The Ruminaters are a collaborative four piece that play what they describe in their e-mail as “beatnik, barnyard, hillbilly swamp rock“. That was a description that was always going to make us sit up and listen. With influences from The White Stripes and Black Lips to The Strokes and the Clash, The Ruminaters play feel good tunes with an energetic and nostalgic feel. Being the first … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Ruminaters
Strip-Lit Hell is the debut EP from Scotland’s Dog Moon Howl, available on a pay-what-you-want digital deal or CD for £4 via their Bandcamp page here. Their approach is a take-no-prisoners, full on sleazy blues and desert rock – imagine if you will Mark Lanegan duelling with Howling Wolf… Try the fearsome growl and grind of Blues Like A Hammer below. a Continue reading MM Shorts 152: Debut EP From Dog Moon Howl
We’ve posted a couple of times recently about the glorious, exhilarating fuzzed-up pop of Beast Make Bomb and they now have a new self-released EP out called Sourpuss and it has cover art that will delight Mrs M. Giveaway track Coney Island is another shimmering slice of indie rock played out against a backdrop of old-school punk attitude. It’s slightly slower, given a bit more … Continue reading MM Shorts 151: More From Beast Make Bomb
We became instant fans of the Wind-Up Birds after hearing the brilliant There Won’t Always Be An England from their Tyre Fire 7″. They are a peculiarly British band steeped in the idiosyncrasies and (sometime ridiculous) ways and mentalities of our island, unafraid to gleefully reveal when the Emperor is out and about with his new clothes, and to champion the cause of the forgotten, the … Continue reading The Welcome Return of the Wind-Up Birds
Monsters From Mars is, perhaps unsurprisingly given the name, a surf/garage rock band from San Diego, CA. Formed in 2001, over the years they have put out various self-released DIY CD-Rs and a 7″ out on Tic Tac Totally, which includes an instrumental surf cover of Britney Spears‘s Toxic. Way back in 2006 they recorded a couple tracks for a split 7″ with their friends in The Creepy Creeps, but label … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends Monsters From Mars
Last Saturday night way up yonder where the North wind doth blow, in an Italian restaurant (suppressing the urge to quote Billy Joel here for fear of reprisals), I had a little tête-à-tête with MON. My blushing was off the scale on the rouge-ometer but he was every bit as erudite, charming and utterly splendid as I thought he would be. Renounce your team and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (4th May)
So many new releases, so little time. Here are a few guaranteed to brighten up a Friday. Loving this new track, Yatton from Beak> in all its hypnotic, krautrock inspired glory. From a new album due in the summer. a In a similar vein, Arc In Round’s self-titled debut LP, being released June 26, by La Société Expéditionnaire, reflects a sensibility garnered from endless hours of … Continue reading New Releases Round Up
On May 7th (digital)/May 21st (physical), ex-Lovvers frontman, Shaun Hencher will release Coming Up With The Sun EP for his new project called Virals. Check out and download Gloria, a three-minute gem bedded in the middle of the record that shines through with an insanely hooky vocal and charged guitar riffs, taking cues from the sunny California coast yet retaining a suitably English feel. It has the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Virals
Insound are really pumping out the free digital mixes lately. Hot on the heels of their recent free Vinyl News mixtape now comes their free May mix. The sampler has thirteen great tracks from A Place to Bury Strangers, Alexander Tucker, Dunes, Edie Sedgwick, Eric Copeland, Exitmusic, Here We Go Magic, King Tuff, S. Carey and more! But remember kids, the sampler’s only available for the next week … Continue reading MM Shorts 150: Insound’s Free May Mix
We’re not too sure how to describe what’s going on here other than to say we like it a lot. Butchers & Bakers are straight out of Brooklyn, New York, and their debut EP Count On, Count On, will be released on June 12. Try Victory March from the EP on for size – the best description we’ve seen simply says vocalist Rebecca Keith’s voice sounds “kind of like … Continue reading MM Shorts 149: Butchers & Bakers
