Indian Wars have been on our radar for a little while following their excellent long-player Walk Around The Park and their more recent version of long-standing murder ballad Tom Dula. Most recent album Songs From The North was released last November and the excellent Rollo & Grady put up a new track from it over the weekend. Worth a re-post? Most definitely. This is Sweetheart … Continue reading MM Shorts 292: Another From Indian Wars
Kris Kristofferson’s music might not be quite as well known as his buddies Waylon, Willie, and Johnny, (who he was in a super-group, called The Highwaymen with) but amongst songwriters in the know, he is just as highly respected. Rhodes Scholar, helicopter pilot, songwriter, janitor, actor, heartthrob, and all-around Renaissance Man. His history is just as legendary as any of his outlaw country counterparts. Now the … Continue reading The Rising Cost of Livin’ High and Lovin’ Hard – A Kris Kristofferson Tribute
We featured Theatre Royal back in November and to kick off 2013 the band have decided to give away a new free download from their excellent album At The End Of A River, The Sea… This is Death On The River. You can buy the album here. Continue reading MM Shorts 291: Another From Theatre Royal
Big Harp just released the second single Waiting For Some Drunk from their sophomore album Chain Letters which will be released on 22nd January via Saddle Creek. We already posted the first, the excellent You Can’t Save ‘Em All back in November and this is a more than worthy follow-up – literate, with fuzzed-out, needle-sharp textures. Grab it below. Pre-order the album here. Continue reading New Single From Big Harp
Brother Dege is one of the best-kept secrets in the Deep South. A musician, writer and Southern enigma, Dege is the haunted face of 21st century Delta blues. The reclusive Louisiana Cajun’s song Too Old To Die Young was recently selected by Quentin Tarantino to appear in the soundtrack of his new film Django Unchained – watch the new video for it along with the hushed, … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Brother Dege || Will Johnson || Birds of Chicago
Water Liars will follow up last year’s excellent release Phantom Limb with a new album, Wyoming, on 5th march via Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records. They have offered up a track from it, Fake Heat, via a Rolling Stone premiere, and the plaintive vocals building over the slowly increasing guitar distortion creates a real treat of a first taste. Download Water Liars – Fake Heat mp3 (from Wyoming) Catch … Continue reading New Track, New Album From Water Liars
This morning dive into Angel Olsen’s surprisingly powerful and gruff new video for Sweet Dreams, immerse yourself in the velvet tones of the Green Pajamas and linger awhile amid the atmospherics of Night Moves’ Country Queen. a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Angel Olsen || The Green Pajamas || Night Moves
Today we have a brilliant video for California from John Murry’s excellent noir solo debut The Graceless Age as well as some rockin’ art-pop from Manchester’s Dutch Uncles and lo-fi psych-sonics from Denmark’s Crystal Shipsss. a a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: John Murry || Dutch Uncles || Crystal Shipsss
As might be expected, slightly fewer tunes make up our final monthly mix of the best of the downloads from MM – no panic tho’, the quality of new tunes on offer more than makes up for it. And as always, some new ones for you too means a top banana mix of twenty cracking songs to play in the New Year. The Cheatahs – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2012
Our final video post of 2012 has offerings from The Capsules, The Highballers, Hooray For Earth and a live offering from MM faves Grass House with a new song, A Thousand Generators. Enjoy! a Download The Capsules – Our Apocalypse mp3 (from Northern Lights & Southern Skies) Download The Capsules – Across The Sky mp3 (from Northern Lights & Southern Skies) a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Capsules || The Highballers || Hooray For Earth || Grass House
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