We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… Sixth on the roster is the video for Hexes, a lo-fi take on riot grrrl influenced slacker punk from Leeds/London duo Kamikaze Girls. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (6) Kamikaze Girls
We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… The fifth selection comes in the shape of London psych-rockers Bonfire Nights and their new video for the groove-laden, stoner jam Easy Touch. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (5) Bonfire Nights
We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… Fourth are French garage-posters DTCV and their video for Histoire Seule. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (4) DTCV
We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… Second off the blocks are fuzzy drone experimentalists Collapsing Scenery with the video for Common Cause, from recently released EP God’s Least Favorite. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (2) Collapsing Scenery
We have too many good videos for too many good songs in our inbox and it would not be right not to share. So we will be dedicating the rest of today to video only posts… First up are the transatlantic Pale Angels, based between New Jersey and Swansea, and playing hypnotic, blown out punk. This is the video for You Don’t Dance. Continue reading Video Tuesday: (1) Pale Angels
Via a recommendation from the Italian Job comes The Du-Rell Family taking their gothic-tinged cues from the tales of the deep south: roadside joints, dirt roads, feral dogs, snake oil salesman, swamp dwellers, trailer parks, murder, love and alcohol. With a heady mix of biting harmonies, honky tonk steel and country blues there is much to admire here. Check out new single Corre below. Continue reading MM Shorts 884: The Du-Rell Family
The Oscillation have shared Almost See, their dark, brooding contribution to a forthcoming split single with Portuguese psych trio 10,000 Russos, officially released November 24th on Fuzz Club. Almost See is brooding psych at it’s best, propelled by an unremitting gothic bass-line that roils through a sinister wash of celestial noise, stabs of fuzzed-out guitars, inaudible murmurs and discordant synths. It all makes for an eerily … Continue reading The Oscillation – Almost See
Everyone To The Savage Mansion is the debut ep from Glasgow’s Savage Mansion. It contains four tracks of effervescent power-pop informed by the likes of Big Star, Teenage Fanclub and Guided By Voices and is well worth some ear-time. Buy from Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 883: Savage Mansion
It’s a big week of new releases in the Mad Mackerel world – new tunes from Foxygen, Cloud Nothings, the wonderful Traams and Blossoms to name but four. Add to that songs from James McMurtry, Weyes Blood, TOY, and long standing MM faves Trance Farmers and Estrons and we’ve had a bonanza seven days. Nine songs for you. Enjoy. Cloud Nothings – Modern Act Foxygen – America Traams – Slipping … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Psychedelic rockers The Vryll Society have announced the release of their brand new single A Perfect Rhythm via Deltasonic Records. With nods to the likes of Tame Impala and Beach House, as well as similarities to early influences such as The Verve and The Horrors, A Perfect Rhythm is mellower and more pastoral than we’ve previously known from the band – it is an intriguing transition from … Continue reading The Vryll Society – A Perfect Rhythm
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