Here is volume 27 of Nickel in the Jukebox – a semi regular roundup of new (and some not so new) tunes for your listening pleasure. Within these ten tunes we have frantic noise punk, classic country, slow-burning folk, indie guitars and fuzzy pastoral psychedelia and plenty more besides. Listen and decide… hit or miss? Tangerines – Peckham Boys  [RIYL: Art-punk, Television, Modern Lovers] … Continue reading Nickel In The Jukebox (Vol. 27)
After a two year gap Steady Sun returned with Lover Knows a couple of months ago, and now we are pleased to say we have another track from them. Irises is another dream-like excursion into lovely swirling psychedelia that ebbs and flows with a kaleidoscopic rhythm that is impossible to resist. Stream it below. Order from Bandcamp here. . Continue reading New From Steady Sun
Steady Sun, the five-piece psychedelic outfit who have featured a number of times on MM, has returned with their first single in two years, Lover Knows. It is taken from forthcoming album Flora and kicks off as a gently pastoral excursion into the dreamier end of the psych-spectrum. Midway through it flexes its muscles briefly before settling back down to meander to a sweetly hazy conclusion. Groovy stuff, … Continue reading MM Shorts 713: Steady Sun
Kick back and enjoy this collection of fine musical films from Steady Sun, July Talk, Victory and Steel Cranes. . . . [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Steady Sun || July Talk || Victory || Steel Cranes
We’ve been a bit tardy with our round ups of the Best of the Month downloads on MM, and so we have a bumper three month collection for you before the countdown begins on Monday for our favourite 100 tracks and 50 albums of the year. So without further ado…here is Part 1 of the pick of the downloads from September to November…and as usual, … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Months: September, October & November (Part 1)
Back in the Spring we posted about Steady Sun’s lovely blend of gentle psychedelia and pastoral folk. Now they have given us a new track, Garden Path Song, which builds considerably on the promise of their debut album Good Evening. Kicking off with a slow and slightly ominous groove it soon breaks out into something far more infectious taking with it a little reverb, some synths … Continue reading More From Steady Sun
Here are the very best of our downloads from March’s posts together with a few new tunes for your listening pleasure. So close to 30 tracks in all – a perfect playlist to kick off April. Quite Parade – Edge of the Ocean A perfectly judged slice of Canadian indie rock, it is an anthem about a dying town that seems hopeless but is still … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2013
This week, Steady Sun released Eyes Wide, it is apparently the second single off of their upcoming album Good Evening. We don’t have much information about them, but sometimes the music is good enough to do all the talking and this is one of those times. It is a lovely blend of gentle psychedelia and pastoral folk and can be yours on a pay-whatever-you-want deal. … Continue reading Introducing >>> Steady Sun
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