The Sainthood Reps are a four-piece from Long Island inspired by the local hardcore, punk and indie scene of their surroundings. They will release their debut album Monoculture next month on Tooth & Nail Records. Grab yourself the title track – a gem of distortion, bludgeoning percussion, and a nagging, jagged riff that sets it well apart from the usual fare and, played loud enough, might … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Sainthood Reps
Another Round Up of the good, the very good and the exceptional tunes that have recently wormed their way in between our ears via our In-box or the internet and blogosphere. Let them do the same for you. We have a few new tracks from artists we’ve previously posted about, some new bands and a couple of big names too. First up, The Warped 45s … Continue reading Round Up Time Again
We have long been fans of the wilfully idiosyncratic, often downright acidic, and always anti-commercial folk of Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences. They encompass a peculiarly British sense of observational humour, gleefully laced with healthy doses of irony, pathos and sarcasm in equal measure. Over the course of two albums and eight eclectic singles they have provided a wonderful, occasionally bizarre, but always original … Continue reading New EP from Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences
We’ve featured noisemongers Pet Scenes a couple of times on MM and yesterday they released a new three track EP called Funk which can be grabbed for free from their Bandcamp page here. So, if like us, grungy, snarling garage rock is right up your alley as they say, you’ll probably like this. A lot. Download Pet Scenes – Habit mp3 (from Funk EP) Continue reading New EP from Pet Scenes
The Vagabonds caught our eyes and ears via a recent free Strummerville compilation (for those who don’t know about the Strummerville charity – click here to visit and to grab the compilation) because of the title of the track: John Mellor. Turns out as well as being on the Strummerville Songs For The Summer compilation, the track was on their EP, Another Victory For Hysteria, … Continue reading Introducing…The Vagabonds
Here is our regular Best of the month mix – more than twenty tracks of all shapes and sizes to get your ears into, plus a few new ones that we think you’ll love! So we’re off and running with… Download The Virgin Passages – Horizon mp3 (from Horizon) Euphoric, unhurried, hazy and hypnotic. Download St. Vincent – Kerosene (live) mp3 (Big Black cover) Visceral and stunning live cover … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: June 2011
The Dirty Nil just released their first 7” vinyl single called Fuckin’ Up Young. They are a band that tells us they like: fuzz, pizza, vinyl, bad habits, beer, power chords, stompin’ tom, feedback, fuzz, anything with big knobs and blinking lights, dogs, coffee, haters, beer, fuzz bass, not remembering the night before, Quentin Tarantino, tube amps, waffles, analog, swearing, distorted anything, Willie Nelson, bacon, soda … Continue reading Introducing…The Dirty Nil
We’ve already posted a couple of times about Witches and their debut album Forever. The record gets its official release tomorrow and the band have made a third track from the album available for you to sample. Check out the barbs and arrows of Count To Ten. You can buy the album from Bakery Outlet Records here. Download Witches – Count To Ten mp3 (from … Continue reading Witches Album Released Tomorrow
Mika Miko’s Jennifer and Jessie Clavin have a new band called Bleached. Fresh off their debut single on Ooga Booga (still available), Bleached are now releasing 2 songs via Art Fag! The Carter 7″ has two freewheeling California punk jammers that are equal parts Misfits and Rolling Stones. Think Of You and You Take Time will be in your head all summer long. Carter is on black … Continue reading Bleached Release Carter 7″
Way too much good stuff has been flooding our in-box. Way too little time to give it a proper write-up and give these artists the space they deserve. Anyway, what it means is a Friday smorgasbord of treats to choose from. Something for everyone we guarantee. First up is Vandaveer. A worthy pretender to the thrones left behind by Vic Chesnutt or Sparklehorse some might say. … Continue reading Mega Round-Up
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