Once again the in-box overfloweth with sounds to share (especially once we’d consigned all the crappy remixes and dancefloor bangers to the trash folder) – so delve in to this lucky thirteen smorgasbord of audio delights. Inspired by the beautiful snowy winters and post-industrial landscape of Pittsburgh, PA, Arlo Aldo have created a new twist on American alt-folk, with mellow tempos and lilting harmonies layered … Continue reading (Yet Another) Round Up
The Rebel King (EP) is Duquette Johnston’s first solo release in three years, and it features two re-recorded songs from his last album Rugged & Fancy, and Dancing Song, which is the first preview of his new album Rabbit Runs a Destiny (due out in mid-2013). You can download the EP from Noisetrade for free by clicking here. You can see our previous Duquette Johnston … Continue reading Duquette Johnston EP on Noisetrade
New videos today from indie-rock grandmaster Eels, a wonderfully surreal animated video for Minus The Bear’s prog-pop of Listing, some melancholic indie-pop from The Vestals and Whispertown’s new video for Open The Other Eye. a a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Eels || Minus The Bear || The Vestals || Whispertown
Wrightwood is the new psychedelic folk project from singer/songwriter Peter Mercado and producer Andrew Lynch (Earlimart, OFF!). The band trades in beautiful melodies contrasted with haunting guitar and piano tones that underscore the emotional weight of their songs. The demos for this project were written in 2009 by Peter as a way to cope with the fallout from his attempt at marriage. Those demos were … Continue reading Introducing >>> Wrightwood
For the second year in a row, Paste joined forces with Sennheiser at the legendary Newport Folk Festival to record unique performances with some of their favourite artists. NoiseTrade is partnering with Paste Magazine to offer up a free fifteen track download including MM faves Dawes, First Aid Kit, Deep Dark Woods and Trampled By Turtles as well as Blind Pilot, Of Monsters And Men … Continue reading Free Newport Festival Download From Paste
A few days ago we posted If I Were A Carpenter, the Smoke Fairies contribution to the forthcoming Tim Hardin tribute album, Reason To Believe. Here is a second track from the album, this time it is MM fave Mark Lanegan’s take on Red Balloon. Have a listen. Continue reading MM Shorts 303: More From The Tim Hardin Tribute Album
Until a couple of days ago we were ignorant to the delights of folky singer-songwriter Pickering Pick and his new album titled (Tropic). Not so now. We’ve put that right, for (Tropic) is an album of rare beauty – warm, sensitive, thoughtful and restrained. A record that allows the music, no matter how gentle, even fragile at times, to have the space to spread its wings … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… Pickering Pick
PIAPTK is one of our favourite DIY record labels and they are releasing a super limited run (just 30) of the new record from Tucson’s Golden Boots. DBX’n’SPF finds the band moving their twangy psych into weird blown out fuzz pop territory, just listen to lead off track Yuma below. Order the album here and you can also grab a Golden Boots sampler on a pay-what-you-want deal … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> Golden Boots
We have long been admirers of the spooky, fractured, disconnected folk-blues of Hiss Golden Messenger. Good to report then that there will be a new album, Haw, on April 1st. Consisting of eleven songs, all written by M.C. Taylor, who once lived hard by the ‘Haw’ with his wife Abigail and their son Elijah—”Well I come from the bottom of the river Haw“, he sings—but he doesn’t … Continue reading New Album From Hiss Golden Messenger
Watch new videos featuring F.U.R.S and a taster for their excellent debut single Striptease, and the Parson Red Heads video for Another Chance is a color-saturated, send-up of the static, poker-faced videos of early Black Sabbath. See Batman and Superman get drunk and make out in Sunshine’s video for Showering With Wine and finish with the scorching wildcat blues of two-piece Deap Vally’s new single Lies. … Continue reading Videos of the Day: F.U.R.S || Parson Red Heads || Sunshine || Deap Vally
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