Deep Trip the new album from Destruction Unit is out on Sacred Bones soon and we gave you a first taste of their psychedelic mayhem and harsh, sonic punk rock last month with The World On Drugs. Now we have the slower, creepier Bumpy Road, a nerve shredding six minute odyssey into an unrelenting nightmare. Listen below. Enjoy the trip! Continue reading Another From Destruction Unit
Pop. 1280 memorably delivered a debut album, The Horror, that was so brutal in parts it managed to be almost physically painful to listen to. At the same time it had enough within its hardest of hardcore sensibilities to keep the visceral savagery tautly contained, imprisoned in a way that was mighty tense, but which also rewarded the listener with some mighty fine tunes to, well to … Continue reading Pop. 1280 – Imps Of Perversion
It is getting to that time when we’re feeling like the White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland – so many tunes to share, so little time! So at the risk of doing somewhat of a disservice in terms of the prose to describe these, here are a collection of tunes that have landed in our in-box or mailbox and that really deserve some ear-time from … Continue reading New Music Round Up
A new week, some new tunes to soften the blow. We have a taste (if that’s the right word) from Diarrhea Planet’s new album I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams in the shape of the sleazy, roiling Babyhead. By way of contrast we have Frankie Rose’s new track Sorrow from her scheduled new long player Herein Wild, a deceptively simple and sweetly melancholic pop track … Continue reading New Tunes On Monday
Bad Sports are back with their third album Bras, and a tougher, harder-edged sound. While still very much in the classic vein of Texan garage/punk, the band are also bringing to mind the heyday of New York City punk, with hints of Dead Boys snarl, Dictators thump, and even some artier Lou Reed/Television leanings. Grab first single, the hooky and energetic Let Me In. Order … Continue reading Bad Sports – Bras
Life is Murder is the first single and title track from Kal Marks’ latest album, which is out on the 17th September via Exploding In Sound, Sophomore Lounge and Midnight Werewolf Records. Fixtures of the underground Boston scene for a good few years, this is our first introduction to the band and it is a cracker. From the boiling, seething undercurrent of frustration that anchors … Continue reading New Album From Kal Marks
The Orwells more than live up to their burgeoning reputation with their second EP of 2013. Who Needs Who has three more tracks of intense, frenetic punk inspired rock’n’roll plus an Audiotree live version of fan favourite Halloween All Year. Listen to the title track. Continue reading MM Shorts 421: The Orwells
Summer Cannibals just released a third track off their debut album, No Makeup, which gets an official release on the 6th August. Like the previous two tasters, Take Me Out is brilliant, and may well be our favourite yet from the album. It’s an irresistibly good slab of garage punk that somehow deliberately (and cleverly) manages to meld a certain weary insouciance in the vocals with … Continue reading (Another) Great Track From Summer Cannibals
A brilliant month for new music means a mix of more than 35 tracks compiled for you in our selection of our favourite downloads from July’s posts. And, as always, a few brand new tunes to round the collection off. They’re all yours…and check out all the other Best of the Month mixes using the sidebar links too. SNØFFELTØFFS – Pretty Girl Storming garage punk. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2013
The Cigarette Bums are described as “a Dylan-meets-Daniel Johnston–meets-Replacements-meets-Beefheart smash-up”, which, upon a couple of spins of debut single Rude Dude would seem as accurate as anything we might have come up with. Less frenzied or raw than you might expect, there is nothing sloppy about these fellas and real, honest-to-goodness songwriting chops are hard at work here. It channels its undeniable energy into delivering … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Cigarette Bums
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