We’re busy catching up on a few things we weren’t able to post over the past few days. So, without further ado, here are some brilliant new ones including The Mountain Goats, the languid country rock of The Futurebirds, a brilliantly intense offering from Cloud Nothings, more icy electronica from Work Drugs, indie pop from Gross Magic and the psych blues rock of White Denim and … Continue reading MM Plays Catch Up
To celebrate our downloads working again we thought we would re-post our best of the month mix from October – more than 20 great tracks selected from our October posts and six new ones too. This time you can download and dive in. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Download The Bloody Hollies – Dirty Sex mp3 (from Yours Until The Bitter End) The dark … Continue reading Repost: Best of October 2011 Mix
Kevin are a Finnish four-piece who play kaleidoscopic pop/rock. With two albums and several EPs under their belt, Kevin are preparing for the release of their third album, due out in early 2012 – this is A Lonely Place, the first taster from the album. Continue reading MM Shorts 32: Kevin From Finland
The first music video from their new album of the excellent Maine-based band Coke Weed. The song is Sister Spring and you can still pick up a free download of their excellent Volume 1 available here. Continue reading MM Shorts 30: Coke Weed Video
Another month, more than 20 great tracks selected from our October posts and five new ones too. Download and dive in. Download The Minks – Araby mp3 (from Araby 7″) Endearingly gloomy slice of indie-pop. Download The Bloody Hollies – Dirty Sex mp3 (from Yours Until The Bitter End) The dark side of raw garage punk with touches of organ, violin and xylophone. Download Bare Bones – Hope & Feather … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: October 2011
We’ve posted a couple of times about Carter Tanton and their excellent album Free Clouds. Here’s a third track from it, Fake Pretend, this time featuring the vocals of another MM fave, the enchanting Marissa Nadler. Order the album here. Download Carter Tanton – Fake Pretend mp3 (from Free Clouds) Download Carter Tanton – Horrorscope mp3 (from Free Clouds) Download Carter Tanton – Murderous Joy mp3 (from Free Clouds) Continue reading MM Shorts 28: More From Carter Tanton
Holy Names is the moniker of Seattle based Andy Vaughan and his coterie. Holy Names’ Perpetual Beginner is an astral deviation from today’s standards, pulling taught the tightrope between space-rock and freak-folk. The record’s real stand-out, The American Crowbar Case, commences with a bobbing acoustic march, measured and determined, but as Vaughan croons things begin to zig zag. His rich voice gradually folds into layers … Continue reading Introducing…Holy Names
While we’re not great ones for themed mixes on MM, Halloween is one of the exceptions we like to make. Here is a perfect mix for whatever ghoulish event you’ve got lined up today! Fifteen corking tunes, from the skewed new wave pop of XTC and off-kilter indie of the Mountain Goats to the trashy surf rock of The Cramps and from the folk-stomp of the Men … Continue reading Free Halloween Mix 2011
Hyde & Beast’s next single You Will Be Lonely is released on November 14th and you can watch the video now. The video follows a giant teddy bear around a desolate landscape on what they’re calling, “a journey of self discovery, on a quest to find himself, with a purgatory metaphor, on the shore of a new beginning and ultimately taking the chance and swimming towards something … Continue reading MM Shorts 25: Hyde & Beast Video
Vines is the first single from the forthcoming release by The Nomadic Firs. You would be hard pressed to find a better blend of chilled out, good time rhythms and fuzzy, happy-go-lucky bedroom psychedelia anywhere. Simply irresistible. Download The Nomadic Firs – Vines mp3 Continue reading MM Shorts 23: The Nomadic Firs
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