Bare Bones’ self-titled sophmore EP. is a stunning nod to the group’s alt- country roots. Vocals are layered over a dripping violin, a weary steel guitar and a locked in rythm section, taking one back to a time that once was. Check out the irresistible Hope & Feather, which gallops along on the back of perfectly judged fiddle and drums and calls to mind The Builders … Continue reading Introducing…Bare Bones
Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Jessi Robertson grew up in a tiny upstate New York town of under 1,000 people, but eventually moved to the big city and carved out a place for herself. The result is her excellent first full band studio album, Small Town Girls. Musically, she lives somewhere on the divide between gutsy indie rockers such as PJ Harvey and gritty Americana artists like Lucinda … Continue reading Introducing…Jessi Robertson
The wonderful Wooden Wand continues his prodigious output of late with a superb session for Daytrotter. These are four tracks that are absolutely worth grabbing including amongst them as they do the brilliant Born Bad and one of our favoutite ever WW songs, Los Angeles Manna. Grab a taste below or if you don’t need convincing (and you shouldn’t), just head over to Daytrotter here … Continue reading Wooden Wand’s Daytrotter Session
Once again we’re deluged from all sides by some top notch tunes. So here is the best of what we’ve picked up via the web and into our in-box recently. Consider a smorgasbord of musical sounds – all you gotta do is take the ones you like. Easy! First up is a new track from the Dex Romweber Duo. The Death of Me is another … Continue reading It’s Round Up Time Again…
A few videos worth checking out. From the twangy beach rock of MM faves Two Wounded Birds to the indie eccentricities of Peter Kernel, there is plenty to enjoy! a Download The Parson Red Heads – Burning Up The Sky mp3 (from Yearling) a a Download Letting Up Despite Great Faults – Teenage Tide mp3 (from Paper Crush) a a Download Girls – Vomit mp3 (from Father, Son, Holy … Continue reading Video Round Up
The Around Town Collective is releasing new single, Limbs In A Fight by Zach Zeller (of Harlowe & The Great North Woods, Soft Crest). Zeller is releasing singles, rather than a conventional album this time around after his last solo record, From Here To There was released in 2009. He joined and recorded with Harlowe & The Great North Woods for their first self-titled EP … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Zach Zeller
Here are a few tasty covers that are worth more than a moment or two of your time. We have MM faves Deer Tick taking on ZZ Top’s Cheap Sunglasses, Asobi Seksu’s hazy version of the Walkmen’s Little House of Savages and lastly rising folk troubadour James Vincent McMorrow who has covered Chris Isaak’s classic Wicked Game. Download Deer Tick – Cheap Sunglasses mp3 (ZZ Top … Continue reading Some Tasty Covers
Another bonanza month of top tunes, all rounded up for you in one perfect download mix. Here are the September highlights together, as always, with a couple of top-notch new tracks too. Download The Migrant – The Hurricane mp3 (from Amerika) Distinguished by a slow blues refrain, handclaps and a mournful vocal, it is one of those tunes that sounds like it has been around forever. Download … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011
The Animal Of Choice is a new track from The Daredevil Christopher Wright. It comes from their new, recently released EP, The Longsuffering Song and is six minutes of folk goodness that travels from a gentle acoustic start to a full-on stomp and then back again, and all the while offering up lyrics like these: “Wooly and wild, everyone that I meet thinks I’m lovable. … Continue reading New From The Daredevil Christopher Wright
No need to say anything – just get this. Order Believers from Amazon here. Download A.A. Bondy – Surfer King mp3 (from Believers) Continue reading AA Bondy Offers Free Download From Believers
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