Here is our traditional free Halloween Mix for 2013 – twenty five great tunes and the fourth year we’ve provided a soundtrack for one of the best nights of the year. Download a perfect mix of ghouls, ghosts, spooks, and all manner of assorted monsters…from all genres and the past 40 years. No trick, all treat! Download Gene Vincent – Race With The Devil mp3 … Continue reading Free Halloween Mix 2013
Blind Daughter of Death is the first single released from the forthcoming sophomore album by the relentless psychedelic rock group Death Hawks. Their self titled second album’s release date is September 13th. The single is a waltz for the darkening summer nights, a blend of 70’s krautrock and psychedelia. Have a listen. Continue reading New Death Hawks Song
We’re loving the rock’n’roll garage rumble of the Sunburn At Midnight EP by Thee Commons. Watch the video for the classic surf-inspired guitar twang of the title track and listen to the perfectly executed rockabilly of EP opener Rabbits And Rattles. Just brilliant. Unfortunately, we’re not too sure where you can buy the EP, but check their Facebook page here for more band info. . … Continue reading Introducing >>> Thee Commons
We admit, when we first came across Georgiana Starlington, we assumed it was going to be a solo performer, so were quite surprised to discover that in actuality it was duo Jack and Julie Hines who (even more surprisingly) are better known for the Black Lips and as the visceral K-Holes. Even more surprisingly because Georgiana Starlington actually play weary, sunburnt, country tinged music that meanders into psychedelia, shoegaze … Continue reading Georgiana Starlington To Release Paper Moon
We posted a few weeks ago about Crushed Out (formerly Boom Chick) and their explosive hit of surf-garage momentum and rock & roll. Their debut full-length, Want to Give, is out on November 6 on the band’s own Cool Clear Water Records. Here is a second track from it, the primal Push Down & Twist. Download Crushed Out – Push Down & Twist mp3 (from … Continue reading MM Shorts 256: Another From Crushed Out
Back in February we gave a warm welcome to the brilliantly named Shamefaced Sparrows and their own particular brand of ‘deathpop’. After too big a gap, they have thankfully got back in touch to say “…and now that we have emerged from our makeshift den, built amid an unmapped, tree-ringed field, that time has come.,..mop your brow with relief, pour yourself a stiff iced-drink, have … Continue reading More “Deathpop” From The Shamefaced Sparrows
Pure guitar/drum adrenalin rush, plenty of fuzz, tremolo, riffs, chunky chords, slide and Black Sabbath power chords. Formerly known as Boom Chick, now Crushed Out, a duo that rides the crest of the garage-surf and pure rock’n’roll wave. Their debut full-length, Want to Give, is out on 6th November, on their own Cool Clear Water imprint. Try Weigh You Down on for size and check … Continue reading Introducing >>> Crushed Out
We got a first ever e-mail from Hardly Art yesterday, which pleased us greatly as they are one of our favourite labels around. And frankly we’ve been sent so much “electro banging mash-up dance disco pop bpm” shite over the past few weeks (do these people that send it not actually look at the blog first? There would be more chance of Anne Frank playing … Continue reading Hurray For Hardly Art. New Single From Hunx
So many new releases, so little time. Here are a few guaranteed to brighten up a Friday. Loving this new track, Yatton from Beak> in all its hypnotic, krautrock inspired glory. From a new album due in the summer. a In a similar vein, Arc In Round’s self-titled debut LP, being released June 26, by La Société Expéditionnaire, reflects a sensibility garnered from endless hours of … Continue reading New Releases Round Up
Here is our cherry picked selection of our favourite downloads from March for you, together with a few new tracks to create a perfect end-of-month mix. Enjoy. Download Thee Exciters – Dinosaur Traffic mp3 (from Perpetual Happening) Psychedelia meets proto-punk Download The Lonesome Savages – All Outta Love mp3 (from All Outta Love 7″) 50s inflected rock’n’roll revamped and updated with elements of the current garage punk sound – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2012
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