After four years away, Sennen returned with details of a new album, First Light, and a new track of dream-pop inspired shoegaze in the form of the ear-phone friendly Autopilot. Now the four-piece have given us Still Dark, a brisk metronomic and chorus-less single confirming their existence in the outer reaches – of both sound and music. Stream it below. twitter-follow screen_name=’madmackerel’] Continue reading More From Sennen
Echoes Of The Dreamtime is Miranda Lee Richards’ third studio album and first release in more than six years. We have already shared the atmospheric psych-folk of 7th Ray in our 100 in 100 series of posts, and the follow up First Light Of Winter is no less enthralling. Clocking in at just under seven minutes it swirls with an undercurrent of tension and menace … Continue reading Miranda Lee Richards – First Light Of Winter
The songs keep piling up in the in-box – too many to do justice to – but here are ten choice picks for you to decide… hit or miss? Claire Cronin – Sister And Devil [RIYL: Experimental folk, Karen Dalton, Jason Molina] Stranded Horse – Monde [RIYL: Orchestral folk, Loch Lemond, Horse Feathers] Heck – Good As Dead [RIYL: Noise-rock, Pulled Apart By Horses, … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 11)
We were big fans of Long Bridge, the first track from the new Murals debut album that we posted as part of our mammoth 100 in 100 series. Now we have Watching In The Dark for you, another mighty fine example of their slow, seething brand of tripped out psych-folk. Continue reading New From Murals
We’ve been grooving along to an advance copy of Crystal Cafe, the new album from London trio Witching Waves, due out on 25th February on Soft Power (UK) and Happy Happy Birthday To Me (US). Listen to Twister below, a sonic blast of edgy noise-pop that doesn’t sacrifice the melody at the heart of the song and has one of those bass lines that punches … Continue reading Witching Waves – Twister
Day Hang, the debut full-length album by North Carolina’s Serfs, arrives through Self Aware Records on January 29th. It follows the release of three digital singles and 2013’s Common Feelings EP. Mixing indie rock with twangy surfy guitars, a dash of punk and some garage rock, the album was recorded over a weekend at Old House Studio and marks a change in sound for the … Continue reading Serfs – Can’t Get Control
Since forming in 2010, The Third Sound have enjoyed significant support from none other than Anton Newcombe including an album released on his label ‘a Recordings’ and supporting The Brian Jonestown Massacre in Europe. Most recently the group has shared members with Newcombe and Tess Parks’ band, which has led to this collaboration. Featuring the aforesaid Tess Parks on vocals, the single You Are Not Here echoes the baggy … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Third Sound
We’re loving this track, Job Done, with its heady mix of guitars meeting synths and spiraling threads of psychedelia. It comes from Belfast duo exmagician, and is taken from their upcoming debut album Scan The Blue, due March 25th on Bella Union. Listen to the hazy crush of infectious strummed guitars, distorted garage wig out and propulsive non-stop percussion below. Marvellous. Dive in. Continue reading Introducing >>> exmagician
We’re a bit late to the party this weekend with our round-up of the best of the new releases of the past seven days. No matter – consider it a nice late finish to Sunday or a nice new start to the new week. Courtney Barnett – Three Packs A Day Woods – Sun City Creeps Soft Fangs – Birthday Matthew And The Atlas – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This/Last Week
Long standing MM faves Shearwater will return with a new album, Jet Plane and Oxbow later this month (out on the 22nd), and by all accounts it is their biggest and their loudest yet. Stream Only Child below. Remind yourself of Quiet Americans the excellent first taste from the album here. Catch them live: Feb. 17 – London – Islington Assembly Hall Feb. 18 – … Continue reading New Album From Shearwater
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