonies, soaring underwater noise, floating melodies and meandering guitars with a pulsing groove, Athens, GA-based foursome New Madrid’s sophomore LP, Sunswimmer, will be released February 25 on Normaltown Records. Check out the album’s lead track Manners, a driving dose of buzzsaw guitars, hollowed vocals, and pummelling drums. Continue reading MM Shorts 495: New Madrid

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Folk, Indie, Pop, Psychedelic

Mad Mackerel Recommends… Bird To Beast

Armed with infectious songs full of love and wonder, Bird To Beast are a psych-folk duo spinning magic from the sounds of yesteryear. Their sweet melodies and soaring harmonies tip a hat to the greats like The Beach Boys, Kate Bush and The Beatles as well as contemporary singer-songwriters like Rufus Wainwright and James Mercer. The band’s second single, a double A-side release of Elephant and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Bird To Beast

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