Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters seem hell bent on gradually releasing every track from their excellent Lungs, Dirt & Dreams album for free. We’ve happily posted them and the latest offering is another standout: the sweetly maudlin, but always gorgeous Gild The Lily. Immerse yourself. Click through to download for free. a Continue reading MM Shorts 218: Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters Again
We’ve already picked Daughn Gibson’s debut, All Hell, as one of our albums of the year so far (keep scrolling down the side bar on the left for our full list) and it has resulted in him signing with Sub Pop. Here is the first taste of his labours with new song Reach Into The Fire. a Continue reading MM Shorts 212: New From Daughn Gibson
The Dandelion War put reverb on everything. The indie rock quintet from Oakland, California formed in 2008 after connecting through Craigslist. With band members from diverse backgrounds and nationalities, the group’s sound is influenced by musical styles including ambient, shoegaze, post-rock, and electronic. New album We Were Always Loyal to Lost Causes will be released on 12th September, on Deep Elm Records. Grab yourself the seven … Continue reading MM Shorts 211: New LP From The Dandelion War
We thought we’d bundle these two together – the latest free Vinyl mix download from Insound and Uncut magazine’s latest free cover disk. Both offering a mighty enticing slice of new music of all shapes and sizes. The Insound mix can be got for free for a limited time, and features The Family Band, Niki & The Dove, Hot Panda, and Chain & The Gang amongst … Continue reading MM Shorts 200: Insound & Uncut Freebies
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
OK, so we’ve already posted a few songs this year from Lungs, Dirt And Dreams by Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters, as well as picked it as one of our albums of the year so far (check the sidebar on the left), but hells bells if they haven’t now given up another song from the album, and is one of our absolute favourites (tho’ … Continue reading We Love Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters
Wooden Wand || Café Oto, Hackney || 29 June 2012 Review by Chris T Popper Ever since I knew Wooden Wand was touring our little island again I have been in a state of high anticipation… mixed in with a sizeable chunk of excitement. In February 2011, Dr Roddy and myself were lucky enough to interview and have a couple of ‘sharpeners’ with James Jackson Toth … Continue reading Live Review: Wooden Wand
No Direction Home Festival || Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire || 8-10 June 2012 The omens were not good for the inaugural No Direction Home music festival, setting out in heavy rain that only got heavier as the traffic got slower the further north I went. However, despite the slate grey skies and constant brake lights of the M1, a journey of over 5 hours was rewarded … Continue reading No Direction Home Festival: A Review
In July, London label Critical Heights will release the new album from Dead Rat Orchestra. It was originally recorded as the soundtrack to Intrepid Cinema’s critically acclaimed BBC Documentary The Guga Hunters of Ness, which follows the journey of ten men from the community of Ness on the Isle of Lewis as they embark on a traditional hunt for gannets. Utilising their customarily unconventional instrumentation to create … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Dead Rat Orchestra
Berlin-based, Australian songwriter Ned Collette has signed to Fire Records and his new album 2, recorded with his band Wirewalker, is due for release in August. 2 is his fourth album but his first to get a release outside of Australia. It is a mix of experimental pop songwriting, musique concrete and dark folky soundscapes. Grab yourself Long You Lie from the record. Continue reading MM Shorts 173: Ned Collette
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