We posted recently about A Scribe Amidst The Lions. Here is their new video for new song Hot Chameleon. As they say, it is pretty tripped out. a Get the new EP The Lidless Kind from their Bandcamp page here. Download A Scribe Amidst The Lions – Backdoor Betty mp3 (from the Lidless Kind) Continue reading New Video from A Scribe Amidst The Lions
Like many others we first came to know of New Jersey singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs through her song Fuck Was I, which made a few waves on her debut album Batten The Hatches in 2005. Her follow up release in 2009, Transmitter Failure was also a solid album, and so it was with interest we got hold of Great Big Plans – the taster from … Continue reading Jenny Owen Youngs Returns
We are new to Dennis Hopper Choppers and so, by name alone, were expecting some kind of acid fuelled, rambling lunacy so weren’t really prepared for the mix of steely Americana, Mariachi brass and the occasional controlled guitar freakouts that we actually got. Once we’d readjusted, the Morricone inspired spaghetti western feel and Tijuana style horns combine to give an authentic dusty desert twang to … Continue reading Introducing…Dennis Hopper Choppers
Happy Birthday Mrs Mackerel! I had to post this. Download Death By Crimpers – Obsessive mp3 (from Obsessive 7″) Continue reading Happy Birthday Mrs Mackerel
So, five go camping. Well, not quite yet; we do need a tent first – or at least one that fits us all. The last time I went camping was with MM’s predecessor. Two nights in the Black Mountains of Wales in torrential rain. We awoke in water. That cured any affection I had towards life under canvas, and to him. Still, life moves on. … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Saturday (2nd July)
The Vagabonds caught our eyes and ears via a recent free Strummerville compilation (for those who don’t know about the Strummerville charity – click here to visit and to grab the compilation) because of the title of the track: John Mellor. Turns out as well as being on the Strummerville Songs For The Summer compilation, the track was on their EP, Another Victory For Hysteria, … Continue reading Introducing…The Vagabonds
Withered Hand has been one of our favourite discoveries of recent times. His album Good News was a standout from 2009 and ever since then he has been near the top of the list of all the artists we would like to see live. So it is good news indeed that he will be playing a gig in Oxford in a weeks time on Saturday … Continue reading Withered Hand Live In Oxford
Here is our regular Best of the month mix – more than twenty tracks of all shapes and sizes to get your ears into, plus a few new ones that we think you’ll love! So we’re off and running with… Download The Virgin Passages – Horizon mp3 (from Horizon) Euphoric, unhurried, hazy and hypnotic. Download St. Vincent – Kerosene (live) mp3 (Big Black cover) Visceral and stunning live cover … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: June 2011
We may be a little late to the party as far as this one is concerned, but what a cracking track it is so we don’t care! Indian Wars are the band and 8 Feet High is the track – it is a swaggering, rolling, undeniably catchy track that somehow, and seemingly effortlessly, marries a rollicking country twang with the lip curling sonics of the Black … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Indian Wars
The Dirty Nil just released their first 7” vinyl single called Fuckin’ Up Young. They are a band that tells us they like: fuzz, pizza, vinyl, bad habits, beer, power chords, stompin’ tom, feedback, fuzz, anything with big knobs and blinking lights, dogs, coffee, haters, beer, fuzz bass, not remembering the night before, Quentin Tarantino, tube amps, waffles, analog, swearing, distorted anything, Willie Nelson, bacon, soda … Continue reading Introducing…The Dirty Nil
