Category: Americana

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic

Audio Antihero Charity Compilation for Rape Crisis

Regular readers of this blog will know we are big admirers of the wilfully uncommercial Audio Antihero label, home to some MM faves like Benjamin Shaw and Jack Hayter. The label is putting out a charity compilation to benefit the work of charity Rape Crisis in England, Wales and Scotland. Despite the clearly serious and important end purpose, the compilation, titled Regal vs Steamboat, is very much meant … Continue reading Audio Antihero Charity Compilation for Rape Crisis

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

Introducing >>> There’s Talk

Hailing from San Francisco, There’s Talk are a folk infused trio who are just releasing debut single The Salt, from their much anticipated debut EP, Tiny Strands. The EP is rich with eclectic subtleties and dark harmonies reminiscent of folk influence Sufjan Stevens and laced with the textual confessions of Youth Lagoon, and is set for release in late summer. Let the band’s sultry echoing … Continue reading Introducing >>> There’s Talk

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Americana, Country, Folk, Gothic, Indie, Music

MM’s 5:1 Interview No 12: Georgia’s Horse

The new album from Georgia’s Horse, aka Texan songwriter Teresa Maidonado, is called Weather Codes and is released next week. It is perfectly described by Fire Records as “a study in heartbreak and loneliness set amidst the backdrop of the vast landscapes of American Southwest.” Descriptors such as haunting, enchanting and, indeed, heartbreaking occur often, but for Georgia’s Horse they are particularly apt. Her debut release … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 12: Georgia’s Horse

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Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Blues, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

Videos of the Day: Brazos || Arborea || The Night Jars || Lars Bygden

Enjoy videos from Brazos and their track Charm, from Arborea with Pale Horse Phantasm filmed on location at Acadia National Park in Maine, from The Night Jars who use edits of episodes of the old Defenders of the Earth cartoons for their 60s garage inspired Drones, and from Lars Bygden, a truly brilliant animation for his dark and sorrowful track The Hole – not to be missed. … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Brazos || Arborea || The Night Jars || Lars Bygden

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

MM Shorts 380: Therese Aune

Norwegian songstress Therese Aune will release her album Billowing Shadows, Flickering Light in the US on the 6th August. There will be much to like for fans of the Joannas – Newsom and Barwick. Try Chameleon, which through a haunting amalgamation of sounds from accordion, to metallophone, to piano, paints a picture of an introvert, who is marooned on the outside looking in. The record will be released … Continue reading MM Shorts 380: Therese Aune

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel The last Five Years – Chris T Popper Picks His Favourites

Believe it or not, Mad Mackerel has been around for more than five years now. During that time we’ve posted more than 4,000 times, and offered more than 5,000 songs for your listening pleasure. And more than three quarters of a million people have paid MM a visit during our lifetime on Google’s (godawful) blogspot and since April 2010 on WordPress. We asked some of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel The last Five Years – Chris T Popper Picks His Favourites

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Joe Pug || The Young Knives || Soledad Velez || Hookworms

An excellent set of videos/tunes today from the outstanding Joe Pug with a lyric video with a slight difference and the song itself, a cover of Harvey “Tex” Thomas Young’s Deep Dark Wells is a stunner. We have the Young Knives continuing their welcome return with their new musical film for Maureen, and Soledad Velez’s video for Black Light In The Forest. Lastly, we have MM … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Joe Pug || The Young Knives || Soledad Velez || Hookworms

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Videos of the Day: Murder By Death || Shakey Graves || Nathan K. || Wolf Alice

Watch videos from longstanding MM faves Murder By Death who have a brilliantly animated film for Lost River and Shakey Graves who has a slightly disturbing one for Unlucky Skin. There is an appropriately sparse film to accompany Nathan K.’s wonderfully plaintive track Bob Seger and we finish with Wolf Alice’s new video for their top notch recent single Bros. Download Murder By Death – Lost River mp3 (from Bitter … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Murder By Death || Shakey Graves || Nathan K. || Wolf Alice

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Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Music

The Changing Colors Announce New Album

Sometimes it takes just one play, one single spin, to know you’ve found something to treasure. So it is with Changing Colors and the track Good Times from their new album Joan & The King, which sees a release via Blank Tape Records. From the opening lazy strum of guitar and gently hypnotic percussion to the perfect, world-weary vocals of frontman Conor Bourgal, the song meanders slowly … Continue reading The Changing Colors Announce New Album

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