Watch videos for Horse Thief’s brilliant track I Am The Bear, a stunning intimate acoustic perfomance from SXSW by Iron & Wine, a gorgeous Phantoms & Friends from Old Man Canyon (free EP download from Bandcamp here), and to finish the jittery, unsettling Want by The Soft Moon gets a video to match… . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Horse Thief || Iron & Wine || Old Man Canyon || The Soft Moon
Swedish garage punks Holograms placed themselves firmly on our radar last year with the release of their blistering self-titled debut album via Captured Tracks. The follow-up will be called Forever and is due for release in September again on Captured Tracks. The first single from it is called Flesh and Bone, and it is every bit as dramatic and intense as you could wish for – … Continue reading New From Holograms
Sharkmuffin is back with a new five track EP, She-Gods of Champagne Valley. The infectious trio that hails from (where else?) the Brooklyn music scene, channel the brilliant Riot Grrrl acts of years passed, but paired perfectly with heavy 1970s inspired guitar riffs that create a raw sound that is not to be messed with. Smart, sassy, short and sweet, Sharkmuffin are focused 100% on good … Continue reading More From Sharkmuffin
Loathe her or loathe her, it is a day to rejoice. She has gone at last. From 1979 to 1992 she ruined this country, she ruined its communities, and she destroyed lives without a care or backward glance. She made millions of lives a misery and acted with out a shred of compassion or care for decent working people. Happy days. Download Crass – How … Continue reading Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead…
Here is the first taste of Black Banana’s new split single with Tobacco and precedes news of their forthcoming album Electric Brick Wall which sees a release via Drag City later this year. The trademark scuzzy punk blues and feral snarl that distinguished their release of album Rad Times Express IV last year remains very much to the fore on Hey Rockin’. Listen for yourself. It is … Continue reading New From Black Bananas
We are a little later than intended in posting this, but Southend’s Wobbly Lamps (who featured on MM last year) have a new EP on release. Drella is three more tracks of psych infused proto garage punk and lead track Never Ever Bloody Anything Ever is a particular, deliciously sleazy, delight. On the reverse is the ominous sonic mayhem of Haxan and the well, ominous sonic mayhem of … Continue reading New Wobbly Lamps EP
Raspberry is a new track from Sun Angle off their upcoming debut album Diamond Junk, out May 7th. Confidently treading a fine line between chaos and pop, the band blend raucous layers of sound, frenetic energy, and SST style punk under a surrealistic wash of psychedelia – unique doesn’t come close to describing it. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 347: Sun Angle
Our videos today come from Great Peacock, Decades, Golden Rabbit and Wavves. Great Peacock ooze the authentic sounds of the deep south with their new video for Family Home, then for contrast we have the kaleidoscopic In Sequins from Decades. Watch the snowy road trip from Manchester to London that makes up Golden Rabbit’s video for I Saw Red (and grab her Radiohead cover of Thinking Of … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Great Peacock || Decades || Golden Rabbit || Wavves
Here are the very best of our downloads from March’s posts together with a few new tunes for your listening pleasure. So close to 30 tracks in all – a perfect playlist to kick off April. Quite Parade – Edge of the Ocean A perfectly judged slice of Canadian indie rock, it is an anthem about a dying town that seems hopeless but is still … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2013
In contrast to our post about Rosy Street earlier today, Deadbeat Echoes occupy the more frenetic end of the musical spectrum and their most recent single No Bones released last week has much to commend it. It is a pulsing, menacing slab of punk inspired indie rock that perhaps has the Dead Kennedys as its closest touch point as needling guitars duel and the drums … Continue reading Introducing >>> Deadbeat Echoes
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