After two excellent 7″ singles, Austin band TV Torso are releasing a six track 12″ vinyl only release titled Status Quo Vadis. Official release date is 31st August. We’re a little late coming to the band, but our ears were pricked when we heard the excellent, hypnotic pulse and sixties harmonies of I Can See Your Face, the b side to single Days Of Being … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…TV Torso
Just before Christmas (and on the old blog site), we published the insanely catchy Electric Skeleton by Darren Hanlon. Now the Australian has a new record titled I Will Love You At All due out on Yep Roc Records on 21st September. The first track to be released from the album – All These Things – has echoes of Electric Skeleton, but is perhaps slightly … Continue reading New from Darren Hanlon
Efren is a folk group hinting on the psychedelic, from areas around Athens, Georgia. New EP Always Been A Bleeder comes hot off the heels of the band’s debut album, Thunder & Moan. The four piece is the songwriting vehicle of one Scott Leon-O’Day; with roots in jazz, blues, folk, bluegrass and rock. Efren touches on Southern Americana music, draws from indie lo-fi ideas, and tells … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Efren
Well, the week started off in such a promising way with a trip into Oxford to see a spectacularly good production of Midsummer’s Night Dream, played out in mesmerising style by an ensemble from the travelling Shakespeare’s Globe company. All the better that it was the very best MND I’ve seen (and I’ve seen a few) because it was my 12 year old son’s first … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
For her tender years, Anja McCloskey, is a relative veteran of the music scene. She has already gained a raft of experience playing with the likes of The Irrepressibles and folk-rock trailblazers, Haunted Stereo. Half-American, half-German and raised in Northern Germany, she now resides in the UK and her eclectic background has been put to good use. Forthcoming EP – Turn, Turn, Turn – features … Continue reading Introducing…Anja McCloskey
In September, Denmark’s Bjarke Bendtsen aka The Migrant will release his first album titled Travels In Lowland. It is an album that beckons you in to a underworld where beautiful pop songs mix happily with psychedelic folk and frankly, if taster track The Organ Grinder is anything to go by, you won’t want to leave! While visiting Denmark last summer, Bendtsen recorded the album with some … Continue reading Introducing…The Migrant
Corin Tucker is the erstwhile frontwoman of Sleater Kinney who have been on hiatus for a good number of years now, although rumours often still swirl around of a reunion. However, irrespective of rumours, in October The Corin Tucker Band release her debut solo effort 1,000 Years, and judging from advance track Doubt, she has lost none of her spiky punk attitude, nor an ear for … Continue reading Welcome Back Corin Tucker
A few days ago we posted a track from the avant-garde folksters Moulettes that proved a popular download. So here is their latest video for the track Devil Of Mine – it is well worth a watch or two! Visit their MySpace here. The album is out on August 16th. Download Moulettes – Talisman mp3 (from Moulettes) Continue reading New Moulettes Video
We’ve already given you one swamp blues infused rocker from Dax Riggs, taken from his new solo album Say Goodnight To The World which was released today. So to celebrate, here is another track for your listening pleasure. Another track of baroque, voodoo inspired darkness carried along by driving percussion…Visceral? Lets just say you can almost feel the sweat sliding down the walls of some … Continue reading Another from Dax Riggs
Athens, Georgia trio Bambara are a noisy band, which we mean as a compliment. They conjure up a nice line in rhythmic aggression with ethereal walls of sound, delay loops, feedback and distortion. Crucially however, at the heart of each track there is a nice little pop song beaten and buried. Tomorrow they release their new EP Dog Ear Days via Emerald Weapon, and we … Continue reading Bambara Release Dog Ear Days EP
