Author: madmackerel

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Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

The She’s – My Secret To Keep

San Francisco’s The She’s deal in beachy tunes filled with perfectly tuned three part harmonies and songs about hanging out, young love, and dreaming about boys – believe us when we say this is open-top boardwalk cruising manna from heaven. They just released their first new single in over 3 years, My Secret to Keep and it features Beach Boy-esque vocal harmonies, crooning base riffs and an wonderful extended 50’s inspired … Continue reading The She’s – My Secret To Keep

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

Tom Brosseau – Running From Zombies

The gorgeous Running From Zombies is being released as part of a three track digital EP titled Today Is A Bright New Day, which is out next week, unfortunately only in the USA. This previously unreleased track is taken from the sessions that produced Tom Brosseau’s recent excellent long-player Grass Punks. Notable for its prominent use of classical guitar, it is sweetly judged pastoral folk … Continue reading Tom Brosseau – Running From Zombies

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

Saturday @ The Great Escape

Having spent two days at the Great Escape mostly under a regular onslaught of aggressive guitars and drums, it was a relief to head out early and catch a marvellous set of twangy Americana, folk and country from The Crooked Brothers who were playing at the Alberta Music Week Canada Showcase – not only that but there was a mighty fine breakfast on offer too. … Continue reading Saturday @ The Great Escape

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

Friday @ The Great Escape

On reflection, it was a day for the Celts at the Great Escape, and the Aussies, and even the Argentinians… We kicked off the day with a set from New Desert Blues, whose mix of folk, country and indie rock has graced previous posts here on MM. They have a debut album in the pipeline and happily the songs they showcased from this stood up … Continue reading Friday @ The Great Escape

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Americana, Folk, Music

MM Shorts 561: Spencer Burton

Grab yourself a free download of Diamond, Spencer Burton’s gorgeous, bittersweet slice of rustic folk. It comes from his forthcoming album Don’t Let The World See Your Love, which was made while crossing Canada on a motorcycle – “I rode, long and lonely, fell in with the wrong people, drank everything I could to pass the time and put the pain away.” Sounds pretty good to us. . Continue reading MM Shorts 561: Spencer Burton

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Introducing >>> Dust From 1000 Yrs

This popped up in our Soundcloud stream and has become an instant fave here at MM. Smoke Em Up is the brilliant first single of resigned, word-weary psych-tinged folk from Bloomington, IN’s Dust From 1000 Yrs. It is taken from the forthcoming Famous Cigarettes EP, due out June 10th via Exploding In Sound Records. The EP is split between Bad History Month and Dust From 1000 Yrs, and … Continue reading Introducing >>> Dust From 1000 Yrs

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

Thursday @ The Great Escape

A long drive, rain, a Prisoner Cell Block H style hotel room, discovering the camera was still at home… the initial omens for The Great Escape were not great. Thankfully first impressions can be deceptive as Brighton is a sparky town full of quirky shops and streets, trendy young things and youthful counter-culture swagger (“I smoked 35 bongs once” being my favourite bit of eavesdropping of … Continue reading Thursday @ The Great Escape

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