So we have 200+ songs marked for potential posting sat patiently waiting in our in-box, and a whole host more diligently collected from the nooks and crannies of the web. Time then for a round-up of some of the most deserving of your ears. Without further ado, lets set out our stall with Aussie troubadour Owls of the Swamp’s beautiful and sweetly sorrowful Happiness Is A Sad … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Rounds ‘Em Up
Our videos of the day are Pond’s ethereal, mind expanding O Dharma, the classic roots rock of Semi Twang’s Dark Out, Dancing Years’ poignant and melancholic Here’s To My Old Friends, and the stunning, haunted Tumbleweeds from Jesse Woods. . . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Pond || Semi Twang || Dancing Years || Jesse Woods
Here (better late than never) are our favourite download picks from our August posts, together with a few new tunes. Altogether a genre-busting mix of nearly 20 great songs. Dive in! Spook Houses – Living The Dream Tempo-shifting, slacker pop. . The Great American Canyon Band – Lost At Sea Gorgeous, rural folk-pop. . Vikesh Kapoor – I Dreamt Blues A narrative about endless work … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2013
Watch videos from Brighton’s up and coming indie popsters Phantom Runners, from Arizona psychedelic soul-pop band Future Loves Past, from steampunk rabble rousers The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing (a brilliant animation for The Great Stink) and lastly some classic Americana from The Easy Leaves and their track Fool On A String. Enjoy! . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Phantom Runners || Future Loves Past || The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing || The Easy Leaves
Videos to enjoy from singer-songwriter Cameron McGill and the fatalistic, resigned romanticism of his track Sucker Love, and a cinematic journey with a twist from London based-trio Polterghost. We have a many tentacled monster mash from all girl garage popsters Sharkmuffin, and some appropriately haunting visual imagery from Owl Paws for their beautifully melancholic track Cold Lead Bath. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Cameron McGill || Polterghost || Sharkmuffin || Owl Paws
We’ve been sat on this one a little too long, but Portland based singer-songwriter Matthew Heller is well worth discovering. Latest album Invitation is a collection of songs that are as gritty and as raw as you could wish for – shot through with anger, hope, and despair, they rage, burn and reflect both his own experiences, and the wider world, in a way that … Continue reading Introducing >>> Matthew Heller
In the same vein as yesterday’s Mark Lanegan post, the wonderful Shearwater return with their own album of covers in October on Sub Pop. Titled Fellow Travelers it’s composed almost entirely of songs by bands they’ve toured with over the years, re-imagined and renovated. The first taste is their take on Xiu Xiu’s I Luv The Valley OH!! – have a listen. The album is out … Continue reading Shearwater’s Fellow Travelers
We are very much looking forward to Mark Lanegan’s covers album, Imitations, due out on the 17th September. It includes his versions and rewordings of songs ranging from Andy Williams standards to a Bond theme classic to the great John Cale to more modern offerings from Nick Cave and Chelsea Wolfe. We’re suspecting eclectic isn’t going to come close to describing it. For now we have … Continue reading Mark Lanegan’s Imitations
Videos to enjoy today from decker with an appropriately gritty film for the parched, desert folk psychedelia of Shadow Days and from Saint Motel who have an excellent animation to accompany their track Daydream/Wetdream/Nightmare. Electric Shepherd’s psych-blues are showcased to good effect in The Escapist, which tells the story of a woman that cannot be loved, food that cannot be eaten, and a sports car that cannot be kept. Under … Continue reading Videos Of The Day: Decker || Saint Motel || Electric Shepherd || Said The Whale || Future History
US singer-songwriter Cass McCombs has announced a new double album called Big Wheel And Others. It is his most encompassing and stylistically diverse release to date. Some of the genres that are to be found in varying degrees in the songs on this album are: road songs, rock songs, folk songs, blues songs, country songs, rhythm and blues songs, skronk non-songs, cinema songs, cult songs, poem … Continue reading New Double Album From Cass McCombs
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