Month: July 2011

Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

New EP from Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences

We have long been fans of the wilfully idiosyncratic, often downright acidic, and always anti-commercial folk of Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences. They encompass a peculiarly British sense of observational humour, gleefully laced with healthy doses of irony, pathos and sarcasm in equal measure. Over the course of two albums and eight eclectic singles they have provided a wonderful, occasionally bizarre, but always original … Continue reading New EP from Paul Hawkins & Thee Awkward Silences

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Alternative, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Insound’s Free Digital Mixtapes x 3

It is a bonanza month from Insound and their regular free monthly digital mix. For July they have no less than three offerings teaming up with Hudson RiverRocks, The Beach Party and Sound Bites to bring you samplers featuring artists from all three series. They feature a whole bunch of artists dear to MM’s heart including Deer Tick, Metronomy, The Raveonettes, Psychedelic Horseshit, My Teenage Stride, … Continue reading Insound’s Free Digital Mixtapes x 3

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Alternative, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Wooden Shjips Ready New Album

Of all the bands at this year’s End of the Road Festival, Wooden Shjips are one of the ones we are looking forward to seeing the most. Even more so over the past few weeks as we’ve regularly listened to the brilliant Lazy Bones on Marc Riley’s BBC Radio 6 show – the first track to get an airing from forthcoming album West. Lazy Bones … Continue reading Wooden Shjips Ready New Album

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

New Vandaveer Video

Here is a fine video from MM faves, the Washington DC based collective, Vandaveer . Admittedly the subject matter of The Great Gray, as well as visual palette, is rather dark. But the music is an undeniably gorgeous send-up of Delta blues, stompin’ swamp boogie, and colorful electric folk. Think Blind Willie Johnson meets Nick Drake. It comes from recent album Dig Down Deep which has proved to … Continue reading New Vandaveer Video

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing…The Cabin Dogs

A couple of days ago we received in the mail a copy of Midnight Trail, the new album from The Cabin Dogs. It is released on the wonderfully named Crippled Hound label. Formerly the Kwait Brothers Band, this is the Philadelphia based twin brothers second release under the Cabin Dogs moniker and was mostly written in isolated mountain retreats. It retains the echoes of the … Continue reading Introducing…The Cabin Dogs

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Country, Folk, Indie, Music

New from The Deep Dark Woods

The Deep Dark Woods will be releasing new album The Place I Left Behind on Six Shooter Records. This track, Westside Street is another lovely example of their warm, resonant folk sound and it meanders slowly and surely along on the back of some lovely harmonies and easy going instrumentation. Don’t be deceived though, The Place I Left Behind promises to be a fine collection … Continue reading New from The Deep Dark Woods

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Alternative, Garage, Indie, Metal, Music, Punk, Rock

New EP from Pet Scenes

We’ve featured noisemongers Pet Scenes a couple of times on MM and yesterday they released a new three track EP called Funk which can be grabbed for free from their Bandcamp page here. So, if like us, grungy, snarling garage rock is right up your alley as they say, you’ll probably like this. A lot. Download Pet Scenes – Habit mp3 (from Funk EP)   Continue reading New EP from Pet Scenes

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment
Alternative, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Introducing…Dennis Hopper Choppers

We are new to Dennis Hopper Choppers and so, by name alone, were expecting some kind of acid fuelled, rambling lunacy so weren’t really prepared for the mix of steely Americana, Mariachi brass and the occasional controlled guitar freakouts that we actually got. Once we’d readjusted, the Morricone inspired spaghetti western feel and Tijuana style horns combine to give an authentic dusty desert twang to … Continue reading Introducing…Dennis Hopper Choppers

Unknown's avatarmadmackerelLeave a comment