Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

TERRY – Take Me To The City Screaming Females – I’ll Make You Sorry Darlia – Beam Me Up Daddy Issues – High Street Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – If We Were Vampires Yowler – Go The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Anymore Whitehorse – Nighthawks Mikah Wilson – Sweet Jules                     Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

New Video: Darlia – I’ve Never Been To Ohio

Darlia release their new single I’ve Never Been To Ohio on the 2nd March, and it also features on their mini-album Petals which is set for release on 23rd February through B-Unique Records. Managing to evoke the classic grunge era albeit with a heavy injection of melody and some authentic punk snarl, the combination froths and fizzes like the evil experiment of some deranged scientist. Watch … Continue reading New Video: Darlia – I’ve Never Been To Ohio

New Darlia Single

Here is the latest single from Blackpool three piece Darlia, titled Stars Are Aligned and it may well be their best release to date. While it sacrifices none of the heaviness of earlier releases and the rumbling, bruising riffs are in place, there is a more refined, more confident touch with the melody that elevates it from the merely good into a whole new league altogether. … Continue reading New Darlia Single

Mad Mackerel’s Monday Round Up

Having got back from discovering some of the many delights of Denmark, there were a few songs to catch up on and share. So starting the week with a round-up of ten fine tunes seemed the right way to go… We have just discovered the excellent Cornish sisters Hockeysmith, offering an alluring mix of woozy noise-pop, claustrophobic psychedelic and even a hint of menacing, pulsating disco. Put … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Monday Round Up

MM Shorts 482: Darlia

We recently picked up on Darlia’s debut EP Knock Knock, which is a thrilling combination of brash energy, righteous anger, and downright chaos. With echoes of the past with Fugazi and Nirvana and the present with Parquet Courts and Eagulls, this is a mighty promising debut of grungey punk, and bodes well for their first full length release in 2014. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 482: Darlia