Despite not being half way through January yet, we’re already being overwhelmed with good stuff to share. So in a typical ‘blogger’s cheat’, here is a round-up of some of the excellent songs that have come our way and deserve far more than the arbitrary couple of lines we’re giving them. First up is the welcome return of Pete & The Pirates who made their … Continue reading Latest Releases: Round Up
The Megaphonic Thrift will unveil their debut long player, Decay Decoy on 21st February through Club AC30 Records. The band were formed in Bergen, the epicentre of Norway’s music scene, in the autumn of 2007 by Richard Mykleburst following the dissolution of his previous act Stereo 21 with members of Casiokids and The Low Frequency In Stereo. The Megaphonic Thrift make a virtue of the … Continue reading The Megaphonic Thrift Announce Debut Album
The Young & Lost Club is one of our favourite labels and they have a couple of cracking releases coming up that are very much worth checking out. First up is a band called Fixers who hail from local waters in Oxford and are set to release their debut single Iron Deer Dream featuring chiming guitars, soaring melodies, four party harmonies and the sort of production … Continue reading Young & Lost Club’s Latest Releases
It is fair to say that Kurt Vile’s forthcoming album Smoke Ring For My Halo is one of most eagerly anticipated new releases for the first part of 2011. Jesus Fever is a tasty aperitif for the album proper. It is out on the 8th March and you can pre-order via Matador here. Download Kurt Vile – Jesus Fever mp3 (from Smoke Ring For My … Continue reading Kurt Vile offers up track from new album
Yours Truly and Sun Airway have teamed up to make a country-tinged live version of Oh, Naoko from their brilliant Dead Oceans debut, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal Chandelier. The result is a transformation from an electro-pop wanderer to a folk-pop rambler, and although we are late converts to the band we would recommend you check them out if you haven’t already. The album is bursting with … Continue reading New video from Sun Airway
Secret Colours could very easily have made it onto our list best new discoveries of 2010 with their wonderfully authentic brand of 60s tinged psychedelia and modern krautrock. In the wake of the band’s continuing success in their native Chicago and elsewhere from last August’s eponymous debut, the band are continuing their single series with Follow The Drone. This follows on from their crazy re-interpretation … Continue reading New from Secret Colours
The Veils 2009 album Sun Gangs met with much approval at the Mackerel headquarters, spending much time in Mrs M’s car as the album of choice. Now after nine years with Rough Trade, the band are releasing their first new material since then with the release of a six track EP on their own Pitch Beast Records called Troubles Of The Brain. Lead track Bloom … Continue reading New from The Veils
Having risen from my sick bed like a monster from the swamp, I’m once again bouncing around like a boomerang, musically speaking at least. Back we go to the early 1990s to revisit some sort of defining moments in my youth when I’d just met MM; the time of compilation tapes rather than CDs; lots of pints of cider rather than a nice glass of … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (7th January)
Following hot on the heels of our plug for the latest edition of Uncut magazine, comes this one for the latest edition of Mojo. The cover CD is another classic album reinterpretation – this time of Harvest and features artists such as Villagers, the Smoke Fairies, Danny And The Champions of the World and Sam Amidon. Of particular interest to us was the inclusion of … Continue reading Phosphorescent cover Neil Young for Mojo
White Wilderness, the new album from John Vanderslice, is out January 25 in the US. Due to his collaboration with the Magik*Magik Orchestra, the songs are more effortless and carefree in their execution yet more expansive in their arrangements. Listen to album opener Sea Salt and you’ll hear exactly what we mean. For a limited time, in addition to the standard pre-order that includes a … Continue reading New Album from John Vanderslice
