Black Tambourines Announce Freedom

We received an advance copy of the new Black Tambourines album Freedom in the post recently and were instantly reminded just how good their mix of distorted garage grooves, surf rock and hazy 60s melodies is, particularly on irresistible first single She Don’t Mind. Freedom is out on the 4th September, you can pre-order from iTunes here. . Catch them live: 22nd August: London Fields … Continue reading Black Tambourines Announce Freedom

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2013

A brilliant month for new music means a mix of more than 35 tracks compiled for you in our selection of our favourite downloads from July’s posts. And, as always, a few brand new tunes to round the collection off. They’re all yours…and check out all the other Best of the Month mixes using the sidebar links too. SNØFFELTØFFS – Pretty Girl Storming garage punk. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2013

New From Black Tambourines

Self proclaimed “Kings of the southwest slackers”, The Black Tambourines recently put a new track up for Halloween titled A Lot Of Friends, and it’s a little gem. Art Is Hard will be putting out their new EP in December, which is their first new material in about ten months. But for now this’ll keep us ticking over nicely – this track won’t make the EP … Continue reading New From Black Tambourines

New Years Evil / The Black Tambourines split 7″

For some unfathomable reason we’ve been sat on this excellent split release between Exeter’s New Years Evil (like No Age covering The Wedding Present), and Falmouth’s The Black Tambourines (like The Black Lips if they came from Cornwall). It was released on 29th November as a 7″ single with 5 track digital EP along with zine and individual photo print from up and coming south … Continue reading New Years Evil / The Black Tambourines split 7″