Not sure what it is about southern Europe at the moment, but hot on the heels of our belated discovery of Italy’s brilliant Bee Bee Sea, we have Portugal’s Sunflowers. They have an album coming out on February 9th, titled Castle Spell and the two tracks we have for you are just about as good as it gets in terms of full-on, punked-up, psych-rock riffola. They’ve … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> Sunflowers
Wooden Shjips – Staring At The Sun Kevin Morby & Waxahatchee – Farewell Transmission (Songs: Ohia cover) Cool Ghouls – CCR Bootleg Gun Outfit – Life Of Ease Loma – Joy Lord Huron – Ancient Names (Part 1) Oneida – All In Due Time Mind Spiders – Shock And Repeat Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The wonky, hypnotic and horn-led Golden Spiral is the latest track to be shared from Holly Miranda’s new album Mutual Horse (out on the 23rd February). The album is her fourth solo release since she emerged with her excellent 2010 debut The Magician’s Private Library. She says of the track, “This track started as a loop I made and was messing around with in my … Continue reading Holly Miranda – Golden Spiral
In the week that we lost the incomparable Mark E Smith, it is perhaps fitting that our current favourite insouciant northerners return with a blistering new single of their own. Arms of Pleonexia comes from Cabbage’s debut album proper, Nihilistic Glamour Shots to be released 30th March on Infectious Music. Blending social comment with mordant black humour and a keen eye for detail, the new single is … Continue reading New Single From Cabbage
Marvellous northern psych-punk duo The Lovely Eggs have shared another cracking (no pun intended) new single from forthcoming long player This Is Eggland. Wiggy Giggy takes us on a cosmic odyssey where “normal” life and always “striving for more” meet something more magical! Where the grass is not always greener whatever side you look from. Of the single, guitarist/vocalist Holly Ross said: “It is inspired … Continue reading New Single From The Lovely Eggs
One of the greats – punk, post-punk, poet, contrary icon. Genius. Legend. Continue reading RiP: Mark E Smith
Dead Meadow will be releasing a new album, The Nothing They Need on 30th March in the UK. They have just shared their first single, Keep Your Head, which perfectly exemplifies the band’s unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitar-fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon’s melodic croon. Dive in… Continue reading Dead Meadow – Keep Your Head
Melbourne based, Sub Pop signed five-piece Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have shared a new single, Mainland. Inspired by a 2017 trip to his grandparent’s birthplace of the Aeolian Islands off Sicily, singer/songwriter/guitarist Tom Russo said “I was reading about a refugee crisis unfolding not far away in the Mediterranean Sea. The song is about longing, disillusionment, privilege and holding on to love as a kind of … Continue reading New Single From Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
Comprised of The Black Angel’s Alex Maas, The Horror’s Tom Furse, Elephant Stone’s Rishi Dhir and The Earlies’ John-Mark Lapham, MIEN have announced their self-titled debut album will be released on Friday 6th April via Rocket Recordings. It is a record that finds equal room for radiant groove-based propulsion and ambient dreamscapes alike – as comfortable with the murky hallucinogenic voyage of You Dreamt as the powerful widescreen sweep of (I’m Tired Of) Western Shouting. MIEN … Continue reading MIEN – Black Habit
The six minute Cute Thing is the latest track to be shared from Car Seat Headrest’s upcoming release of his reworked Twin Fantasy album. It is an ecstatic multi-part epic of unbridled yearning, flirtation, and abandon, pairing masterfully layered production with a combustible house-party reverie – basically the stuff he does so very, very well. Stream it below. The album is out on the 6th … Continue reading Car Seat Headrest – Cute Thing
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