The Pack A.D. have released a 4-song EP called Meta Animal. The EP (available here) features previously unreleased tracks, including a cover of Thee Oh Sees’ Night Crawler. The duo have also shared the official music video for Animal, which appears on the EP and their 2013 album, Do Not Engage. It was filmed in Vancouver and comes complete with all the makings of a classic horror film: … Continue reading New Video: The Pack A.D. – Animal
A few tasty new videos have come our way in the past few days. Here are five of the best of them from The Pack A.D., Tom Williams & The Boat, Teleman, Beechwood, and Imogen Heap. . . . . . . Continue reading Some New Videos
Videos to enjoy today from The Wet Secrets, the ever wonderful Pack A.D., something dark and unhinged from Deleted Scenes for Stutter, and a mix of groovy psychedelia and sun drenched nostalgia from Tail Feather. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Wet Secrets || The Pack A.D. || Deleted Scenes || Tail Feather
Turn the speakers up to 11 – videos today come from the brilliant Parquet Courts and one of our favourite songs of the moment, You Got Me Wonderin’ Now and from heavy retro garage-pysch rockers Sleepy Sun for (another of our favourite songs of the moment) 11:32. We have longstanding MM stalwarts and fierce blues duo The Pack A.D.’s new video for Big Shot and finally … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Parquet Courts || Sleepy Sun || The Pack A.D. || Mikal Cronin
Celebrate the middle of the week with videos from The Night Beds for brilliant track Ramona, some epic, tripped out psych rock from The Night Beats and Golden Animals, gritty, grimy blues from The Pack A.D. and infectious, quirky indie rock from The Features. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Night Beds || Night Beats || The Features || The Pack A.D. || Golden Animals
Watch our selection of excellent music videos from the deep blues of GravelRoad’s brain melting Monkey With A Wig, to the psychedelic desert-folk of decker’s live take on their track Cotton, Jane Doe and all by way of the Treetop Flyers sun-drenched Laurel Canyon vibe of Things Will Change and the wonderful Pack A.D.’s fiercely grisly video for Positronic. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: GravelRoad || Treetop Flyers || The Pack A.D. || decker
So, as the New Year approaches, here are our favourite albums of 2011 for your consideration. Feel free to dispute, argue, or otherwise put us right because, if nothing else, music is as about as subjective topic as it is possible to get. Some of these may not be the “best” albums of the year as far as the critics are concerned, but that matters … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Albums Of The Year: Part 1 (50-31)
Oh yes, it is that time again. Here is a round up of the very best of what we posted in July, plus a couple of new ones to add to the mix. Enjoy. Download Dennis Hopper Choppers – Good To Me mp3 (from Be Ready) Morricone inspired spaghetti western feel and Tijuana style horns combine to give an authentic dusty desert twang. BTW: Whichever knob alleged … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2011
Seeing The Pack A.D. tearing up a tiny venue at SxSW in 2009 was one of the loudest, and most exhilarating gigs I have ever seen, or heard. And to this day Don’t Have To Like You remains one of my favourite songs. So thanks to the good folk Citizen Dick we discovered today that they have a new album Unpersons in the pipeline and have … Continue reading New Album From The Pack A.D.
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