Esmé Patterson has featured a couple of times on MM, but her latest solo release is a fascinating concept. It is a collection of responses to songs in popular music about women, written from the perspective of the subject of each song – Jolene (Dolly Parton), Alison (Elvis Costello), Loretta (Townes Van Zandt), Caroline (The Beach Boys), Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles), Evangeline (The Band), and Irene … Continue reading Esmé Patterson – Woman To Woman
We have to confess that the demise of the Walkmen, especially following their most recent, and excellent, album Heaven hit us hard. However much like our recent post on WATERS rising from the watery ashes of Port O’Brien, we do have a solo album from Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser to look forward to as some consolation. Here is a taste from Black Hours, which … Continue reading Hamilton Leithauser’s Solo Album
Blues rocking, soul drenched four piece the Dough Rollers will be releasing a new five track EP, Gone Baby Gone via Third Man Records. It is the follow up to last year’s Little Lily single and sacrifices nothing in the gritty, despairing wail of the vocals and the visceral guitar riffs. Have a listen… . Continue reading Introducing >>> The Dough Rollers
On Golden Margins, troubadour Owen Tromans reunites with his band, The Elders, to produce nine songs drawn from a deep well of inspiration. Recorded during the depths of winter in the Hampshire countryside the album channels ghostly chill and laid-back charm in equal measure. Described as being driven along by Byrds-ian twang and thrum, the title track takes a wry look at what it is … Continue reading Owen Tromans – Golden Margins
Heart and Soul (released 21st July via Schnitzel Record), is the new single from British band The Moons and taken from their new long player Mindwaves, released 2nd June. Heart and Soul is an ode to a scorned lover, defiant, but with an impish rhythm and some tasty fuzzed up guitars. In fact, it has a nice glam rock feel to it evoking the classic … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Moons
We first posted about Annie Eve at the height of last summer and her new Feversome EP will feature three tracks all written and performed (except slide guitar and accordion) by Annie, with the lead track Southern released on 17th March. Watch the video for this emotive and bewitching song, driven by haunting vocals, resulting in a sound that manages to be simultaneously powerful, intimate … Continue reading Video: Annie Eve – Southern
Lonely Beast is indie rockers Brown Shoe’s follow up to 2011’s The Gift Horse and their first release since moving from Northern California to Los Angeles. The four brothers Ryan, Aaron, Bryson, and Landon Baggaley all grew up in Folsom, CA… not too far from where a certain Mr Cash recorded At Folsom Prison. Sitting somewhere between the National, the Mumfords, and Bon Iver, you … Continue reading MM Shorts 533: Brown Shoe
We don’t know much about Stampede Road other than what their Bandcamp bio says, namely that they’re a Scottish four piece with plenty of harmonies, reverbed guitars, and a clubhouse mentality that aims to create the type of folk songs that have been lost since the 1960s. On the evidence of single Old Town, and latest Soundcloud offering, a cover of Michael Marra’s Scribbled Down Drunk, … Continue reading Introducing >>> Stampede Road
While, even now, we still mourn the demise of the wonderful Port O’Brien, former front man Van Pierszalowski’s new project WATERS has kept us happily entertained and he is back from a relatively long hiatus with a new single, Got To My Head. Have a listen. It may well be the best thing he’s done since setting out down the solo path. . Continue reading New Single From WATERS
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