This weekend sees the annual Gathering festival in Oxford – a brilliant event that takes in seven venues around the city and runs from the afternoon into the wee small hours. This year the line up includes such MM luminaries as Local Natives, Drenge, Waxahatchee, Temples, Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs, Pyyramids, Port Isla, Wolf Alice, To Kill A King, Cheatahs and a whole host more. … Continue reading The Gathering – A Playlist
Today is a proverbial red letter day in Mad Mackerel terms as it sees the official US release date for new albums from two of our favourite artists. From our side of the pond we have Sleep Dreamt a Brother, the new album from musician and artist Mathew Sawyer, out on Fire Records. The majority of the album was written and recorded following the loss of three friends … Continue reading New Albums Released From Wooden Wand And From Mathew Sawyer
Toronto’s Animal Parts have revealed a second track, Grey Owl Call, the, from their forthcoming Six Arms To Hold You EP. Mighty fine it is too with echoes of Laurel Canyon, southern rock and the melodic sensibilities of a fired up Neil Young. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 458: Animal Parts
We’re loving our belated discovery of Woody Pines and latest album Rabbits Motel, which is a charming and old fashioned throwback to the days of riding the rails, jumping boxcars and sleeping beneath the stars and all with echoes of Woody namesake Guthrie (of course). These are tracks of classic, ramblin’ country blues, where songs are filled with characters fighting to climb up or sliding … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Woody Pines
Well, seeing as our last posts were covers by Eagulls and Shearwater, and seeing as they say good things come in threes, here is long standing favourite of our blog, Joe Pug covering another long standing favourite of our blog, Vandaveer and vice versa. It comes courtesy of the excellent I Am Fuel, You Are Friends blog. The two are touring together throughout October and … Continue reading Joe Pug & Vandaveer Covers
The songs at the foundation of Jus Post Bellum’s forthcoming sophomore album Oh July are bathed in the idyllic voices of Geoffrey Wilson and Hannah Jensen. The first taste comes with Gimme That Gun – banjo, drums, country twang – fabulous. The album is out on the 12th November. Continue reading MM Shorts 456: Jus Post Bellum
Next week sees the release of Better Days by the Harmed Brothers, and if the evidence of these two tracks is anything to go by, it is going to be a real joy. Mixing folk and bluegrass with a wistful twist of poignant melancholy, Love Song For The Assumed is as sweet and as simple a song of heartbreak and longed for resolution as we’ve … Continue reading The Harmed Brothers – Better Days
Videos to start the week from Cheatahs and some blurry, blown-out landscapes to accompany the psych-swirl of new single Cut The Grass, and from Indianapolis sisters Lily & Madeleine comes their studio set video for gorgeous single Devil We Know. From Roadkill Ghost Choir we have some stunning cinematography to match the emotional resonance of standout track Beggars Guild from their Quiet Light EP, and lastly the darkly … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cheatahs || LIly & Madeleine || Roadkill Ghost Choir || Pincers
New York City based Americana trio, The End of America have released their new single, Silver AM. The track features the band’s signature three part harmonies as well as moody psychedelic textures in a full band orchestration that sounds like it has just been transported by a time machine from Laurel Canyon 1973…it rocks like a modern Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. . Continue reading MM Shorts 452: The End Of America
Muchacho De Lujo is the deluxe edition of Phosphorescent’s outstanding 2013 album. De Lujo, out on October 29th on digital and CD formats, features bonus material from an intimate pre-release live show recorded at St. Pancras Church in London. The set, performed with Matthew Houck on guitar and Jo Schornikow on piano, features Muchacho’s Song for Zula, Pride’s Wolves, and a cover of Waylon Jennings’ Storms … Continue reading Phosphorescent Releasing Deluxe Version of Muchacho
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