Month: April 2013

Americana, Folk, Indie, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons

We love the story songs that abound in folk and country music and when you add in a dash of bluegrass you have a surefire winner in our book. So it is with Angela Perley’s nostalgic and high-energy music, which tells stories of love, death, railroads, and everything in-between. Her songs are rooted in small town Ohio where she spent much of her childhood wandering … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons

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Alternative, Americana, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Turner Cody || Halfrican || Lightouts || Tape Deck Mountain

Start your weekend with videos from MM fave Turner Cody, then move on to the fuzzed out psych-garage of Halfrican and Lightouts, and finish up with the sonic soundscapes of Tape Deck Mountain. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Turner Cody || Halfrican || Lightouts || Tape Deck Mountain

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Americana, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

New From Lightning Dust

Anyone who read our review of our last visit to the End of the Road Festival in 2011 will have seen how much we were taken with Lightning Dust who opened proceedings on the Sunday and were one of the very best things we saw (amongst a whole line-up of very best things). This is the official audio video (always a strange concept) for Diamond, … Continue reading New From Lightning Dust

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Acoustic, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

Introducing >>> Belle Mare

Brooklyn’s Belle Mare offer a lush and evocative debut, The Boat Of The Fragile Mind EP, which was released earlier this week. This duo comprised of Amelia Bushell and Thomas Servidone craft a dreamspace of acoustic and synth textures, weaving folk with dream pop, that showcase Bushell’s haunting vocals. Consisting of eight tracks, check out the title track below. Continue reading Introducing >>> Belle Mare

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

Videos of the Day: GravelRoad || Treetop Flyers || The Pack A.D. || decker

Watch our selection of excellent music videos from the deep blues of GravelRoad’s brain melting Monkey With A Wig, to the psychedelic desert-folk of decker’s live take on their track Cotton, Jane Doe and all by way of the Treetop Flyers sun-drenched Laurel Canyon vibe of Things Will Change and the wonderful Pack A.D.’s fiercely grisly video for Positronic. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: GravelRoad || Treetop Flyers || The Pack A.D. || decker

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic

Introducing >>> Young Hunting

Los Angeles quintet Young Hunting’s debut full-length album Hazel, out June 4th on Gold Robot Records, begins with gentle, lush dream pop and ends with stark, desolate gothic folk. The record, inspired mostly by failed affairs, a divorce, and life in the shadow of LA’s show-business culture, took the band two years to produce. We’ve been thoroughly seduced by these two tracks, Baby’s First Steps … Continue reading Introducing >>> Young Hunting

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Acoustic, Indie, Music

Pete Fij & Terry Bickers: New Single & Album

Last year (September to be precise), former Creation Records label mates Pete Fij (Adorable / Polak) & Terry Bickers (House of Love / Levitation) crawled out of musical hibernation to give us the brilliant track, I Don’t Give A Shit About You. A sweary love song of sorts, it was heralded as a taste of forthcoming album Broken Heart Surgery, which was scheduled for spring … Continue reading Pete Fij & Terry Bickers: New Single & Album

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Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dungeonesse

Dungeonesse is the pop project of Jenn Wasner (of MM faves Wye Oak, and Flock of Dimes) and Jon Ehrens (White Life). Their self-titled debut album will be released on the 14th May on Secretly Canadian. The band has already garnered praise from a wide variety of outlets and we’re happy to add ours – having posted the video for the connoisseur pop of Drive You … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dungeonesse

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