Month: May 2012

Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

MM Shorts 156: The Doc Marshalls

The Doc Marshalls’ front man, Nick Beaudoing, has arrived in Nashville armed with an album that still reeks of Brooklyn, his former home. Whereas previous releases evoked a humid musical landscape along the Texas-Louisiana border, the Doc Marshalls’ new album, Look Out, Compadre, sheds the honky-tonk and Cajun two-steps in favor of crooked, shimmering folk reminiscent of Bonnie Prince Billy and A.A. Bondy. We’re loving the … Continue reading MM Shorts 156: The Doc Marshalls

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Americana, Country, Music

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Rachel Harrington & The Knockouts

The new self-titled Rachel Harrington & The Knockouts album is released in the UK tomorrow, and follows her widely acclaimed trio of solo albums, The Bootlegger’s Daughter (2007), City Of Refuge (2008) and Celilo Falls (2011). At first we were a little unsure what to expect, but we needn’t have worried. The songs rattle along, ten in just over 30 minutes, but first and foremost this … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Rachel Harrington & The Knockouts

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Old Bricks Release City Lights

Last week saw the release of Old Bricks second album City Lights. Recorded in Raleigh and released on the Grip Tapes label, it’s a departure from their debut album Farmers – still atmospheric and pensive, but much more intricately conceived, and heavier. A night’s ride through a dark, sparkling desert. Those who love Phosphorescent or The Roadside Graves may well find they will get much pleasure from Old Bricks … Continue reading Old Bricks Release City Lights

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Alternative, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Lord Buffalo

Our friend Devin James Fry of Salesman also drums and sings for another band, Lord Buffalo. They recently released their self-titled EP and it is both unsettling and haunting, creating a blend of darkly shrouded Americana as fiddles moan and guitars ominously brood and slash. They have tales to tell, but they’re not for the faint hearted, and only maybe for the broken hearted, but they … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Lord Buffalo

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Metal, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (11th May)

This weekend will be spent standing at the sea’s edge in Devon, in search of some little rays of sunshine, as daughter sprat and I take to the open road with Bing and little Span. Actually, it’s more likely that we will be spent dodging torrential rain showers and drinking a lot of coffee. Still, one can dream. Mass excitement in the small feminine corner … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (11th May)

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Alternative, Americana, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

MM Shorts 155: Insound’s May Vinyl Mixtape

Another free Vinyl News mixtape for Insound’s subscribers is up and available. This one features Brendan Benson, Cheap Time, Cookie Duster, Dana Buoy, Evans the Death, Hollows, Jaill, Maps & Atlases, Royal Headache, The Spinto Band and more. Yours for a tweet, Facebook Like, or e-mail address. Grab it for a limited time here or check out a couple of our favourites below first. Download Firehorse … Continue reading MM Shorts 155: Insound’s May Vinyl Mixtape

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Alternative, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock, Rock & Roll

Hurray For Hardly Art. New Single From Hunx

We got a first ever e-mail from Hardly Art yesterday, which pleased us greatly as they are one of our favourite labels around.  And frankly we’ve been sent so much “electro banging mash-up dance disco pop bpm” shite over the past few weeks (do these people that send it not actually look at the blog first? There would be more chance of Anne Frank playing … Continue reading Hurray For Hardly Art. New Single From Hunx

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

A Few We Missed…

Here are a few tracks that we’d meant to post, but for some inexplicable reason (well, time mostly…) we never got round to putting up at the time when they were new. Yet running through the long list we keep of mp3s, streams and videos, these were all in the “should post” category. They go back a couple of months (for some of them anyway), … Continue reading A Few We Missed…

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