Category: Psychedelic

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… One Eleven Heavy

The latest project to involve long standing MM fave James Jackson Toth (aka Wooden Wand), as well as Hans Chew, Nick Mitchell Maiato, Ryan Jewell and Dan Brown, is an album from One Eleven Heavy titled Everything’s Better. It wonderfully evokes the classic 70s cosmic country of Gram Parsons and The Grateful Dead via their own unique take on that era’s psychedelic jams and gnarly roots rock. Check … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… One Eleven Heavy

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Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

No less than thirteen corking new tracks this week from the brilliant hypnotic post-punk thrum of FEWS to the infectious indie pop of Hater by way of a Ramones inspired Colleen Green, wiry art-punk from Public Practice, fuzzy urgency from Ron Gallo, raucous arena ready rock from We Were Promised Jetpacks, and sunburnt, pastoral psych from The Smoking Trees. And lots more besides… Do we … Continue reading Thirteen Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Mad Mackerel Recommends… Gently Tender

Gently Tender have risen from the ashes of Palma Violets, a band that started promisingly (we saw them perform an insane set at SXSW a few years ago), but soon faded into rather generic, mundane indie rockdom. The new band features three ex-Violets (Sam Fryer, Pete Mayhew and Will Doyle) plus Big Moon’s Celia Archer and guitarist Adam Brown. Who knows if they have taken their … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Gently Tender

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Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

IDLES – Great Death Valley Girls – Disaster (Is What We’re After) Fucked Up – Normal People Cat Power (feat. Lana Del Rey) – Woman Low – Disarray Spain – Maya In The Summer Iron & Wine – Waves Of Galveston Les Big Byrd – I Fucked Up I Was A Child Whitney Ballen – Fucking Sudakistan – Last Love Supreme Fidlar – Are You … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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New From Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile has shared a video for Loading Zones, which collaborations apart, it is the first new music to surface from him since 2015. The video is a paean to his City of Brotherly Love, and a farcical tribute to the song’s lyrics, themselves an account of Vile’s peculiar parking strategy. “I park for free!” he proclaims, as he goes about his day moving his … Continue reading New From Kurt Vile

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New Single From Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

Ahead of a visit to European shores next month, Perth rockers Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have shared their brilliantly bombastic and eccentric new single Social Candy. It is a hazy, dense offering of swirling guitars, heavy percussion and hypnotic vocals… give it a spin below.   Catch them live 11 Sept – Blondies Bar, London (tickets here) 12 Sept – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (tickets here) 13 Sept … Continue reading New Single From Psychedelic Porn Crumpets

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New Album From Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe

Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe will release their second full length album on 12th October. The nine track eponymous album was recorded in Anton Newcombe’s Cobra Studios in Berlin last year and was mostly co-written by the duo. Watch the video for Right On, a sultry excursion into psychedelic dream pop…   See them live: 8th Dec – Dublin – The Grand Social 9th Dec – … Continue reading New Album From Tess Parks and Anton Newcombe

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Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Slaves – Chokehold Sleaford Mods – Stick In A Five And Go Spiritualized – Here It Comes (The Road) Let’s Go Interpol – Number 10 All The Witches – Fishbelly 86 Onions Mutual Benefit – Come To Pass Ron Gallo – It’s All Gonna Be OK Dirty Lungs – Dumps Like A Truck Maxband – Means To An End Muncie Girls – Locked Up   … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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New Videos Round Up

A round up of some sweet new videos. Shimmering psych-pop from Whyte Horses, some charming Syd Barrett inspired bedroom lo-fi from Tiny Eyes, gentle pastoral folk from Queen of the Meadow, rambling, soulful Americana from Valley Maker, vintage outlaw bluegrass country from the Tennessee Stiffs, rural fuzz-folk from Stray Owls, classic indie-pop from Doe, anthemic, heavy duty indie from Tired All The Time, and last, but … Continue reading New Videos Round Up

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