We couldn’t think of a better band to follow on from our Sex Beet post earlier. In the words of Michael, our doyen of good taste at Crash-Avenue, “Guadalupe Plata are Spanish dudes doing screamin’, amplified Delta blues by way of chunky, nasty Memphis and Detroit punk.” Think of the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion duelling with The Dirtbombs in the Castilla La Mancha…and, er, you’ll not even … Continue reading Introducing…Guadalupe Plata
Sex Beet are a band from London who have spent the past year touring Europe and America with bands such as Best Coast, Strange Boys, Thee Oh See’s, Wavves, and The Black Lips. They’re due to be recording their debut album with King Khan in the next couple of months. They are shortly going back out on tour and have sent round this track, Dreams, a demo from … Continue reading New Song From Sex Beet
A while ago we posted the debut single, Cigarette Smuggling, from the marvellously named Mummy Short Arms, an off-kilter, woozy slice of surreal indie rock. The Glasgow based band have announced the release of their second single, a maverick slice of melody entitled Change. The influences remain, spanning Captain Beefheart, the Velvet Underground and Tom Waits. It is out on the 14th November on limited … Continue reading New Single From Mummy Short Arms
The tunes are coming thick and fast again at the moment and keeping up is proving almost impossible. Here are a few of the tracks from the web and our inbox that have caught our ears over the past few days. First up Okkervil River who are riding high on the critical acclaim for the release of their latest full-length album I Am Very Far. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Regular Round Up
Marissa Nadler’s new self-titled album is a gem of unusual, beautiful and dreamy melancholia that defies easy description or interpretation. This is the suitably hazy and surreal video for Alabaster Queen. You can order the album here. a Download Marissa Nadler – The Sun Always Reminds Me Of You mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) Download Marissa Nadler – Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) Continue reading New Video From Marissa Nadler
A couple of years ago we somehow got our grubby hands on the debut album, On Safari by The Witch And The Robot. Gradually, it charmed us completely with its wonderful blend of peculiarly British pysch-pop and acid folk accompanied by appropriately surreal lyrics – often about their beloved Lake District. Since then we’d kind of forgotten about the band until we received an e-mail … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Witch And The Robot – Stream New Album Here
Tomorrow we head down to the first Wilderness Festival, taking place on our back door in the beautiful Cornbury Park Estate. Previously this lovely venue has hosted the Cornbury Festival, which has thankfully now moved elsewhere as (trust us) it has the worse possible line-up you could ever imagine for an event of this type. Anyway, the Wilderness is, as we say, a different kettle … Continue reading Wilderness Festival – Free Mix
Here is a second track from Amen Dunes forthcoming album Through Donkey Jaw. More reasons to anticipate the official release this month via Sacred Bones. Download Amen Dunes – Bedroom Drum mp3 (from Through Donkey Jaw) Download Amen Dunes – Lower Mind mp3 (from Through Donkey Jaw) Continue reading More from Amen Dunes
Weird Freedom, the second full-length from Brooklyn’s Little Gold, sounds like a celebration, and with good reason. It is the inaugural release for the bands own Loud Baby imprint, and its Little Gold’s first LP as a proper band. Shortly following his departure from folk feral enthusiasts Woods, Christian DeRoeck assumed the Little Gold moniker and in 2009 released the wayfaring bridge-burner On the Knife. In stark contrast to the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Little Gold
Just like London buses, you wait for one and then get a plethora of arrivals all together. So it is with some of our favourite bands who are releasing tracks into the blogosphere at much the same time. You may have some/all of these already, but if not every one is worth having. First up is Blitzen Trapper and Love The Way You Walk Away … Continue reading More From Some Of The Big Guns
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