The Lost Brothers hail from Ireland and have just released their album So Long John Fante on Bird Dog Records. Boasting one of the sleeves of the year, it is a follow up to debut Trails of the Lonely. Tipping a hat to their literary hero (and one of ours), John Fante, this is an album which effortlessly, and brilliantly, wallows in a gumbo melting … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Lost Brothers
Here is the new, and appropriately creepy video for Feast of Fear by our favourite southern Gothic folk doomsayers Lonesome Wyatt & The Holy Spooks. a Continue reading Lonesome Wyatt Video
Paul Hawkins & The Bleak Midwinters are Paul Hawkins of Paul Hawkins & The Awkward Silences, his bandmate Ian Button and Mary Boeker, who usually sings with the Empty Gestures & the Count of Chateau Noir. Tonight I Will Be Santa involves a man breaking into a woman’s house on Christmas Eve and claiming to be Santa: “How did you get in here? I climb … Continue reading Christmas Post 7: Paul Hawkins & The Bleak Midwinters
Band of Skulls rock. This is an indisputable fact. They will be delivering the follow up to 2009’s much appreciated Baby Darling Doll Face Honey debut in early 2012. Titled Sweet Sour it will be released on Chris T Popper’s birthday – 20th February thus solving the present conundrum in one fell swoop. Have a listen to the title track… a Visit their Facebook here or website … Continue reading MM Shorts 57: Band Of Skulls
Only recently we posted the lovely taster track from Damien Jurado’s forthcoming album Maraqopa. He isn’t relaxing though, because now he too has recorded a reverent and devoted cover of Christmas Time Is Here, the Vince Guaraldi classic from A Charlie Brown Christmas. So grab it below, enjoy and compare with the the version we posted by Woods just a few days ago here. Download … Continue reading Christmas Post 6: Damien Jurado
In late 2010, Marty Crandall had been “let go” from the iconic indie-rock band the Shins and was met with the decision of either calling it a day or moving forward with this thing called music. Thankfully he chose the latter. Touching base with some friends from his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico, that included fellow former Shins guitarist Neal Langford, brother Maury Crandall on … Continue reading Introducing…Sad Baby Wolf
The demise of Port O’Brien may well be our biggest musical downer of the year, but Van Pierszalowski’s new project Waters is making up for some of that disappointment. Hard on the heels of his excellent debut album Out In The Light comes this helter-skelter cover of Nirvana’s Stay Away where the ramshackle intensity and angst of the original is joyously matched, albeit without the … Continue reading MM Shorts 56: Waters Cover Nirvana
My Morning Jacket have released a Christmas themed EP via iTunes only, hence the title: The iTunes Session EP. It contains a mix of Christmas tunes, an acoustic versions of Wonderful from this year’s Circuital album and one new track in the shape of Welcome Home. As it is December, we have When The Bells Stop Ringing, which also features the talents of The Head & … Continue reading Christmas Post 5: My Morning Jacket
The latest Insound free digital mix for December is up – this time it requires a click through on their Facebook Like button to grab yourself eleven of the latest tracks from Bon Iver, Bowerbirds, Sharon Van Etten, A Place To Bury Strangers and plenty more. As usual, you can grab a couple of our favourites below or click here to go get the whole … Continue reading Insound’s Free December Mix
The Lovely Eggs are as catchy, as irreverent, and as downright loopy as anything we’ve come across this year. This is the video for newly released (and already sold out on vinyl) single, Allergies – it features a guest appearance from the single’s producer Gruff Rhys. You can download it from iTunes here. a Continue reading Lovely Eggs – Allergies Video
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