It doesn’t matter when you’re 21 … By our reckoning no one does infectious, feelgood indie-pop like Freedom Fry, the combination of French songstress Marie Seyrat and Michigan-born musical chameleon Bruce Driscoll (also of Blondfire). With each release they up the ante and on irresistible new single 21 they have added in audience vocals and claps from their recent residency at the Echo in LA. Listen below, and let some sunshine … Continue reading New Freedom Fry Single
Lady Bones have shared 24 Hour Party Girl, the second single from the Boston trio’s upcoming full length debut Dying. If follows lead single Botch and takes the band on another rollercoaster ride through rough edged grunge, twisted Americana, and pounding post-punk. The album is one of dark hardcore-edged indie rock haunted by a backwoods twang that sounds more like the product of a band living near the Floridian … Continue reading Lady Bones – 24 Hour Party Girl
Acoustic punk duo Girlpool have shared Cherry Picking, a relationship lament, and the latest single from the band’s much anticipated debut album, Before The World Was Big. Stream it below. . Continue reading Girlpool – Cherry Picking
Following on from Kyle Cox’s Rolling Stones cover yesterday, we now have a cover of the Velvet Underground’s classic Femme Fatale for you by Chicago indie-folksters Ratboys. It is lovely stuff. Give it a spin and grab from NoiseTrade here. . Continue reading Ratboys Cover The Velvet Underground
Nashville based singer-songwriter Kyle Cox has shared this understated, even downbeat cover of the Rolling Stones’ classic Sympathy For The Devil. His take suits the song and is on heavy rotation at Mackerel Towers. . Continue reading MM Shorts 717: Kyle Cox
Hands is the first single from singer-songwriter Jackson Emmer’s forthcoming solo album. It’s a dram of gentle twang, drenched in fiddle that rolls along on the back of his warm, yet weary voice. This is classic back porch Americana and we love it. Check out his Bandcamp page here too. . Continue reading MM Shorts 716: Jackson Emmer
It’s tempting to simply categorise Georgia’s Pinecones alongside their punk, hardcore, and metal roots. Really, though, it’s no use: no genre can claim them as one of its own. This is music that’s too melodic for the conventions of punk, but with vocals that are often shouted with hardcore’s guttural ferocity. It’s doom laden, meandering, punch-to-the-gut stuff that is as defiant as it is manic and as compelling as … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Pinecones
With one half of the band influenced by the sounds and lyrics of Alt-Country, and the other half deeply rooted in a more modern folk, The Deer Run Drifters have quickly carved themselves out a perfect spot in Americana music. Their latest album Restless Youth continues what the band is known for: themes of life, heartbreak, and of course drunken mishaps. Utilising their trademark weathered and often … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Deer Run Drifters
With his beautifully offbeat, gloriously sun-baked debut LP Slow Gum hurtling our way just in time for summer, rapidly ascendant Australian troubadour Fraser A. Gorman has shared new single Shiny Gun. Distilling the best elements of folk, blues and vintage Americana, with Shiny Gun Gorman delivers a warmly rousing anthem in waiting. His distinctly oddball wit and wry poetry courses through the song’s veins, culminating in … Continue reading Video: Fraser A. Gorman – Shiny Gun
Velvet Morning are back with a new single of dreamy psychedelia. You’re Blue, I’m Blue is the first languid taste from their forthcoming debut long player Gorilla which is out at the end of June. Stream it here and immerse yourself into four and a half minutes of swirling lush atmospherics anchored by mellow guitar and blissed out vocals. Lovely stuff. . Continue reading New Single From Velvet Morning
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