Hailing from Dublin and Belfast, CRUISING are a kraut-post-punk-inspired party band, including members of Girls Names, September Girls, Logikparty and Sea Pinks. Debut release You Made Me Do That, is as lo-fi and DIY as it comes, the recording and song itself was the result of the first time the band had ever played in a room together and has been described as “a grimy, … Continue reading Introducing >>> CRUISING
Here is another track of Paradise’s uniquely vintage-inspired sound complete with Farfisa and Hammond Organ from upcoming album Soldiers of the Modern Age (out on the 22nd April). Download My Kingdom, a tune that just about sweats 60s garage, mod and rock’n’roll from every pore. [Click through for free download] . Continue reading More From Paradise
Departure, the debut album from American duo The Vacant Lots will be out on the 30th June via the unfailingly excellent Sonic Cathedral label. We first came across them via their excellent contribution to the Psych for Sore Eyes EP compilation. The first taste from the albumis the wonderfully titled Mad Mary Jones, a full on head rush of pinked-up psychedelia that we can’t stop spinning. … Continue reading Vacant Lots – Mad Mary Jones
Southern California indie rockers Wetwood Smokes have announced the release of their debut album Earth Tones & Red (out on 10th June). A sweet mix of pop hooks and indie rock, you can listen to single A Better Man, and the piano-led Madeline below. . . Continue reading MM Shorts 546: Wetwood Smokes
It was perhaps inevitable that with a surname like that, Texas troubadour Collin Herring would receive some love from Mad Mackerel. But putting trivialities aside, what we have to share with you is Herring’s first studio effort in nearly five years called Some Knives, and due for release on May 13th. Over the course of eleven moving tracks, the record is an emotional ride. It is … Continue reading Collin Herring To Release Some Knives
Folk-rockers Port Isla will soon (28th April) release their debut EP, Steamroller. The title track is a typically epic barnstormer (which incidentally, they excel at), with as anthemic a chorus as you’ll hear this year. Have a listen. . Continue reading Debut EP From Port Isla
At last we have a first taste from the Felice Brothers forthcoming record Favorite Waitress. Appropriately enough it is called Cherry Licorice. It is a classic ragged, uptempo rocker that is sure to become a guaranteed live sing-a-long as couplets like “all the lady and gents, are covered in excrement”, and “the teacher slit my wrists, for every class I missed” are destined for a roaring … Continue reading At Last…New From The Felice Brothers… MM Rejoices
Free Swim’s Meal For One is a brilliant track of catchy indie insouciance, scalpel sharp lyrical minutiae, and overall inventive quirkiness that is rapidly becoming their trademark. This time the focus of their attention is on TV dinners and a long overdue homage to that British institution, actor Ian McShane…it is the sort of thing a vintage Morrissey might have produced if he hadn’t been from Manchester … Continue reading Free Swim – Meal For One
Mexican psych-duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete’s new single, Sealed Scene, came out yesterday and is taken from their excellent new album Chambers. It comes backed with the brand new ‘Silo Version’ of Third Wave, and you can buy it from iTunes now. Listen to the song here, and get locked into the groove… . Continue reading New Single From Lorelle Meets The Obsolete
We’ve already posted Brown Shoe’s title track to their forthcoming Lonely Beast Part 1 EP, and the Cali brothers have now released Babe In Woods, the third and final single from it – another blast of anthemic indie rock. Lonely Beast Part 1 is out tomorrow, and Part II and Part III will be out later this year. . Continue reading Brown Shoe – Babe In Woods
