Well, what a week. There really is nowt so funny as folk: if a few more of the adult population learned how to expunge a meaningful mea culpa once in a while, wouldn’t we all rub along a bit better? Is this resistance to accepting responsibility for one’s actions something we learn with age? Vulnerability is not a sign of weakness, nor is making the … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
We’re going to keep the tempo up today, so following the start given to us by the frenzy of the Ten Kens earlier, we can now offer you Cardiac Arrest In D from Hillstomp. And if the title of the song doesn’t tell you all you want to know, they go on to describe themselves as Mississippi trance blues, a bit from the hills of … Continue reading New from Hillstomp
No falling asleep on the job this week and waking up and finding out Friday’s gone and Saturday’s in its place. This week I’ve been quite excited (yet again) over listening to the new offering – Hawk – from Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan (whose name must be spoken in hushed tones in this house). A review will follow just as soon as we know … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
We’ve come across a number of excellent freebies recently and thought we ought to share some with you. First up, top record label Suburban Home have been releasing a series of excellent mix cds for a while now, which this time (volume 5) they have made available as a completely free download. Containing 30 tracks from bands old and new – Townes Van Zandt through … Continue reading Some Great Free Stuff
Big Blood are entirely new to us, although they have released a handful of CD-Rs (see Dontrustheruin here), Dead Songs is apparently their first CD and vinyl release proper. The only track we’ve heard is this one, e-mailed through to us from a source we can’t quite identify, but whoever you are, we’re most grateful. Lay Your Head On The Rails II comes across like … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Big Blood
We were recently turned onto Javi Garcia & The Cold Cold Ground by Ninebullets.net and have been listening to their debut long player Southern Horror (which also includes the Madly In Anger EP) with great enjoyment ever since. Not quite the southern gothic country you might expect from the name and the album cover, although it has elements of that, there is also full on … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Javi Garcia & The Cold Cold Ground
We were asked to ‘guest edit’ for the rather marvellous Track of The Day website a little while ago, and the results are up today. Track of The Day offer a free download of new music every day, and it covers all genres, new, old, signed and unsigned. You can sign up via e-mail to get a daily reminder and summary of what’s on offer … Continue reading MM Guest Edits on Track of The Day
A few years ago, MM was lucky enough to spend a fair bit of time in southern Georgia and very enjoyable it was too. So when we got this release all the way from the land of Gram Parsons in the swamps and backwoods of Waycross, Georgia from a band called Hayshaker we were hoping for good things. The band has recently self-released their sophomore … Continue reading Introducing…Hayshaker
Great Lakes formed in Athens, Georgia in 1996. Founded around the songwriting partnership of Ben Crum and lyricist Dan Donahue, they released an eponymous debut in 2000. Over time Crum and Donahue relocated to Brooklyn, releasing The Distance Between in 2002, and Diamond Times, which appeared in 2006. In 2009 Donahue moved back to Athens, leaving Crum to carry on in New York. 2010’s Ways … Continue reading New from Great Lakes
The new EP from Mountain Man is soon to be available on 10″ vinyl from Underwater Peoples. It is called Sun Dog and swiftly follows on from the release of their rather extraordinary and beautiful record Made The Harbor, by offering five alternative versions of tracks from that album. We have one for you below, the exquisite Honeybee. Indulge yourself and be transported to somewhere … Continue reading Mountain Man’s New EP
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