Well, the week started off in such a promising way with a trip into Oxford to see a spectacularly good production of Midsummer’s Night Dream, played out in mesmerising style by an ensemble from the travelling Shakespeare’s Globe company. All the better that it was the very best MND I’ve seen (and I’ve seen a few) because it was my 12 year old son’s first … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
For her tender years, Anja McCloskey, is a relative veteran of the music scene. She has already gained a raft of experience playing with the likes of The Irrepressibles and folk-rock trailblazers, Haunted Stereo. Half-American, half-German and raised in Northern Germany, she now resides in the UK and her eclectic background has been put to good use. Forthcoming EP – Turn, Turn, Turn – features … Continue reading Introducing…Anja McCloskey
In September, Denmark’s Bjarke Bendtsen aka The Migrant will release his first album titled Travels In Lowland. It is an album that beckons you in to a underworld where beautiful pop songs mix happily with psychedelic folk and frankly, if taster track The Organ Grinder is anything to go by, you won’t want to leave! While visiting Denmark last summer, Bendtsen recorded the album with some … Continue reading Introducing…The Migrant
Corin Tucker is the erstwhile frontwoman of Sleater Kinney who have been on hiatus for a good number of years now, although rumours often still swirl around of a reunion. However, irrespective of rumours, in October The Corin Tucker Band release her debut solo effort 1,000 Years, and judging from advance track Doubt, she has lost none of her spiky punk attitude, nor an ear for … Continue reading Welcome Back Corin Tucker
A few days ago we posted a track from the avant-garde folksters Moulettes that proved a popular download. So here is their latest video for the track Devil Of Mine – it is well worth a watch or two! Visit their MySpace here. The album is out on August 16th. Download Moulettes – Talisman mp3 (from Moulettes) Continue reading New Moulettes Video
We’ve already given you one swamp blues infused rocker from Dax Riggs, taken from his new solo album Say Goodnight To The World which was released today. So to celebrate, here is another track for your listening pleasure. Another track of baroque, voodoo inspired darkness carried along by driving percussion…Visceral? Lets just say you can almost feel the sweat sliding down the walls of some … Continue reading Another from Dax Riggs
Athens, Georgia trio Bambara are a noisy band, which we mean as a compliment. They conjure up a nice line in rhythmic aggression with ethereal walls of sound, delay loops, feedback and distortion. Crucially however, at the heart of each track there is a nice little pop song beaten and buried. Tomorrow they release their new EP Dog Ear Days via Emerald Weapon, and we … Continue reading Bambara Release Dog Ear Days EP
Dreamend is the main musical output of Ryan Graveface, Graveface Records’ owner/sole employee and part time guitarist for psychedelic oddballs Black Moth Super Rainbow. The new album is the fantastically titled So I Ate Myself, Bite By Bite and is the first of a promised two album set. While the songs are wonderful in themselves catchy with lots of banjo, guitar, glockenspiel, bells and more … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dreamend
Passover The debut album from The Black Angels was phenomenal and became an instant favourite from the moment we first heard it. The follow up Directions To See A Ghost wasn’t half bad either. In fact it is to our eternal disappointment that we did not get to see them in their hometown on our trip to SxSW in 2009. Anyway, the muscular five piece … Continue reading New from The Black Angels
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