Chicago folk-rock band, Quarter Mile Thunder, officially release their latest album, Twist, which can now be downloaded for free or a donation at their Bandcamp page. Folk-rock is not really a term that does the band justice however, for there is much more going on than that straightforward description might suggest. There is a good degree of sonic experimentation in evidence, more than a knowing nod … Continue reading Introducing >>> Quarter Mile Thunder
We have been longstanding fans of Murder By Death’s parched, dusty, and often desolate outlaw country-folk and so it was the cause of much excitement to hear the first taste from forthcoming album Bitter Drink, Bitter Moon. The brooding and cinematic Lost River is a song they describe as being “about a lover who drowned in the river calling out and beckoning the living to join … Continue reading New Album From Murder By Death
This evening, I’m off to take a waltz down to the Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford East. It promises to be modern affair after the more traditional soiree with the Russians earlier in the week. Better find my ruby red shoes… Sadly, I shall miss the egg throwing competition tonight that kicks off the annual Street Fair, which will be undoubtedly punctuated by the annual … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (14th September)
Here are a whole bunch of appetising new releases all ready for you to try a pick and mix approach to soundtracking your weekend. Kicking us off, hypnotic indie experimentalists, The Soft Moon have another track from new album Zeros available for download. This is Insides. a The Inner Mansions, the new album from Teen Daze has been picking up lots of positive reviews and will be … Continue reading New Release Round Up
We are very late to this one – it has sat unnoticed in our iTunes library since the middle of July. Shame on us. Then by chance we discovered that back in 2006, James Toth (aka MM fave Wooden Wand) released a vinyl only edition of Cody’s Quarter Century/The Great Migration on his label Mad Monk. Just like that he leapt to the top of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Turner Cody
Chicago’s Santah will release new EP, You’re Still A Lover next month, which follows the release of their debut LP, White Noise Bed last year (via No Sleep Records). The tracks are a mix of the sweetly beguiling (Indigo), the dreamy (Teeth) and the sprawling anthems of Springfield and North Coast. The results are impressive – a loose-limbed, roving style of Americana that sits somewhere between … Continue reading Introducing >>> Santah
The third (and long awaited by us) album from Los Angeles based indie folk group Sea Wolf, Old World Romance officially hit the streets today. Have a listen to the opening track and one of the highlights of the album Old Friend. You can download Old World Romance on iTunes, or purchase the album on CD or vinyl direct from the Dangerbird webstore. a Continue reading MM Shorts 223: New Album From Sea Wolf
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