Month: April 2012

Ambient, Folk, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Alexander Tucker

Thrill Jockey are rapidly gaining a firm place in our affections with their uniquely off-kilter and diverse offerings making them a label to treasure. The latest release to cross our in-box comes from idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Alexander Tucker. Notwithstanding the sleeve art for Third Mouth, which Mrs M for one will find most acceptable, this record breaks new ground for Tucker by combining minimalist string arrangements … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Alexander Tucker

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Check Out The Make Good Choices Free Digital Compilation

D.B. Rouse who we have featured a couple of times on MM dropped us a line to tell us about Make Good Choices, a free digital compilation that features 15 different bands and musicians from across the US, the majority of whom were found in the Austin, TX area. Of course it includes Mr Rouse himself, which should tell you something about the quality contained therein. Other artists … Continue reading Check Out The Make Good Choices Free Digital Compilation

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Insound’s April Free Mix

A new month, a new free digital mix from Insound available for a tweet, e-mail or Facebook Like. This month features seventeen quality tracks from, amongst others, Beach House, Crocodiles, DZ Deathrays, Eternal Summers, John Maus, Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, Races, and Zambri. Click here to get the whole thing, but be quick as it is only available for a week or so, … Continue reading Insound’s April Free Mix

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Alternative, Electronic, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> Yohuna

On April 17th Art Fag Recordings are releasing the debut record by Yohuna. Revery was originally self released in a tiny edition of 50 cassettes. Now, remastered, it’s being released on 7″, cassette and digitally worldwide. With a Casio keyboard, layered vocal arrangements and vehement, minimal beats, she writes sedated, downbeat anthems. Sounds and lyrics drip with moody reference to past love, loss, reflection and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Yohuna

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Alternative, Music, Punk, Rock

MM Shorts 132: New Album From Liars

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s post about the new album from A Place To Bury Strangers comes a similar announcement from another of our favourite experimental noiseniks, Liars. Titled WIXIW (pronounced “wish you”), the 11-track album will be preceded by a single, No.1 Against The Rush. Listen to it by heading to their Facebook page here. Continue reading MM Shorts 132: New Album From Liars

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Alternative, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 131: New Album From A Place To Bury Strangers

You Are The One is the first, bone shaking taste of the new album, Worship from dark, visceral and explosive indie rockers A Place To Bury Strangers. You can download it for free below. Worship is out on June 26th via Dead Oceans. See them live in May 08 – London, Cargo 09 – Birmingham, Hare & Hounds 10 – Manchester, Sound Control 11 – Glasgow, … Continue reading MM Shorts 131: New Album From A Place To Bury Strangers

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Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock, Soul

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Al Scorch & The Country Soul Ensemble

In his new full-length CD release, Tired Ghostly Town (out May 21 on Plan-It-X South), Chicago-based songwriter and instrumentalist Al Scorch and his backing band, the Country Soul Ensemble craft literate, character-driven songs with Mid-American roots and a post-punk DIY attitude. The protagonist wishing for a pair of gold cuff links to accompany his beau to her daddy’s funeral; the deserting Civil War soldier headed across destroyed cotton fields beckoning to … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Al Scorch & The Country Soul Ensemble

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Deer Tick’s Divine Providence Gets UK Release

One of our very favourite UK labels, Loose Music is releasing Deer Tick’s outstanding fourth album Divine Providence in the UK. If you read our Albums of the Year post at the end of 2011, you’ll know just how much we loved this rollicking, swaggering, raw, boozy record. It is out in the UK today. Buy it together with the bonus five track Tim EP from … Continue reading Deer Tick’s Divine Providence Gets UK Release

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Blues, Country, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock, Rock & Roll

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2012

Here is our cherry picked selection of our favourite downloads from March for you, together with a few new tracks to create a perfect end-of-month mix. Enjoy. Download Thee Exciters – Dinosaur Traffic mp3 (from Perpetual Happening) Psychedelia meets proto-punk Download The Lonesome Savages – All Outta Love mp3 (from All Outta Love 7″) 50s inflected rock’n’roll revamped and updated with elements of the current garage punk sound – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: March 2012

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