Videos of the Day: Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards || French Films || Woodenbox || The Delta Riggs

Enjoy short films of the musical variety today from Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards showcasing the rich, gorgeous, melancholia of first single Sheets taken from forthcoming album Blindspot. Then there is some leather clad pop cool from Finland’s French Films and some rather fine alt-folk from Scotland’s Woodenbox . And to finish, some lowdown sleazy garage-blues and drag-act inspired footage from Australia’s Delta Riggs for their track … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Dan Michaelson & The Coastguards || French Films || Woodenbox || The Delta Riggs

MM Shorts 329: More From Colleen Green

Here is a second track from punk-popster Colleen Green’s forthcoming full length, Sock It To Me. It is out later this month on Hardly Art. We’re intending to catch her at SXSW next week. This is Heavy Shit. Enjoy! Download Colleen Green – Heavy Shit mp3 (from Sock it io Me) Download Colleen Green – Time In The World mp3 (from Sock it to Me) Continue reading MM Shorts 329: More From Colleen Green

Videos of the Day: Evening Hymns || Lincoln Durham || Decades || Sugar Stems

Our video round up today includes Canada’s wonderful Evening Hymns, comprised of Jonas Bonetta and a rotating collective of musicians which includes members of Ohbijou, The Wooden Sky, The Burning Hell, The D’Urbervilles and Forest City Lovers. This is the beautiful video for Family Tree from new album Spectral Dust, out on the 8th April. As a bonus, you can stream another album track, Arrows, too. We … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Evening Hymns || Lincoln Durham || Decades || Sugar Stems

MM Shorts 327: Insound Vinyl Mixtape

Here is the latest Insound Vinyl mixtape featuring tracks from A Giant Dog, Amateur Best, Autre Ne Veut, Banque Allemande, Foals, Grave Babies, Holy Wave, Iceage, Inc., Psychic Ills, and Snapped Ankles. Just click here to go and get it – as always it is only available for a few days, or grab a little taste with a couple of our favourites from the mix below. Download Iceage – … Continue reading MM Shorts 327: Insound Vinyl Mixtape

MM Shorts 326: Big Ups

Brooklyn’s Big Ups are at the vanguard of the visceral, chaotically noisy, and sometimes weird, punk and hardcore scene that is taking root in the city. A band that manages to be both deranged and charming – sometimes in the same song – they will playing a series of showcases at SXSW. Grab Fresh Meat for free from their split release with Flagland. . Continue reading MM Shorts 326: Big Ups

Videos of the Day: Turbonegro || Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors || Annabelle Chvostek Ensemble || Gold Star

Music vids today range from the death-punk of Turbonegro’s You Give Me Worms to the classic warm Americana of Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors and the equally arresting protest Americana of the Annabelle Chvostek Ensemble. Finally enjoy the acoustic simplicity and warm harmonies of Gold Star with intricate fingerpicking and ambient organ, wurlitzer and steel guitar. Pick up a free download from his self-titled EP too. . . (Click through … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Turbonegro || Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors || Annabelle Chvostek Ensemble || Gold Star

Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: February 2013

Here is our selection of the best of our February downloads together with a few brand new tracks to dig into. So go on. Knock yourself out. Blank Realm – Cleaning Up My Mess Sitting somewhere between the melancholic churn and burn of Mercury Rev and the noisy squall of Sonic Youth, the four-piece gleefully meld psychedelia with punk and pop and even a smattering … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: February 2013

New Song From The Black Angels

We are hugely impatient for the release of Indigo Meadow, the new album from The Black Angels due on the 2nd April. The band have now offered up a second song from the record, Evil Things focuses on a man and a woman on opposite sides of a conflict who meet on a war-torn battlefield. This one pushes at the furthermost boundaries of the bands sonic cannon, … Continue reading New Song From The Black Angels

Introducing >>> Black Hay

If you follow a route to an intersection where garage rock meets jazz, where rockabilly meets gothic and where country meets punk, you might well see Black Hay sitting roadside ready to scrounge a cigarette and tell you a few stories. Stories that you might subsequently find on their Nightsong EP. Stories that are shadowy – skewed romantica if you will – with echoes of  Nick … Continue reading Introducing >>> Black Hay

Introducing >>> The World War 1’s

In the spring of 2012, The World War 1’s released their first full length, The Bite and The Boogie. We have only just got hold of it, but it has grabbed our attention with its full-on uptempo blend of garage-punk, surf-rock, rockabilly echoes and mighty fine songwriting. They are currently recording our second full length which is due out in October of this year. Visit their … Continue reading Introducing >>> The World War 1’s