Category: Country

Acoustic, Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock

Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band Release Perlas

Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band release their new album Perlas today via Fire Records. It is a collection of songs and poems selected by Josephine herself, gathered from dusty old scores and brought vividly to the present with warm performances full of flesh-and-blood emotion. Sung in Spanish, the album overflows with an outpouring of melancholy and sorrow, but also of joy and excitement. … Continue reading Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band Release Perlas

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Americana, Country, Music, Rock

Howe Gelb’s Giant Giant Sand

In anticipation of Fire Records’ June release of the country rock opera, Tucson, and Howe Gelb’s 31 May performance at Village Underground in London, Giant Giant Sand have released a new track, Detained. This new album from an expanded and magnified version of Giant Sand is named after the town Gelb has called home for 40 years and is self-described as a ‘country rock opera’. Sounds good to us! Download Giant Giant Sand – … Continue reading Howe Gelb’s Giant Giant Sand

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Americana, Country, Music

Mad Mackerel Recommends…Rachel Harrington & The Knockouts

The new self-titled Rachel Harrington & The Knockouts album is released in the UK tomorrow, and follows her widely acclaimed trio of solo albums, The Bootlegger’s Daughter (2007), City Of Refuge (2008) and Celilo Falls (2011). At first we were a little unsure what to expect, but we needn’t have worried. The songs rattle along, ten in just over 30 minutes, but first and foremost this … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Rachel Harrington & The Knockouts

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Old Bricks Release City Lights

Last week saw the release of Old Bricks second album City Lights. Recorded in Raleigh and released on the Grip Tapes label, it’s a departure from their debut album Farmers – still atmospheric and pensive, but much more intricately conceived, and heavier. A night’s ride through a dark, sparkling desert. Those who love Phosphorescent or The Roadside Graves may well find they will get much pleasure from Old Bricks … Continue reading Old Bricks Release City Lights

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Metal, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (11th May)

This weekend will be spent standing at the sea’s edge in Devon, in search of some little rays of sunshine, as daughter sprat and I take to the open road with Bing and little Span. Actually, it’s more likely that we will be spent dodging torrential rain showers and drinking a lot of coffee. Still, one can dream. Mass excitement in the small feminine corner … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (11th May)

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

A Few We Missed…

Here are a few tracks that we’d meant to post, but for some inexplicable reason (well, time mostly…) we never got round to putting up at the time when they were new. Yet running through the long list we keep of mp3s, streams and videos, these were all in the “should post” category. They go back a couple of months (for some of them anyway), … Continue reading A Few We Missed…

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Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Ruminaters

The Ruminaters are a collaborative four piece that play what they describe in their e-mail as “beatnik, barnyard, hillbilly swamp rock“. That was a description that was always going to make us sit up and listen. With influences from The White Stripes and Black Lips to The Strokes and the Clash, The Ruminaters play feel good tunes with an energetic and nostalgic feel. Being the first … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Ruminaters

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Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (4th May)

Last Saturday night way up yonder where the North wind doth blow, in an Italian restaurant (suppressing the urge to quote Billy Joel here for fear of reprisals), I had a little tête-à-tête with MON. My blushing was off the scale on the rouge-ometer but he was every bit as erudite, charming and utterly splendid as I thought he would be. Renounce your team and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (4th May)

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Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Soul

Polly and the Billets Doux – New EP & Tour

After a short break from touring to write and record new material, Polly and the Billets Doux return with their Hold Fast EP and a UK tour this month. They recorded the new EP at the infamous Truck Studios (from the same team behind Truck and Wood Festivals). Hold Fast marks the band’s first formal release of 2012, with their second album set to follow … Continue reading Polly and the Billets Doux – New EP & Tour

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The Handsome Family Announce UK Tour

The wonderful Handsome Family will be touring the UK in May, visiting us in Oxford and also playing London’s legendary 100 Club. Our friend Ronan of Nightshift magazine describes them far better than we ever could in his listing for the Oxford gig: The husband and wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks have been creating beautiful, grotesque music together for close to 20 years … Continue reading The Handsome Family Announce UK Tour

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