London’s Cheatahs have unveiled a brand new single from their forthcoming self titled debut album. Get Tight is set for release on 24th Feb via Wichita Recordings. The band’s long-awaited and self titled debut album is a blend of ecstatic noise, ambient drone and visceral, resounding alt-rock, combined with lyrics that touch on the complexities of relationships, nature, the city, memory, dislocation and self-identity. Listen … Continue reading New Cheatahs Single
TURCHI describe their sound as “kudzu boogie” which seems an entirely appropriate description to us – blending as it does an Americana style narrative with some swamp blues, plenty of slide guitar and more than a dash of relentless southern-fried groove. Their most recent release – a 10″ vinyl EP titled My Time Ain’t Now includes this gem of a cover of Josh Ritter’s Mind’s … Continue reading Turchi – My Time Ain’t Now
Gretchen Lohse is a native Philadelphia singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She comes from a family with deep music roots and was classically trained on violin, which is evident on her recordings. As the front woman of Philadelphia psychedelic folk rock band Yellow Humphrey, she dreamt up rich, strange musical tapestries; Part memoir and part tall tale, heavily influenced by folklore and silent films. Primal Rumble, her … Continue reading Introducing >>> Gretchen Lohse
We’re catching up with a backlog of excellent videos to accompany excellent songs. Today watch Radical Face, Drowners, Mona & Maria’s pretty and epic pastoral ode to 60s/70s psych, Reverend Horton Heat’s octane-fueled pyschobilly with a little help from burlesque star Michelle L’Amour, and finally Twin Rivers story of a praying mantis living in the perils of a modern world. The praying mantis in the film is called … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Radical Face || Drowners || Mona & Maria || Reverend Horton Heat || Twin Rivers
Check out the glittering garage-punk sonics of new single, Don’t You Start, from Sleepy Kitty. It is taken from the St Louis based duo’s sophomore album, Projection Room, due January 14 via Euclid Records. Continue reading MM Shorts 499: Sleepy Kitty
Headwater Songs is the solo album from Devin James Fry – a regular contributor to many MM playlists through his work with Salesman and Lord Buffalo. Headwater Songs is a psychedelic country and clawhammer guitar reflection on the fires and flooding that tore through the Arkansas River Headwaters region of Colorado during the summer of 2013. Neighbours who banded together to cut fire breaks in … Continue reading Devin James Fry – Headwater Songs
Having appeared on MM back in July of 2012, Clear Plastic Masks have recently released their debut self-titled EP via Dine Alone and Serpents & Snakes Records. Take a listen to Baby Come On, and reacquaint yourself with their high octane, bluesy, reverb drenched rock’n’roll. Buy the EP via Bandcamp here. Continue reading MM Shorts 498: Clear Plastic Masks
As you might expect, December is a quiet month for new releases, especially non-festive ones, but we’ve still managed to come up with a mix of 16 top-notch downloads for you from our monthly postings. As always, we have a couple of new tracks too, and you can also check out our new monthly mix page here, that has every single monthly mix we’ve posted available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2013
Kick back and enjoy this collection of fine musical films from Steady Sun, July Talk, Victory and Steel Cranes. . . . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Steady Sun || July Talk || Victory || Steel Cranes
The Rebel Set have a vintage crash and snarl blended into their music that is reminiscent of guitar heroes from the 1950s like Link Wray and Gene Vincent at the peak of their thunder inducing years and pressure packed with the energy of 1960s garage bands like The Sonics and The Monks. Influenced by his father’s stacks of rock n’ roll vinyl and the lo-fi garage … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Rebel Set
