Month: August 2012
Introducing >>> Kitchen Hips
Kitchen Hips introduction to her music went like this “Folksy melt-your-heart tunes. It’s a buncha layered banjos and flutes and handclaps and a bit of kittycat vocals“. And so it proved, Tapered Apron is the name of her release, which is 15 tracks of well, layered banjos and flutes and kittycat vocals, available for a pay what you want deal from her Bandcamp page. Try … Continue reading Introducing >>> Kitchen Hips
Video of the Day: The Oyster Murders
New Single From First Aid Kit
Swedish folk duo, First Aid Kit are releasing album highlight Wolf as their next single – it will be out on 17th September on Wichita. They are also headlining a few dates in the UK around the same time. Have a listen and check out those dates. a TOUR DATES Fri 31 Aug – 2 Sept, End of the Road Festival Fri 7 Sept, Bestival … Continue reading New Single From First Aid Kit
Video of the Day: Astronauts, etc.
Introducing >>> The Jar Family
The Jar Family hail from (broadly speaking), Mrs M’s neck of the woods, being an ‘industrial folk’ band from Hartlepool. We liked them before we heard them simply because their debut single, Poolie Strut became the most requested song in Radio Hartlepool’s history, and has since been played at all of Hartlepool United’s home matches, leading to the home faithful chanting the song on the … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Jar Family
MM Shorts 207: Yet Another Insound Mixtape
Hot on the heels of our previous Insound mixtape post comes another – this time it is their latest Vinyl mixtape. Available to all their newsletter subscribers (you just need to exchange an e-mail address, a tweet or Facebook like), the sampler is full of great tracks from Chris Cohen, Cult of Youth, Ex Vivian, Eternal Summers, Kisses, Levek, METZ, The Helio Sequence, and Young Guv … Continue reading MM Shorts 207: Yet Another Insound Mixtape
Video of the Day: Base Ventura
Video of the Day: DRMS
a a Name your price album download here. Continue reading Video of the Day: DRMS
Live Review: The Wilderness Festival (Day 3)
Day three and more sun, surely one the only sequences of three whole days without rain that we’ve had all summer. Despite 14,000 pairs of feet, the estate still looked rather fine and the spirit of village-green good naturedness was still at the forefront of everything. On the bandstand the Keston Cobblers’ Club provided the perfect soundtrack for the setting with a gorgeous set of … Continue reading Live Review: The Wilderness Festival (Day 3)
The Mad Mackerel 