Alternative folkies, and MM faves, Wye Oak have a new album coming out in March 2011, titled Civilian. It will be released on Merge Records. Here is the duo’s very promising title track via Stereogum. Visit their MySpace here. Download Wye Oak – Civilian mp3 (from Civilian) Continue reading New from Wye Oak
After a few year’s hiatus and back by popular demand, Reverb Records is doing it again! The Fuzzy Ball Seattle will be held at Neumos on Thursday, December 16th (ticket details here) and The Fuzzy Ball Portland will be held at The Wonder Ballroom on Friday, December 18th (ticket details here). On each night 10 bands will go on stage and each play one original … Continue reading The Fuzzy Ball is back…with a new compilation
A couple of years ago we became big fans of a band called Eulogies, their self-titled album received a lot of play time and in Life Boat they had one of our favourite tracks of the year. They’ve been quiet for a while, and so we were delighted to hear of a new album, Tear The Fences Down and to get a taster in the … Continue reading Eulogies Return
We gave you Grass House’s new single recently and they have followed this up with a new EP titled Ant Giant Ant. It is out on Holiday Club Recordings and for a limited time you can get the whole thing digitally for free here or can buy lovely 10″ vinyl here. The previously featured single Lazy Bones is on it, together with three more songs. We … Continue reading Grass House Release new EP
We got this via Not So Popular, it is an excellent short story called To The Boat by up and coming young writer James Walsh. It was inspired by a song by J. Tillman. We would urge you to click through and read the story – it’s certainly not one for the faint hearted, but it is excellently written and is certainly one of the … Continue reading J.Tillman inspires short story
Jordan Bolton is a solo artist hailing from Manchester and will soon be releasing a debut EP titled Jazz Hands. Take a listen to Carnival Blues which has a slightly jazzy undertone but is more a menacing, bass heavy ride through a freakshow underworld – as you know that’s much more our kind of thing. We think it bodes well for the EP, and marks … Continue reading Introducing…Jordan Bolton
Canadian four-piece Harlan Pepper grew up listening to music on dusty record players and hissing radios. Those sounds have been channelled into these songs that in turn make up their album Young and Old. It’s an album that encapsulates their obvious love for raw roots, rock country, blues, and folk music, but seen through their own 21st century kaleidoscope. Take a listen to Great Lakes, the … Continue reading Introducing…Harlan Pepper
We’ve praised and posted a couple of times about Chicago’s garage rockers The Streets On Fire and their excellent album This Is Fancy. This is the new video for another of the album’s cracking tracks, Astronaut Love Triangle. Plenty to get your teeth (and your ears) into… Visit their MySpace here. Download The Streets On Fire – No Ones Fucking To The Radio mp3 (from … Continue reading New Video from The Streets On Fire
This is the new single from LA based The Sweaters, titled Can’t Stop Winnin’, it will be released on White Iris Records. The quartet grooves around with bent sounds, thick harmonies, and vocals with energy second to none (that kick-in at about 1:30 into the track) and combine to make a syrupy garage gem. It’s upbeat and has as much soul as it does jangle and … Continue reading These are Sweaters you’ll actually want for Christmas…
After the release of his Graceful Bow EP, and in particular the track Bless You, Jason Ward is a firm favourite of Mrs Mackerel, and so we were pleased to get details of his new single Okay which is released via iTunes on Tuesday. The single is purposefully more of an upbeat and insightful song, and while the singer/songwriter or even folk labels are still … Continue reading New single from Jason Ward
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