And so it was Wilderness again (or Wildness if you were the somewhat disconnected and over-excited John Newman) – this year even bigger (an increase in capacity to 15,000) and still sold out. It is surely the premier boutique festival on the circuit in the undeniably stunning setting of Cornbury Park, which happily lies within a short walk of Mackerel Towers. By its nature it … Continue reading Live Review: Wilderness Festival 2013
Fantastic Sam from Gap Dream’s new long-player Shine Your Light is probably not typical MM fare, but damned if we haven’t been completely won over by the electro-glam undertones and the most infectiously catchy slab of dance-pop since, well since we don’t know when. Have a listen and we defy you not to tap something along to this tune. Out on Burger Records in November. Continue reading MM Shorts 424: Gap Dream
Rev up your Sunday with these videos from HABITS (trippy and hypnotic), Generationals (infectious, West Coast indie), Kitten Pyramid (experimental rock), and Detroit Rebellion (gritty blues). . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: HABITS || Generationals || Kitten Pyramid || Detroit Rebellion
An eclectic mix of videos for you this morning – we have the fragile, gossamer folk of Sarah Johns Music Party and their video for Green Bud, and the surreal video made by kids for the anarchic Lovely Eggs track I Collect Snails. We have the uber cool and trippy video for Bleached’s Dead In Your Head and lastly we have a brilliant amination for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Sarah Johns Music Party || The Lovely Eggs || Bleached || Lincoln Durham
The Drop, the new album from Danish neo-psych rockers Pinkunoizu saw a release earlier this week. Although it had its moments, on the whole we were pretty ambivalent about their debut effort, the choppy sound mosaic and spacey folk of Free Time!, but we’re a whole lot more excited about this one. It is still strange, unsettling and intricate, but it is also more coherent … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Pinkunoizu
It is getting to that time when we’re feeling like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland – so many tunes to share, so little time! So at the risk of doing somewhat of a disservice in terms of the prose to describe these, here are a collection of tunes that have landed in our in-box or mailbox and that really deserve some ear-time from … Continue reading New Music Round Up
We Knew It Was Not Going To Be Like This is the forthcoming album from New Zealand quartet Surf City. The track NYC tells of singer Davin Stoddard’s short time living in New York and captures a haze of broken connections and isolation in the belly of the city. It continues their love affair with psychedelic, reverb-swathed, fuzzy guitar rock while a warm, lush production … Continue reading New Surf City Track
Videos today include another from T. Hardy Morris’ series of The Audition Tapes From Places In Peril, the brilliant Share The Needle was filmed in Georgia’s iconic Paradise Garden. We also have This Frontier Needs Heroes new video for excellent album title track Hooky, and Savoir Adore’s fiery new music film for Regalia. Lastly we have the very promising fuzzy, cinematic English psych of Strangefruit’s … Continue reading Videos of the Day: T. Hardy Morris || This Frontier Needs Heroes || Savoir Adore || Strangefruit
Appropriately enough, boasting a sleeve that looks like it comes straight out of 1971, Spellbinder, the new single from Reading groove rockers Tail Feather is a gem of classic psychedelic rock. And despite the look and obvious retro influences such as Pink Floyd and early Fleetwood Mac, the single also sits more than comfortably in the company of the current crop of modern day exponents … Continue reading Introducing >>> Tail Feather
Today we have (another) excellent Willy Mason video, this time for Talk Me Down, an appropriately woozy and kaleidoscopic video for Spectral Park’s Nausea, a revealing video for Those Darlins new track Oh God (free download available here), and finally Alela Diane’s video for the superb title track single for her new album About Farewell. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Spectral Park || Those Darlins || Alela Diane
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