Category: Rock

Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Aly Tadros & Ben Balmer || Rainbow Jackson || L.A. Salami || Killing Fields Of Ontario

Start the week with a sumptuous video and song from Aly Tadros & Ben Balmer, Whim is a gorgeous folk duet. We also have scuzzed-up power punk from Rainbow Jackson and their campy, cartoonish video for Psycho Betty and singer songwriter L.A. Salami’s travelogue video for standout track Gets You Wondering. Lastly we have an intense, hard hitting video from Killing Fields Of Ontario for their … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Aly Tadros & Ben Balmer || Rainbow Jackson || L.A. Salami || Killing Fields Of Ontario

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Acoustic, Folk, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ed Askew

Until recently I knew nothing of Ed Askew, but an intriguingly positive review of his album For The World in one of the music monthlies piqued my interest and so when, by chance, we received a digital copy via e-mail shortly afterwards I was more than curious to hear what it contained. Not only that, but the album features the wonderful Sharon Van Etten (who’s … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ed Askew

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Americana, Country, Music, Rock

Caitlin Rose Covers The National

Not much needs to be said about this. Caitlin Rose is currently on a big UK tour and to mark her arrival on our shores she has unveiled a beautiful cover of The National’s Pink Rabbits, which comes from The National’s current 4AD album Trouble Will Find Me. Listen below or click through to purchase from Amazon.com. Remaining Tour Dates Mon 9 Sep Glasgow ABC2 £12 … Continue reading Caitlin Rose Covers The National

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Alternative, Indie, Industrial, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

New Young Knives Track

We have had a taste already from the Young Knives forthcoming album Sick Octave, which sees a release on November 4th following a successful Kickstarter campaign. Here is another, and Something Awful would seem to confirm that the three piece have gleefully taken a sharp left to deliver something darker and more industrial than anything they have done before. The band say of the song, “Something … Continue reading New Young Knives Track

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

New Graveyard Kids Single

Brooklyn’s Graveyard Kids are back with a new single and keeping the garage rock theme going of the day. While not as visceral as our earlier Oil Boom post, this track Jor G is equally good – just over two minutes of jerky, insistent garage pop that descends into musical chaos about half-way through before recovering only to collapse in on itself again at the end. Download … Continue reading New Graveyard Kids Single

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Americana, Country, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> American Babies

Cold Blooded is the first taste from Knives and Teeth, the third long player from American Babies. Embedded at the rockier end of classic Americana, Cold Blooded is powerful and uncompromising yet steeped in uncertainty as frontman Tom Hamilton offers such biting assertions as: “When I mean so much to you, doesn’t hold for me it’s true” Watch the stop motion video or stream it … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> American Babies

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Rounds ‘Em Up

So we have 200+ songs marked for potential posting sat patiently waiting in our in-box, and a whole host more diligently collected from the nooks and crannies of the web. Time then for a round-up of some of the most deserving of your ears. Without further ado, lets set out our stall with Aussie troubadour Owls of the Swamp’s beautiful and sweetly sorrowful Happiness Is A Sad … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Rounds ‘Em Up

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Pond || Semi Twang || Dancing Years || Jesse Woods

Our videos of the day are Pond’s ethereal, mind expanding O Dharma, the classic roots rock of Semi Twang’s Dark Out, Dancing Years’ poignant and melancholic Here’s To My Old Friends, and the stunning, haunted Tumbleweeds from Jesse Woods. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Pond || Semi Twang || Dancing Years || Jesse Woods

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock

New Dirtbombs Album

We’ve been fans of Detroit’s Dirtbombs since we first came across their two excellent albums released at the start of the millennium, Ultraglide In Black and Dangerous Magical Noise. Unconventional garage punks, equally at home mixing in soul, R&B and surf-pop as they are covering techno classics, their latest album is Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey. And as if the title didn’t give it away, this time they are … Continue reading New Dirtbombs Album

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