Bear Bones is an 8 piece ensemble of accordion, brass, bells, banjo, strings, drums and voices, is the realisation of a project started by Ben Harrison. After growing up on a remote Hebridean Scottish Island, Ben moved to Glasgow and started writing songs inspired by his island home and the life he led there. The band’s first single Oil & Lacquer quietly became a must‐have record … Continue reading Introducing…Bear Bones
Supposedly named after Vesta, the brightest asteroid in our solar system, the moniker is an obvious nod to Spacemen 3, the classic UK band which The Asteroid #4 repeatedly cite as an influence. In fact, one of the group’s earliest recorded offerings was an even spacier (if that’s possible) version of Losing Touch With My Mind on Rocket Girl’s tribute compilation to the psych giants. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Asteroid #4
Gross Relations is a great name for a band…we Mackerel’s have more than enough of those. Appropriate too, that the sound should be fuzzed up, reverb ridden, garage pop of the most infectious kind. This track, from current single Fuzzy Relations is called You Don’t Know Me and from the opening bars it simply grabs hold and hangs on for dear life. Try as you might … Continue reading Introducing…Gross Relations
The Chapman Family are from Teeside, on the fringes of Mrs Mackerel’s home territory. Forthcoming single All Fall is a wonderfully vicious track with an anthemic chorus and a guitar sound that would behead cattle at fifty yards…or something. It is a great single and the debut album is also coming soon and should definitely be one to watch out for. Stream it or watch … Continue reading New Single from The Chapman Family
In My Time is the lead single from Kurt Vile’s forthcoming new album, which is due out next year. The single gets a digital release on the 25th October or can be bought on vinyl from Matador from the 9th November. You can pre-order from the label here. Enjoy. Download Kurt Vile – In My Time mp3 (from In My Time) Continue reading New from Kurt Vile
Thought for Friday numero uno: necessity is the mother of invention (or even re-invention). Secondly, not everyone in life gets what they deserve, or deserves what they get. And finally while MM is heading across the border to Scotland, me, four kids and the dog are going to Ventnor. Will the dog end up swimming backstroke to Cherbourg? Will I be following? And under cold … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
Athens, Ohio four piece Wheel’s On Fire have been around for a little while releasing razor sharp slices of perfect garage-pop. They’ve already released three albums and a handful of singles, and we’ve been most taken with latest single release, a mini EP titled Cherry Bomb. We have the lead track for you and it is everything you would hope for and more than you … Continue reading Introducing…Wheel’s On Fire
Jookabox is touring the Western US this November with two new 7″, before recording a follow-up to the wildly excitable Dead Zone Boys LP. The two 7″, titled Import and Export, will be available for purchase on tour, then to the public in early December. Try the typically frenetic, and typically bonkers, Worms from the Import 7″ below. They’ll continue to post photos, cryptic messages … Continue reading Jookabox Prepare New 7″ Releases
While remaining true to the cannon of shoegaze and dream pop, Alabama’s The Sunshine Factory happily add their own ingredients to the mix with some good old fashioned DIY punk and some mellotron-heavy elements of the paisley underground. And, in doing so, The Sunshine Factory makes older music sound newer again, with juicy sonic assaults, fuzz thick enough to drive a truck through, and some light electronic … Continue reading Introducing…The Sunshine Factory
There have been some free compilations doing the rounds recently that we think are definitely worth checking out. First up is the latest monthly Cross Section mix from Clash magazine featuring, among others, Carl Barat, Badly Drawn Boy, Sky Larkin, The Heartbeats and eight more. Asthmatic Kitty have made a rather enticing October mix available on their Bandcamp page, it features Sufjan Sevens, MM fave Julianna … Continue reading Free Compilations to Check Out
