Nine new, and excellent, songs from the past seven days neatly packaged for your listening pleasure. 1. Jeffrey Lewis – Train Song 2. The Sandwitches – Our Toast 3. Ultimate Painting – Break The Chain 4. John Vanderslice – Midnight Blue 5. Destroyer – Dream Lover 6. Heather Woods Broderick – Wyoming 7. DRINKS – Hermits On Holiday 8. Spoon – TV Set (Cramps cover) … Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Indie folk singer/songwriter, Austin Basham, recently released his new five track Linton//Oslo EP. From Austin, Texas, his music draws influences from classic folksingers like Bob Dylan, but also shares a contemporary feel with artists such as Joe Pug and The Tallest Man On Earth. Recorded in Norway, the record is a culmination of warm southern nights and cool Norwegian atmosphere and showcases an imaginative range and combination of instruments and lyrics that … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends: Austin Basham
Eastbound Jesus have announced details for their third studio album, Hollerin’ that sees a release on the 30th May. A unique hybrid of rock, country and bluegrass, the album is an authentic ode to life in rural Upstate New York through all its changing seasons. Check out the first single, Keep On Hollerin’ below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 714: Eastbound Jesus
Here is the third and final single from Emmett Drueding’s upcoming EP, Strange Bruise, which will be released in its entirety on July 16th. Foaming and Screaming is another mighty fine example of his idiosyncratic, Americana that skates along at a sweet and steady lick, but at its heart and within its lyrics conceals something just a little peculiar, a little warped maybe… And that’s what we … Continue reading Final Single From Emmett Drueding’s Strange Bruise EP
Chicago-based Nick Shaheen is releasing his latest single, Flashbulbs, taken from his new album of powerful, modern Americana, Sauvignon, which is out now. It is an intriguing song with an hypnotic yet chaotic rhythm section and where the battle of menacing electric guitar versus victorious Dobro are joined by captivating vocals. It takes the listener deep inside the mind as Shaheen struggles with being framed, and eventually exonerated for murder, … Continue reading MM Shorts 712: Nick Shaheen
Back in 2013, my last trip to SXSW, I wandered into a venue to see Night Beds and exited having been completely transfixed by singer Mackenzie Scott (aka Torres) and her band. From then on tracks like Honey and Waterfall became much loved secret treasures – intense and intimate, they were songs I didn’t want to share, but rather to immerse myself in as the … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 17: Torres
Our weekly round up for you of some of the best songs shared in the past seven days… 1. Barna Howard – Bitter Side Of Blue 2. Theo Verney – Brain Disease 3. Spray Paint – Country Singer 4. The Wooden Sky – Our Hearts Were Young 5. Jacco Gardner – Find Yourself 6. White Reaper – I Don’t Think She Cares 7. Telegram – … Continue reading Eleven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The marvellously talented singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff has unveiled the first song from his anticipated new soulful project Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats. Listen to the classic horns, guitar and vintage stax feel of I Need Never Get Old here. . Continue reading Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – New Song
1. Sharon Van Etten – Just Like Blood 2. Kid Wave – Best Friend 3. Ducktails – Headbanging In The Mirror 4. Giant Sand – Transponder 5. Moses Sumney – Seeds 6. Jason Isbell – 24 Frames 7. Kenny Knight – America . . . . . . Continue reading Seven Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Now there’s a song title! And the song lives up to its name. It is the title track from hard rocking’, punk blues veterans Left Lane Cruiser’s new album, and all we can say is that they’re in fine, fine form. Blast it here. . Continue reading Left Lane Cruiser – Dirty Spliff Blues
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