Category: Psychedelic

Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bardo Pond

Psychedelic space-rock stalwarts Bardo Pond have put out many LPs, most of them named after hallucinogens that make you throw up all night and see things – which was kind of them. Explicitly drug-inspired — their titles were filled with obscure references to psychedelics — they favored lengthy, deliberate sound explorations filled with all the hallmarks of modern-day space rock: droning guitars, thick distortion, feedback, reverb, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bardo Pond

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Young Buffalo

Keeping our Buffalo theme for the day going, Young Buffalo are an altogether different proposition to White Buffalo. This Oxford, Mississippi trio mix everything from tribal rhythms to southern R&B – sometimes shuffling along, sometimes jet propelled. It is exuberant, good natured, and what we’d call ‘sunny-side up” music. Watch the video for the excellent New Beat below and download a couple of tracks in … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Young Buffalo

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Carnivores / Dinosaur Feathers New Split 7′

London based blog Music Mule is taking the step from virtual to physical with the release of its debut record, a 300-limited-edition pressing of a quadruple A-side split 7″ from Brooklyn’s Dinosaur Feathers and Atlanta, Georgia’s Carnivores. Tropical flavoured garage punk outfit Carnivores have just released their second album If I’m Ancient through Double Phantom in The States. Parent’s Attic is lifted from that record … Continue reading Carnivores / Dinosaur Feathers New Split 7′

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Leader of the Starry Skies – Tim Smith Tribute Album

In 1987, when I was just a callow, spotty youth (though still very intelligent and good looking obviously) I went to see Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians play at the Town & Country Club in Kentish Town. While they were great, I was completely bowled over by the support band The Cardiacs and in particular the insane antics of lead singer Tim Smith. Ever since … Continue reading Leader of the Starry Skies – Tim Smith Tribute Album

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Glass Owls

Glass Owls hail from New Zealand and released their six track debut EP Dead Love earlier on this year. While it may have taken its time crossing the world to get to us, we’re glad it eventually arrived battered and bruised, but still demanding to be played. And deservedly so. The EP is well crafted, intelligent indie pop with nods to folk and garage rock … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Glass Owls

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Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dinowalrus

While being aware of Dinowalrus, for whatever reason we’ve never really invested a great deal of time in tracking down and listening to the band. This new track, Phone Home From The Edge may well change that for good. It comes from their forthcoming second album and is less aggressive than we were anticipating and more an easy going and colourful slice of psychedelic freak … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dinowalrus

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Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

New track from Solar Temple Suicides

Since their formation, Solar Temple Suicides have slowly been perfecting their own brand of drugged out, spacey haze. They preach long and tall effects-laiden, psychedelic mantras with unabashed space rock tendencies and hallucinatory walls of sound. We’ve already given you one track from their debut full-length album, Sentinels of the Heliosphere, and here is another, the rather magnificent Pale Blue Dot. The album will be released … Continue reading New track from Solar Temple Suicides

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Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic

The Migrant – new video for Nothing But Clues

The Migrant’s album Travels in Lowland has been one of our unexpected treasures of 2010, a record of wonderful, pysch tinged folk that draws you in and envelops you in a warm cocoon of simply constructed and beautifully sung songs. Boston based production company Extraneous Noise do a lot of work producing video content for bands playing in the area, and thought we might be … Continue reading The Migrant – new video for Nothing But Clues

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New from Women

The album Public Strain by the un-Googleable (if such a word exists) Women is one of those that has nagged away at us, slyly skulking around looking for ways to infiltrate our subconsciousness. On first, second, and subsequent listens it becomes a little bit more familiar, a little bit more impressive, a little bit more essential until suddenly you realise that it is an album … Continue reading New from Women

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New from Secret Colours

We have posted previously about Chicago’s premier psychedelic rockers Secret Colours and their excellent self-titled debut record. They have returned with a digital EP, In The Absence, which is a more acoustic affair than we’ve previously been used to, but may well be our favourite track of theirs so far. Once again we get the 60s influenced chiming guitars, hypnotic percussion and spaced out vocals, … Continue reading New from Secret Colours

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