Anna-Lynne Williams (aka Lotte Kestner) and Robert Gomez, nearly strangers, left Seattle and Denton and went to Marfa to make a record under the name Ormonde. They platonically arranged their instruments in a tiny adobe house in the most dreamlike town in Texas. They made ten songs. They called it Machine. When you hear the guitar strum, when you hear Gomez breathe in, when you … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Ormonde
Every so often an artist comes along that just blows every expectation you have out of the water. This is Daughn Gibson. We may be late to post about this, but no matter that his album All Hell came out back in April. This is most certainly a case of better late than never. Previously he was in stoner rock band Pearls and Brass, but … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Daughn Gibson
Paul J Fox is a 25 year old artist from Belfast who records and performs under the moniker Coastal. He draws influences from (amongst others) Beck, The Strokes, Robin Guthrie, Wilco and Television, but like all the best artists, he has enough originality and imagination to turn these into something entirely of his own making. Previously he was a member of Kitty and the Can Openers until … Continue reading Introducing >>> Coastal
Collective songwriting trio O’Captain have released the second in their series of “seasonal” EPs. The Summer EP contains two songs and is free to download. Both tracks straddle a fine line between folk rock and indie pop and both offer much to be enjoyed. The Sumpter is a earnest acoustic ballad with some gorgeously mournful harmonica cameos and Eyes Like Anchors has a sweetly catchy guitar … Continue reading MM Shorts 182: Free EP From O’Captain
We must confess to be taking a bit by surprise by this. Described as being “full of washed out guitars, punctuated with equal parts textual synths and reverb“, it didn’t really sound like it was going to be up our proverbial street. However, proof once more that we should never pre-judge, because once we’d played Suburban Living’s first single, Float In Clouds from sophomore EP Cooper’s … Continue reading Introducing >>> Suburban Living
Having mentioned Savaging Spires as recently as Saturday, they have been back in touch again to let us know that they have a new album scheduled which is set for release in January 2013. It is the follow up to last year’s brilliantly off-kilter and enchanting self-titled debut. All we know about the new record is that it will be largely based around retro synths and psychedelic … Continue reading Savaging Spires Announce New Album
A little over a year ago we posted about Louisiana singer-songwriter Zachary Cale. Back then we said “His voice draws you in, it is inviting and hypnotic and works beautifully with the gentle folk accompaniment as he strums away in true troubadour style. They are reflective, poignant and emotive and he has that rare talent of being able to make you forget what else is going on … Continue reading Zachary Cale Is Back
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