Our best of August mix is ready and even though it is typically a slightly quieter month for new releases, we can still offer you more than 20 cracking new tunes together with a few ‘hot off the press’ new ones. The result? A brilliant mix to keep you going as we enter autumn (aka the fall for our American friends). Either way, just enjoy. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: August 2012
Written while on tour, The Bergamot’s latest single of raw, fleet-fingered folk In Between speaks of the life of a traveling musician. The single was tracked live and is meant to give the listener a sense of the disarray that is a life on the road. In Between comes from The Bergamot’s new album Static Flowers, which is due out on the 4th December. Download The … Continue reading MM Shorts 217: The Bergamot
Eight Belles is Jessi Phillips and a cast of multi-talented supporting players who create original yet classic-sounding country music. The material is delicately layered and instantly recognizable, with Jessi’s large, richly complex voice and striking imagistic lyrics at the forefront. Eight Belles calls to mind classic country and folk artists such as Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, and Laura Nyro, as well as modern female … Continue reading MM Shorts 216: Eight Belles
My copies of Uncut and Mojo were on the mat waiting for me after getting back from the Canary Islands yesterday and both have sweet cover disks. Uncut have a cracking selection of tunes from some of the latest new releases including Sebadoh, Calexico, Thee Oh Sees, James Yorkston, Patterson Hood, and Dinosuar Jr amongst others. Mojo have gone back to the jangle indie-pop heyday … Continue reading Mojo & Uncut Free Cover Disks
I’m melting. Well I was until earlier today. After one week in the hottest Canarian August in 23 years, my quintessentially English temperature gauge and complexion were pining for a bit of cloud control and a drop in temperature. It was, as I thought, a week spent in whatever shade I could find, book in one hand, Mr Sangria in the other. Large hat and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (31st August)
The first thing you notice about Bobtown is the harmonies. Then the songwriting. And finally, the body count. Tales of ghosts, outlaws and working-class struggles permeate the world of this unique, badlands folk band who are just at home with sparse, puritan ballads as they are full-on washboard stomp ‘n’ holler. Trouble I Wrought is the band’s second release, and we have a couple of pretty … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bobtown
Andy Ellison (a member of The Plastic Traps who we’ve featured before), dropped us a line to tell us he has a new folky, acoustic solo guitar/vocals project called Elk Rhythms (which clearly is a most excellent name!). He has a couple of EPs up for free download on his Bandcamp page, both of which are well worth investigating. For proof, just listen/download the upbeat … Continue reading Introducing >>> Elk Rhythms
Vagabondage and The Sweet Trade are two San Francisco Bay Area bands who met in 2009 and have played several shows together over the years. Always enjoying each others music and company, they finally decided to consummate their musical affair with an expression of their love of murder balladry, and recorded their own take on the song Henry Lee. Henry Lee may be the quintessential … Continue reading Vagabondage & The Sweet Trade’s Perfect Murder Ballad
a Download Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys – Lemon Squeezy mp3 (from Release Your Shrouds EP) Download the whole EP for free here. Continue reading Video of the Day: Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys
Folksters Kalispell’s long player Westbound is now available for free download on Bandcamp (although of course, a donation of any amount is appreciated), but still – free! Having availed ourselves of their album we are happy to report that it is a real gem of laid back folk – listen/download the brilliant Marion, MT as a taster below that tips its hat firmly in the direction … Continue reading Free Album From Kalispell
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