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Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2012

You know the score. Some of our favourite downloads from the past month neatly parcelled up into one tasty mix and decorated with a few new tunes too. Nearly forty in all. Jump in! Download Wye Oak – Spiral mp3 (from Adult Swim Singles Series) A change of approach and tempo from experimental folkies Download Unnatural Helpers – Hate Your Teachers mp3 (from Land Grab) Raging. Ferocious. Punk Download … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2012

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Introducing >>> Wild Leaves

This post is about the single biggest reason we blog – for that wonderful moment when you get a discovery of a new band. A new band like Wild Leaves. The band’s e-mail simply said, “We are 5 friends who moved to Brooklyn, from the midwest. That distance is recalled in our songs. Each one, a look back at what we left behind. The sound … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wild Leaves

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A Massive Friday Mix

The number of new releases has cranked back into top gear recently with a whole host of tasty ear ticklers coming our way. So what could be even better than an Olympic opening ceremony than a massive Mad Mackerel Friday mix – twenty four tracks handpicked especially for you. We light the flame with buzzworthy punked-up noiseniks Fidlar and in the same vein another from … Continue reading A Massive Friday Mix

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New Album From D.B. Rouse

Ex Goat farmer, salmon packer, and pawn shop cashier D.B. Rouse has crossed the MM radar a few times in the past. For as well as all those things, he is a roaming, itinerant troubadour of the old-school, and of the best kind. Like another MM fave Wooden Wand, he also appears to have the rare ability to maintain quality whilst producing an output that … Continue reading New Album From D.B. Rouse

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New EP From The Wilderness Of Manitoba

Chamber-folk specialists and Canadian 5-piece The Wilderness of Manitoba have announced details of a six-track EP release for the UK to coincide with their forthcoming tour dates. Named after a house in Toronto where all of the band have lived at one time or another, and where they have their basement studio, The Delaware House EP will be released digitally in the UK on 24th … Continue reading New EP From The Wilderness Of Manitoba

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Hurray For The Riff Raff UK Tour

To mark the UK release of their excellent new album Look Out Mama (out 20th August on Loose Music), MM faves Hurray For The Riff Raff will be back on these shores for a tour. Dates below and grab yourself the album’s superb title track as a freebie too. 30/08 – GLASGOW, Pivo Pivo 31/08 – NEWCASTLE, The Central 01/09 – SWANSEA, The Chattery 02/09 … Continue reading Hurray For The Riff Raff UK Tour

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MM Shorts 193: Another From Kyle Adem

Kyle Adem turned up in our Best of the Year…So Far post recently and here is another track from his excellent album Armour. The Sunlight & The Sea is described as an existential dilemma – we’re not too sure about that, but we do know it is another damn fine song of reflective, orchestral folk from this excellent storyteller. Download Kyle Adem – The Sunlight … Continue reading MM Shorts 193: Another From Kyle Adem

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Time For Another Video Round Up…

Although we now have a regular Video of the Day post on Mad Mackerel, we still can’t keep up with all that we’re being sent and here are a few more of the videos we would like to have featured well before now. Face-melting UK four piece Trails are making quite a name and quite a noise for themselves. Latest video is for new track Is … Continue reading Time For Another Video Round Up…

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