Kevin are a Finnish four-piece who play kaleidoscopic pop/rock. With two albums and several EPs under their belt, Kevin are preparing for the release of their third album, due out in early 2012 – this is A Lonely Place, the first taster from the album. Continue reading MM Shorts 32: Kevin From Finland
Self proclaimed “Kings of the southwest slackers”, The Black Tambourines recently put a new track up for Halloween titled A Lot Of Friends, and it’s a little gem. Art Is Hard will be putting out their new EP in December, which is their first new material in about ten months. But for now this’ll keep us ticking over nicely – this track won’t make the EP … Continue reading New From Black Tambourines
We posted about the new Grass House single recently. Here is the rather cool video for Faun. a Continue reading MM Shorts 31: New Grass House Video
Since early 2010, Chicago indie-folk songwriter Christian Keck has performed and recorded as Fall Fox: a moniker fitting for an outfit that has drawn comparisons to lo-fi folk acts such as The Mountain Goats and Ghost Mice. Throughout the project, Keck has embraced the DIY bedroom pop aesthetic, weaving acoustic guitars together with analog synths to form an intimate and inviting canopy of sound. The followup to … Continue reading New EP From Fall Fox
Siskiyou’s new album Keep Away The Dead is an unsettling one. The vocals of Colin Huebert are probably the antithesis of what should be considered good and proper – the epitome of wavering, or quavering perhaps – and yet they work beautifully on this collection. The music itself is a restless blend of country rock, folk, and grander orchestral rock and like a musical butterfly, the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Siskiyou
Sorry! Box.Net are still working on the bandwidth problem. Apparently our limit did not reset at the start of the month and engineers are trying to sort it. Not a common problem so they say! Please bear with us and we’ll update as soon as it is resolved. MM Continue reading Download Update
The first music video from their new album of the excellent Maine-based band Coke Weed. The song is Sister Spring and you can still pick up a free download of their excellent Volume 1 available here. Continue reading MM Shorts 30: Coke Weed Video
Still waiting for Box.Net to work out what the problem is with downloads. Hopefully sorted out soon! Until, then…The Lowriders are a Colchester based four-piece. Formerly known as Freud, their experience of creating an album from scratch and attempting to release it while maintaining as much creative control as possible feeds into this, their latest album, Fury. In 2008 the band decided to turn a … Continue reading Introducing…The Lowriders
Sorry for the continuing Box.net bandwidth issues – we’re still trying to resolve it. In the meantime, Hello Caller describe themselves as a ‘dark folk’ band from Austin. They’re scheduled to record a full length in November, and until then have a nice free demo up on Bandcamp here that can be downloaded for the price of an e-mail address. Keep in mind that the demo is … Continue reading MM Shorts 29: Hello Caller
Sorry everyone we appear to be suffering some download issues with Box.Net from where we share the files we are authorised to post. We’re aiming to have it resolved as soon as possible – will let you know when! MM Continue reading Download Problems – Bear With Us…
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