Big Black’s Kerosene is a bonafide classic in our book and not a song to be tackled lightly – not even on a Big Black tribute night – you’ve got to be very brave or very stupid. Thankfully St. Vincent more than does it justice in this live cut from The Bowery. In fact this, as they say, rocks. You need to watch this… a Download … Continue reading St. Vincent Covers Big Black
After posting about Savaging Spires last week, their record label Critical Heights got in touch to recommend recent Fire Records signing, The Virgin Passages. This is the opening track from their first official album. Horizon is taken from the album of the same name and is due out in October 2011. Virgin Passages have a most engaging folkish strum intersecting with psychedelic experimentation and a … Continue reading Introducing…The Virgin Passages
To be frank you wonder what would have become of Dave Cloud if he hadn’t been a musician. New album Practice In The Milky Way is 20 tracks of unhinged musical madness that is perfectly described as gutter-minded blues. After his 20 year catalogue was rediscovered by Fire Records and reissued in the Napoleon Of Temperance compilation of 2006, Cloud, accompanied by various members of … Continue reading New From Dave Cloud & The Gospel Of Power
A couple of days ago we received a copy of Margo Margo – the debut solo album from Armand Margjeka. It is a rich, mellifluous album, a record that makes you want to drift idly downstream in a boat while it plays in the background. It moves from softly plucked acoustics to upbeat, catchy folk-pop with a quiet, calm confidence and while not easy listening, … Continue reading Introducing…Armand Margjeka
Here are the juiciest cuts from our May postings rounded up and presented as one marvellous mix plus a couple of cracking new tracks as well. Be sure to check out all our previous ‘Best Of the Month’ mixes in the sidebar too. Download Country Mice – Morning Son mp3 (from Twister) Country rock and blistering sonic experiments combining to deliver a brilliant apocalyptic ballad. Download Howling … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: May 2011
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