Laurelin Kruse is a girl from Colorado stuck in Brooklyn and this song is about how she’s always trying to get the hell home. She says “It’s like a meteorite crashing into a Spaghetti Western. Plus, ya know, folk music.” Sounds about right to us, as does the song. Good stuff. It is called Jupiter, listen to it. Download it. Continue reading Introducing >>> Laurelin Kruse
Sun Kil Moon’s bitterly poignant and self-deprecating Among The Leaves was one of our favourite albums of last year and Mark Kozelek has wasted no time in following that up with a collaboration with The Album Leaf titled Perils From The Sea. It would appear that upbeat still remains a distant expectation with titles like Baby In Death Can I Rest Next To Your Grave…only an eight minute … Continue reading Sun Kil Moon & The Album Leaf – Perils From The Sea
So, all things considered January got off to a rip-roaring start where new tunes are concerned. Here is our selection of our best of the month’s downloads (27 in all) and a few new tunes too – more than 30 to pick from, so blow those January blues away with these babies. Prissy Clerks – Bruise or Be Bruised Mix of fuzzed up punk and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2013
Scowlin Owl are an all-female folk band, low on twee but big on drama and vocal harmonies. Their debut single, called Mifune is a driving, atmospheric song about the relationship between Japan’s most famous actor Toshiro Mifune and legendary film director Akira Kurosawa. Released yesterday, Scowlin Owl are influenced by storytellers from the classic (Dylan, Baez) to the contemporary (Decemberists, Midlake). Any story or concept which inspires may … Continue reading Introducing >>> Scowlin Owl
Watch epic psych-folk rockers Arbouretum with their new video for Coming Out Of The Fog as well as Edmund Wayne and his simple acoustic video for the brilliant track To The Bugs On My Ceiling, which we have just discovered (and is on repeat here). We also have the haunting Song For Motion from Australia’s up and coming Lowlands and finally Dead Wolf Club’s video for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Arbouretum || Edmund Wayne || Lowlands || Dead Wolf Club
Jody Nelson had a busy 2012 with a fantastic EP release from Through the Sparks, production duties on Some Dark Holler’s Hollow Chest, performing on Wooden Wand’s Blood Oaths of the New Blues, and touring and working diligently throughout the year on his own Dorado project. And it is this project that has seriously got our attention – the album Anger, Hunger, Love and the Fear of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dorado
Once again the in-box overfloweth with sounds to share (especially once we’d consigned all the crappy remixes and dancefloor bangers to the trash folder) – so delve in to this lucky thirteen smorgasbord of audio delights. Inspired by the beautiful snowy winters and post-industrial landscape of Pittsburgh, PA, Arlo Aldo have created a new twist on American alt-folk, with mellow tempos and lilting harmonies layered … Continue reading (Yet Another) Round Up
Matthew Squires hails from Austin, Texas and the album How To Combust Your Life is the result of two and a half years work, which he describes as “sort of the culmination of my life falling apart and being put back together after a stint at a Zen monastery in New York.” It is a sweet blend of acoustic folk and pop shot through with … Continue reading MM Shorts 304: Matthew Squires & The Learning Disorders
For the second year in a row, Paste joined forces with Sennheiser at the legendary Newport Folk Festival to record unique performances with some of their favourite artists. NoiseTrade is partnering with Paste Magazine to offer up a free fifteen track download including MM faves Dawes, First Aid Kit, Deep Dark Woods and Trampled By Turtles as well as Blind Pilot, Of Monsters And Men … Continue reading Free Newport Festival Download From Paste
Lazy Talkers – a new indie folk-pop band now based in NYC by way of Baltimore – will release their debut EP in the spring. Check out the easy-going jangle of Killing Time from the EP. Download Lazy Talkers – Killing Time mp3 (from Lazy Talkers) Continue reading MM Shorts 302: Lazy Talkers
The Mad Mackerel 