Our favourite wandering troubadour, the prolific, and prolifically talented, Wooden Wand will release a new album Blood Oaths Of The New Blues in January via the brilliant Fire Records. That’s three months to wait, but the good news is that to keep us all going they have made Southern Colorado Song available for free download via Soundcloud. Just click below to get it for nothing and join … Continue reading New Album From Wooden Wand (MM Rejoices)
Here we are again – a massive free mix containing the cream of last month’s posts, a couple of new tunes and, all in all, an eclectic set of top quality tunes to kick off the onset of autumn for you. From folk to garage, from country to psychedelia and from originals to covers, there is a multifaceted, multifarious, heterogeneous, assorted miscellaney of delights for … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2012
a Download The Love Dimension – True Love Comes ‘Round Again mp3 (from Forget To Remember) Continue reading Video of the Day: The Love Dimension
Just caught a storming track on Marc Riley’s 6 Music show by Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs. Sadly, we didn’t catch what the song title was, but it was a storming slab of high octane riffing that made us turn the radio way past 11. (If you know the title post a comment and tell us!) So, we had a quick look round and they … Continue reading Introducing >>> Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs
Golden Void is a new project of Isaiah Mitchell (Earthless) and Camilla Saufly-Mitchell (Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound), they will release their self-titled debut LP on Thrill Jockey this November. Although the songs drift into moody and dark territories, the prevailing sentiment is optimistic. Golden Void is a record of unpretentious, extremely well crafted, totally addictive rock and roll. Download the brilliant, galloping riffage of The Curve below … Continue reading Introducing >>> Golden Void
Negative Pegasus are a consciousness expanding, hard-psych three-piece from Brighton. The tracks on debut album Looming weave between primordial bone-shakers, stretched-out growls and ethereal retro-pop nuggets. For fans of Oneida, Ex Models and Can. Have a listen to the gnarly riff that just about manages to anchor Psychic Energy. The album was released this week – order from Smalltown America Records here. Continue reading MM Shorts 231: Negative Pegasus
As well as our regular Video of the Day posts, these vids have also caught our attention recently, and given the backlog we have, we thought it was time for a big round up of these as well. So here goes. Mean Creek’s video for Young & Wild perfectly captures the innocence, the excitement and the carefree joy of youthful moments reflected in the song’s message. a … Continue reading Watch These! Video Round-Up
Some bands have stranger influences than others. Take for instance, the Austin, Texas trio Black Forest Fire. Among their influences, they cite: Enochian Vision Magic, The Transmutation of the Bioluminescent Frequencies from the Base Material of the Sublunar Plane into the Highest Vibrations of the Golden Halo Aura, The Transit of Venus, Flame Geometry, The Eternity of Dispair, Whiskey & Wine, The Psychotronic War for … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Black Forest Fire
New releases are coming thick and fast, and hot on the heels of last week’s Round Up, comes part II – ten more tracks of genre-spanning goodies for you to download and delight in. We kick off with All You Can Eat, a little taste from south Philly art rockers 722, whose new EP, Haunting Me, is set to be released on 31st October. Screaming guitars, classic … Continue reading More New Releases Rounded Up
Oh yes, it is that time again. Insound’s latest free Vinyl mixtape has thirteen tracks spanning the whole gamut of genres from synth pop to indie rock. Amongst the participants this time are a few we’ve featured on MM recently including the wonderful Angel Olsen and Josephine Foster as well as the Raveonettes, Efterklang, Sweet Lights and Dots Will Echo (amongst many others). Be quick it … Continue reading MM Shorts 229: Insound’s Latest Free Vinyl Mixtape
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