Author: madmackerel

Music blogger, irate fish
Americana, Country, Folk, Music

Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Driftwood Singers

Weaving worn guitars, Autoharp, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and two hauntingly powerful voices and embracing a love for the Carter Family and a DIY punk ethos, The Driftwood Singers encapsulate an old timey era with decidedly forward looking and somehow timeless songs. They have announced a string of US summer tour dates. Download If I Take That Notion from their most recent 7″. Tour dates can be … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Driftwood Singers

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Gothic, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (6th July)

Well, Jesus may not want me for a sunbeam, but Beth Jeans Houghton has made me an honorary Hoof of Destiny. That tops all previous great life achievements, barring children/childbirth I think. I have been balancing on four coconut shells ever since, eating from a nosebag, rejecting my piscine ways and embracing the equine style. There are now plenty of flies on me, but none … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (6th July)

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Alternative, Blues, Garage, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Introducing >>> Wake Up Lucid

Wake Up Lucid is a LA based three piece band of cousins that combines sex-drenched vocals, high octane guitar, and a glorious lo-fi sludge that is garage rock at its purest and most dangerous. More grime than the Black Keys and far more savage than The White Stripes, their 2011 Sugar EP was described by Rolling Stone as “raunchy rock at it’s best”. Their debut … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wake Up Lucid

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

Friday Means Six of the Best

Here are another six tunes to try and cheer you up a little bit on another dank and dreary Friday in England… First up is Hardly Art’s Unnatural Helpers and their raging first single, Hate Your Teachers, from upcoming album Land Grab. River City Tanlines keep the energy levels fizzing with their own garage-punk howl and shred of Stop My Heart taken from the forthcoming release … Continue reading Friday Means Six of the Best

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Introducing…Houndmouth

Hailing from New Albany, Indiana, Houndmouth are a new four-piece who are releasing their debut self-titled EP via Rough Trade on 28th August. The track we have for you is called Penitentiary and is about as good a slab of rolling, easy paced Americana as we’ve heard in a good long while, with a chorus that recalls classic era Band and boy/girl harmonies that are … Continue reading Introducing…Houndmouth

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