It was Mrs Mackerel who first discovered the exquisite, starkly beautiful folk of the Söderberg sisters, aka Swedish duo First Aid Kit. Their debut album The Big Black And The Blue more than confirmed all of the early promise that they had shown, but this new single The Lion’s Roar is a further step up the ladder of intelligent, innovative songwriting. Like the equally young Laura Marling, … Continue reading First Aid Kit: New Single
Here is the new video from The Breedings for Come Summer from their new album Laughing At Luck. a Download The Breedings – Come Summer mp3 (from Laughing At Luck) Continue reading MM Shorts 13: The Breedings Video
This is the new single from Timber Timbre. Do I Have Power has the eerie, dark hearted fairytale quality that is perfectly evoked in this excellent animated video. Watch and download. a Download Timber Timbre – Do I Have Power mp3 (from Creep On Creepin On) Continue reading New Timber Timbre Single
Hot on the heels of their monthly free mix, Insound have put another one together for the CMJ Festival. This one features Chad Valley, Dum Dum Girls, EMA, Gauntlet Hair, Gross Relations, Jacuzzi Boys, Small Black, Trash Talk, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, and Widowspeak amongst others. As usual only around for a week, so head here to grab it now. Download Amen Dunes – Christopher mp3 (from … Continue reading MM Shorts 10: Another Free Mix From Insound
After yesterday we thought we’d done with giving you brilliant free stuff for a while, but seems not. The very wonderful Loose Music boasts a roster of artists that are amongst the Mackerel’s most favourites – for starters they include the Felice Brothers, one of Mrs M’s discoveries of the year in Hurray For The Riff Raff, and Americana legends The Handsome Family. So when … Continue reading Free Loose Music Sampler
Today has been an epic day for providing you with top quality free stuff and having already given you with the wonderful Owsley Brothers and Last American Buffalo we are going keep up the standards set and finish off the trio of posts with the brilliant Coke Weed. Purveyors of some of the most brilliantly off-kilter indie rock we’ve heard in a long time. It … Continue reading Freebie 3: Coke Weed
Last American Buffalo mine a similar rich vein of dusty Americana as MM faves The Felice Brothers and the Roadside Graves, and they do it spectacularly well. Ever since we discovered their self-titled four track EP, it has been on regular repeat and just gets better with every play. From the instantly catchy, driving folk propulsion of Thieves to the strummed indie rock of Ghosts and, … Continue reading Freebie 2: Last American Buffalo EP
We posted about the marvellous Owsley Brothers a couple of times back in the spring having been completely seduced by their mix of pulsing blues riffs and gothic country. So the good news is that they are back with a new EP titled Pure Lust, which contains five tracks including the fabulous Under the Shade Of A Live Oak, which we have posted before. The … Continue reading Freebie 1: The Owsley Brothers New EP
Here is the third track to come from Brown Bird’s new album Salt For Salt (out next week), and this time it is the brilliantly sparse and hypnotic End of Days. Another gem. Order via their Bandcamp page here. Download Brown Bird – End Of Days mp3 (from Salt For Salt) (via MOKB) UUNAYR9PSY2T Continue reading MM Shorts 8: Brown Bird Again
Zombified, Southern Culture On The Skids’ tribute to the horror and exploitation movies that populated Southern theaters and drive-ins during the 60s and 70s, has just been released on Kudzu Records. Originally released in Australia as an eight song EP in 1998, the Zombified Extended Release is now a full LP with the addition of five new tunes. It’s available for order now at Scots.com. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Southern Culture On The Skids
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