New Videos: The Black Angels || Axxa/Abraxas || Rett Smith
Here are some brand spanking new videos to enjoy from the Black Angels, Axxa/Abraxas and Rett Smith. . . . . Continue reading New Videos: The Black Angels || Axxa/Abraxas || Rett Smith
Category: Rock
New Album From The Pine Hill Haints
The Pine Hill Haints are a group of troubadours and kindred spirits that mix elements of folk, rockabilly, bluegrass and Americana, with just a hint of punk. With the help of a rotating cast of friends and storytellers, the band has travelled the world, sporadically releasing records that have mostly been self-recorded and sold from the back of their van. Their sound has grown and … Continue reading New Album From The Pine Hill Haints
Video: Cloud Nothings – Psychic Trauma
Cloud Nothings have shared an official video for Psychic Trauma, another excellent single from their new album Here and Nowhere Else. . . Continue reading Video: Cloud Nothings – Psychic Trauma
MM Shorts 592: Elephants And Castles
The sobering story of professional footballer Justin Fashanu is one that many football fans will know well – the first million pound black footballer, the first openly gay pro footballer in the UK, and a tragic suicide in May 1998, aged only 37. Released yesterday, Fashanu is the debut single from South London’s elephants and castles, and it is appropriately described as a gem of bruising, … Continue reading MM Shorts 592: Elephants And Castles
More From The Barr Brothers
Canadian folkies, The Barr Brothers have unveiled another new track from their forthcoming album as well as details of a UK tour for the Autumn. The new track is Half-Crazy, also taken from their new album Sleeping Operator, released on the 6th October through Secret City Records. The band describe the song as “the tenacious offspring of the North African desert music of Mali/Morocco, and the sweat … Continue reading More From The Barr Brothers
Mad Mackerel Recommends… Martyr Privates
Martyr Privates are another fine example of the murky, outsider psych influenced indie and post punk currently spewing from down under. Something to Sell takes a heavy base of percussion and ramshackle guitar, heaps a few ladles of fuzzy goodness into the pot, adds a dash of drone and couldn’t-give-a-shit vocals and stirs the whole lot into a throughly enjoyable serving that left us wanting more … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Martyr Privates
Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
1. Courtney Barnett – Pickles From The Jar 2. Mirel Wagner – The Dirt 3. Vashti Bunyan – Across The Water 4. TRAAMS – Cissa 5. The Rosebuds – Blue Eyes . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
New From The Ukiah Drag
The scorched, warped Americana and post-punk of The Ukiah Drag with its pulsating organs, flattening riffs and creep beats have long found favour here in the Mackerel abode. Their new LP is titled In the Reaper’s Quarters and can be pre-ordered from Wharf Cat Records. This is Her Royal Grip from it, and a more remorseless and unsettling four and half minutes of music you’ll be hard pressed … Continue reading New From The Ukiah Drag
New Video: Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals
Here is the official video for Wild Animals, the title track for the new album from bluegrass-based Minnesota folk-rock band Trampled by Turtles. Continue reading New Video: Trampled By Turtles – Wild Animals
New Single From The Wytches
Burn Out The Bruise is the new single from The Wytches, and comes from their forthcoming debut long-player Annabel Dream Reader, which comes out in the UK on Heavenly Records on the 25th August. It is another top notch example of their reverb filled, doom rock that still carries a hint of a surf undertone. Have a listen. Continue reading New Single From The Wytches
