Pop. 1280 – When No One Cares Speedy Ortiz – Lean In When I Suffer Hiss Golden Messenger – Passing Clouds Willie Breeding – Ride On Snail Mail – Pristine Dead Tongues – Won’t Be Long King Tuff – Thru The Cracks (feat. Jenny Lewis) ESCONDIDO – You’re Not Like Anybody Else Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Ben Littlejohn and Denis Sager, otherwise known as Bent Denim, make glitchy, lush, Americana and dream-indie for the defeated – the kind that envelopes you whole and talks to you like an old friend. They have shared the brief, but exquisitely insular Chasing Catherine, the first track from their forthcoming new album Town and Country. Have a listen. Continue reading Bent Denim – Chasing Catherine
New Zealand punks The Cavemen will release their third full-length album, Nuke Earth, on 6th April via Slovenly Recordings. Like the band’s past releases, it features a mix of rowdy punk and raw, scuzzy garage rock, made up of frantic vocals, screeching guitars, and infectious riffs. Their high octane new single Janey is one of its catchiest cuts, packing plenty of sing-along melodies into just two-and-a-half ferocious … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Cavemen
Vive la Void is a new project from Sanae Yamada, co-founder and keyboardist of longstanding MM faves Moon Duo. The self-titled album comes out on 4th May via Sacred Bones Records. Vive la Void took shape over a two-year period, during windows of downtime in Moon Duo’s substantial touring and recording schedule. The dense, shape-shifting atmospheres of the seven songs grew out of late-night basement experiments in the layering … Continue reading Introducing >>> Vive la Void
Okkervil River have released a new song and video Pulled Up The Ribbon, it is the second new track from their forthcoming album In The Rainbow Rain, out 27th April on ATO Records. The song is a hooky, uptempo track with a yearning, wide screen feel. The epic and esoteric video follows the band as they embark on a mystical journey that seems to transcend time. Watch … Continue reading Okkervil River – Pulled Up The Ribbon
The hazy melancholy and summery guitar swirls of Boony Doon’s self-titled debut album, released early last year, was a delightful discovery. Now the band are back with its follow-up Longwave, a conscious about-face from the sonic experimentation of the first album, and a journey inward. Delicate and spartan, we have the earnest and compassionate title track for you as well as the churning lope of A Lotta … Continue reading New Album From Bonny Doon
San Diego’s Wavves will return to the UK this summer for a short run of live shows in support of last year’s excellent You’re Welcome release, which ran the gamut from the brazen indie-punk of No Shade to the fuzz-tinged glam of Million Enemies. The run takes in London, Leeds and Manchester before the band head off for a further run of European dates. To … Continue reading Wavves Cover Electric Prunes + UK Tour Dates
Nest Egg are a three-piece from Asheville, North Carolina who describe their head-heavy and kosmische psych-rock wig-outs as ‘mood music for nihilists’. That was always likely to be a good match for MM, and so it proves with the minimalist kraut-punk of lead-single Long Night Outside, which comes from their sophomore album Nothingness Is Not A Curse. Permission to wig out is granted. Enjoy… Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Nest Egg
Here is the second track from Courtney Barnett’s upcoming long player Tell Me How You Really Feel. Need A Little Time is a more fragile, tender beast than we are perhaps used to and hints at further depths while its plaintive tone and floating arrangement makes it just as memorable as the fizzing punk tones of first single Nameless Faceless. Watch the excellent video for it … Continue reading New Courtney Barnet Track
We are muchly looking forward to Simone Felice’s new album The Projector, described as “a handcrafted album of lone guitars echoing in the twilight, nocturnal electronics and woodsy vocals.” The second track from it is The Fawn, and it certainly seems to be living up to the hype – intense, mesmeric and building to an undeniably powerful coda. Listen below. Continue reading Simone Felice – The Fawn
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