MM Shorts 720: Futurekids

Following some lineup changes, Canada’s futurekids are now a female-fronted, MOOG-driven indie rock outfit, and working on the follow up to last year’s Say Goodnight to the Machines EP. With a smooth blend of subtle twang and layered choral vocals, appropriately named new track Americana is a porch sittin’ love letter to roots music featuring new vocalist Kaeleigh Ayre. Listen/download it here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 720: Futurekids

Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

It’s that time again…our collection of newly minted tunes from the past seven days that are worth some serious listening. 1. Creepoid – Shaking 2. Zachary Cale – Sundowner 3. The Catenary Wires – Throw Another Love Song On The Fire 4. Jessie Jones – Sugar Coated 5. PINS – Molly 6. Trembling Bells – Killing Time In London Fields . . . . . … Continue reading Six Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

Meg Baird – Don’t Weigh Down The Light

We first became aware of Meg Baird as co-founder of the mysterious psych-folk band Espers who released three excellent studio albums. She then went on to form the moody and thunderous Heron Oblivion and has also found time to release two solo records of her own and now has a new solo album Don’t Weigh Down The Light due for release on the 22nd June … Continue reading Meg Baird – Don’t Weigh Down The Light

Lady Bones – 24 Hour Party Girl

Lady Bones have shared 24 Hour Party Girl, the second single from the Boston trio’s upcoming full length debut Dying. If follows lead single Botch and takes the band on another rollercoaster ride through rough edged grunge, twisted Americana, and pounding post-punk. The album is one of dark hardcore-edged indie rock haunted by a backwoods twang that sounds more like the product of a band living near the Floridian … Continue reading Lady Bones – 24 Hour Party Girl

Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Deer Run Drifters

With one half of the band influenced by the sounds and lyrics of Alt-Country, and the other half deeply rooted in a more modern folk, The Deer Run Drifters have quickly carved themselves out a perfect spot in Americana music. Their latest album Restless Youth continues what the band is known for: themes of life, heartbreak, and of course drunken mishaps.  Utilising their trademark weathered and often … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Deer Run Drifters

Video: Fraser A. Gorman – Shiny Gun

With his beautifully offbeat, gloriously sun-baked debut LP Slow Gum hurtling our way just in time for summer, rapidly ascendant Australian troubadour Fraser A. Gorman has shared new single Shiny Gun. Distilling the best elements of folk, blues and vintage Americana, with Shiny Gun Gorman delivers a warmly rousing anthem in waiting. His distinctly oddball wit and wry poetry courses through the song’s veins, culminating in … Continue reading Video: Fraser A. Gorman – Shiny Gun