Oh yeah… me and MM are enjoying a glass of the special stuff tonight. And we’ve waited a bit for this. In the last two or three years, I’ve come across a few genetic mutations of female adult vermin of a highly toxic strain. But guess what? Tonight, at least, a little justice has been done. They’ve gone where the goblins go, below… Well not … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (11th March)
We’ve posted about garage rock aficionados The Boom Bang before, and now they are heading down to the SxSW party to promote their forthcoming album World War Fun through Nice People Records on 15th March. Take a listen to Tobacula from the album and make sure you catch them if you’re down in Austin. SXSW schedule: March 16th – Official SXSW showcase at Buffalo Lounge at … Continue reading New from the Boom Bang
Back in January, we gave you the first excellent track from the Obits new album Moody, Standard and Poor, which is out on Sub Pop Records on the 29th March. To help the time pass, here is a second track of surf influenced, stripped back, garage rock in the shape of Shift Operator. Download Obits – Shift Operator mp3 (from Moody, Standard and Poor) Download … Continue reading More from the Obits
We know we’re a bit behind the buzz, but we heard this on Steve Lamacq’s Radio 6 show yesterday and were taken with the roughshod bludgeoning riff, the squealing feedback, and the pent up bile and viciousness of the vocals. It is the Eagulls with their excellently titled single Council Flat Blues. If you haven’t yet, treat yourself to a listen and pretend it is … Continue reading Introducing…The Eagulls
Fresh off the back of the acclaim and success of latest album The King Is Dead, The Decemberists headed into our neck of the woods this week to play a short series of live dates. Birmingham HMV Institute is a good fit for the band, it is an old and beautiful historical building with many tales to tell – the intelligent, literate (and often historical) … Continue reading The Decemberists: Live Review
Some more half decent, decent, and downright entertaining videos for you to check out. The Agitator’s new single Say NO! is a politically charged call to arms set against an equally radical new musical style. Not a guitar in sight, just front man Derek Meins’ force-of-nature voice accompanied by Robert Dylan Thomas and T-Train on thunderous double drums. Pared down and primal! a Bergen, Norway-based … Continue reading Video Round Up
The Insound free March mix is available now from their website here – as always it is only up for a week so be quick. This month has sixteen tracks including offerings from Beady Eye, Cold Cave, Wye Oak, I’m From Barcelona, and Kurt Vile amongst others. In the meantime, check out a couple of our favourites below. Download tUnE-yArDs – Bizness mp3 (from Insound … Continue reading Insound’s Free March Digital Mix
Just like MM faves The Howling Owls, The Owsley Brothers hail from Florida. They sent us a couple of tunes from their forthcoming album Separated At Birth, which is out in April. And what a pair of tunes they were. Under The Shade Of A Live Oak Tree grabbed us by the short and curlies and squeezed from the very first listen. A slow, pulsing blues … Continue reading Introducing…The Owsley Brothers
Snacky Tunes Vol.1, is an excellent free compilation featuring past performances from their weekly radio show on Heritage Radio. It is now available for completely free download here. It features tracks from artists as diverse as Freelance Whales, Midnight Magic, Surfer Blood, Eli Paperboy Reed, Frankie Rose and the Outs, Blood Orange, and Au Revoir Simone, amongst others. A full tracklisting is below, along with … Continue reading Free Album Download From Snacky Tunes
The Everymen play the sort of rock’n’roll that MM likes. It is cocksure but not arrogant, intense without being overwhelming, and high on the sleaze factor as the shredded vocals of Sarin McHugh gleefully sit astride pounding drums and thunderous guitars. New four track EP Hello, Nice Evening. We Are The Everymen is out on 15th March, but you can grab yourself a copy right … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Everymen
