Start the week with videos to contrast and compare from Big Harp, Future History, Drenge and Young Aviators. . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Big Harp || Future History || Drenge || Young Aviators
Kent, Ohio based indie-folk band The Speedbumps spent six days at a cabin in the woods of Pennsylvania recording their latest album The Harbors We Seek. What the band lost in the isolation of a studio, it gained in the warmth and natural sound of the cabin where they recorded the album. Tracks on The Harbors We Seek even feature creaking floorboards, birds chirping outside the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Speedbumps
Alana Amram & The Rough Gems will be releasing a new album, Spring River, on March 4 via Kingswood Records. First taste, Should I Go Now is the kind of classic country tune that conjures up images of heartbroken, wayward souls sipping on bottles of beer at the nearest hole-in-the-wall. Needless to say we like it very much indeed! Have a listen, especially if you are … Continue reading Alana Amram & The Rough Gems – Should I Go Now
Some cracking videos for you today from Hurray for the Riff Raff, John Grant, The Grisly Hand Have Gun Will Travel, and the excellently named Radar Men From The Moon. . . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Hurray for the Riff Raff || John Grant || The Grisly Hand || Have Gun Will Travel || Radar Men From The Moon
Over the past few weeks we have gradually been charmed and then seduced by Montreal-based songwriter Leif Vollebekk’s album North Americana, which as far as we can tell was released in Canada at the beginning of 2013, but now sees a full US release on the 28th of this month. Tracks such as Cairo Blues, When The Subway Comes Above The Ground and Southern United States … Continue reading Leif Vollebekk – North Americana
Although Hope, Fear, Youth by Brothers Lazaroff was released back in the autumn of last year, we are only now truly appreciating its myriad charms. The album is a combination of new tunes and older songs reinvented with the current members. One of the older songs featured on the album is the lead track Battle Hymn which was recently covered by Doc Feldman & The LD50. … Continue reading MM Shorts 506: Brothers Lazaroff
Now that the new year is slowly grinding into gear and starting to pick up some momentum, we are starting to see some really tasty new releases being promoted. Here is our pick of a few new tunes from new records that we are really looking forward to… First up, we have another gorgeous track from Marissa Nadler’s new album July, and a live taster of … Continue reading Round-Up Time Already…
Videos to banish the January blues! Watch top notch musical films from Secret Colours, the second in a series of four new videos from Cass McCombs, Austin Lucas’ Elvis impersonation, Elf Power’s recruitment of the infamous Goth Clogger, and the excellent Persian Leaps. . . . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Secret Colours || Cass McCombs || Austin Lucas || Elf Power || The Persian Leaps
Four brilliant videos to share with you today. They come from Fox & The Bird who release their excellent new album Darkest Hours next week, and Augustines who release their new self-titled album on February 3rd. We also have Cass McCombs and his new video for the brilliant Big Wheel (one of our favourite tracks of 2013), and finally a live video to savour from Sturgill … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Fox & The Bird || Augustines || Cass McCombs || Sturgill Simpson
Without doubt Water Liars are one of our favourite discoveries of the past few years, and they provided no less than three tunes in our Top 100 tracks of 2013 – the most by any one artist, whilst Wyoming was near the very top of our album lists. So it is fair to say that their new self-titled album, due on February 4th is one … Continue reading New Water Liars Album
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