Here are eight of the very best tracks to reach out to us from our inbox and the internet over the past few days. First up we have a new track from the forthcoming album Soft Will from Smith Westerns, which distills the spirit of Big Star into a delicately reverential tribute to classic 70s radio rock. We have the superbly maudlin, gloom-pop of Franklin the … Continue reading Thursday Means Eight Of The Best
Jack Wilson is a singer-songwriter who is a new discovery for us. However, the two tracks he has released from his latest album, Spare Key (out June 18), are both gems – masterpieces of restrained emotion where spare, but powerful vocals weave between gentle strings and harmonies. A real treat of authentic folk storytelling. You can pre-order the album here. [Click through for free download] Continue reading MM Shorts 388: Jack Wilson
Oliver Muto is a London-based folk musician playing under the moniker Wooden Maria. The self produced and self released eight track EP Bonfires & Bells is a lovely collection of pastoral folk that twists and winds around deceptively pretty melodies and unfurls like woodsmoke in the evening sunshine. Have a listen to opening track Harbinger and the more cryptic Dusty Road. More information can be … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wooden Maria
Videos to enjoy from Wax Fang’s glam-psych pop to the soothing folk of Fauntella Crow and the surreal Americana of Royal Forest. Finally, the post-punk of BNLX and their video for 1929. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Wax Fang || Fauntella Crow || Royal Forest || BNLX
With a name like Lipstick Lumberjack, it could only really be folk-pop in the vein of Rilo Kiley or the Fleet Foxes. And so it proves with the release of Desert Balloons, apparently the May release from their Year of Lumberjackery project. Every month of this year they will write, record, and self-produce a new single. Cascading white balloons rained on me While in the air … Continue reading MM Shorts 387: Lipstick Lumberjack
Fine music videos to enjoy from Waxahatchee, Grape Soda, Juan Wauters of The Beets, and Gauntlet Hair who unveil the seedier side of life with their video for Human Nature. . Download Grape Soda – Obvious Signs mp3 (from Form A Sign) [Click through for free download] . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Waxahatchee || Grape Soda || Juan Wauters || Gauntlet Hair
Believe it or not, Mad Mackerel has been around for more than five years now. During that time we’ve posted more than 4,000 times, and offered more than 5,000 songs for your listening pleasure. And more than three quarters of a million people have paid MM a visit during our lifetime on Google’s (godawful) blogspot and since April 2010 on WordPress. We asked some of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel The Last Five Years – Polly Pocket Picks Her Favourites
Mark Charles Heidinger of macabre folksters Vandaveer recently participated in our 5:1 Interview series, which in turn came on the back of the recent release of their brilliant album of reinterpreted and re-imagined murder ballads, Oh, Willie, Please… The band have made a second track from it available for free download – so here is the perfectly told, tragic tale of the murder of Omie Wise. He … Continue reading Vandaveer Offer Up Omie Wise
Enjoy some cool videos from Sun Angle with their animated horror homage for track Raspberry, surf-pysch-pop from The Wytches, and new films from Neils Children and Emily Wells. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Sun Angle || The Wytches || Neils Children || Emily Wells
Believe it or not, Mad Mackerel has been around for more than five years now. During that time we’ve posted more than 4,000 times, and offered more than 5,000 songs for your listening pleasure. And more than three quarters of a million people have paid MM a visit during our lifetime on Google’s (godawful) blogspot and since April 2010 on WordPress. We asked some of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel The last Five Years – Chris T Popper Picks His Favourites
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