Almost five years ago we posted about Brighton’s Slum Of Legs, praising them for their brilliant, motorik punk and then, completely unnoticed by us, the band released their debut album at the end of March. Across ten tracks, the six-piece band are as fierce and as uncompromising as ever, melding defiant dissonance and danceable disco into a sonic whirlwind that somehow manages to be as … Continue reading Debut Album From Slum Of Legs
Discovered these two tracks via Soundcloud last night and liked them a lot. Ohmme are a Chicago based duo and have a new record Fantasize Your Ghost, coming out on the 5th June via Joyful Noise Recordings. 3 2 4 3 was the lead single from it with it’s brilliant opening, “Looked in the mirror the other day / Caught my reflection / My mouth had moved … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Ohmme
Chemtrails will release new album The Peculiar Smell Of The Inevitable on the 15th May via Pnkslm. It promises to be the band’s heaviest and wildest record yet, with their trademark big melodies and harmonies performed over a frenzied wall of raw guitar noise and glistening synths. Check out the excellent Suck My Mind, a frenzied gem of infectious garage-punk and acid-corroded new-wave. Order the … Continue reading Chemtrails – Suck My Mind
Deathlist is the lo-fi solo project of Portland-based multi-instrumentalist Jenny Logan, exploring themes of loss, grief, survival, love, and dreams in the vein of Mazzy Star, Suicide, and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Her new album You Won’t Be Here For Long is out on the 29th May and we have a couple of tracks for you: a stream of the woozy and sinister title … Continue reading Deathlist – You Won’t Be Here For Long
The gentle propulsion and dreamy hypnotics of Fox On The Run is one of our favourite tracks from Elephant Sun’s recently released album Hollow. Like the lovechild of classic solo era John Lennon and Yo La Tengo, it is a masterpiece of finely crafted psych-pop and the band have shared a new video for it, which you can watch below. You can also buy the album … Continue reading New Video: Elephant Stone – Fox On The Run
First up – great name! Harmonica Lewinski, are a five piece band out of Rochester NY. They say their sound has been described as “Tropical trash, greasy garage, dirty disco and party punk“. They have a new album titled Human BBQ! consisting of nine tasty tracks slathered in a kind of twisted, lo-fi psych-surf-pop that is 100% guaranteed to put a smile on your face and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Harmonica Lewinski
We’ve long been fans of Birmingham based garage rock trio Table Scraps and they are featured with a new song I Wanna Stay Home With U on Burger Records new compilation QUARANTUNES: Songs From Self-Isolation #2. It is the second in a seven volume series featuring over 140 different artists with all songs written and recorded by the artists over the past three weeks. All funds from sales … Continue reading Table Scraps on latest Burger Records Quarantunes Compilation
FEVA are another new discovery for us and much like our two recent posts about TV Priest and Public Body, they inhabit the noisier end of the musical spectrum. Hailing from Newcastle, the four piece’s latest single (released yesterday on all digital platforms) is called I Wanna Know, and it is a snarling, scuzzy slice of anthemic rock that is urgent enough to strip the paint … Continue reading FEVA – I Wanna Know
Car Seat Headrest’s latest single from upcoming album Making A Door Less Open is called Hollywood. Check out the video for it here: a fun/riotous/terrifying take on Hollywood culture, with Will Toledo at his megaphone-screaming best, while the animated video sees his alter ego Trait taking a simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying haunted ride through Tinseltown. The album is released on the 1st May via Matador Records … Continue reading Car Seat Headrest – Hollywood Video
Public Body are a new find for us, and yet another band off the seemingly endless Brighton production line. New single, the excellently named, Naughty On My Bike, is a stinging burst of wiry post-punk that takes aim at failing public services. There is lots to like about the track, which summons up influences from Gang of Four to the more contemporary Traams, but Public … Continue reading Public Body – Naughty On My Bike
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