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The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 1)

Mad Mackerel has been around for ten years now. We’ve come a long way. Early days using Google’s blogspot where our posts were regularly and erroneously taken down through DMCA notices until the moment when Google just erased us completely, our move to WordPress in April 2010 where Kurt Vile, Beach Fossils, Johnny Flynn and Band of Horses were among our first posts. Those were … Continue reading The Top 200 – Mad Mackerel’s favourite songs of the last ten years (Part 1)

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RF Shannon – Tooth Ache

We’ve already shared Cold Spell from RF Shannon’s upcoming record Trickster Blues (pre-order here) and now we have Tooth Ache for your listening edification. It is a wonderful track with a dusty cowboy vibe, “I tend to feel like all is right in the world when I’m slowly driving down old country roads with the windows down, so this song is kind of an ode … Continue reading RF Shannon – Tooth Ache

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Jeffrey Foucault Announces Blood Brothers Album

Jeffrey Foucault will release his new album Blood Brothers on 22nd June via Blueblade Records. A departure from the darkness of his last outing, the excellent Salt As Wolves,  and featuring contributions from Tift Merrit and Milk Carton Kids’ Kenneth Pattengale, Blood Brothers sets blues aside to pull together strands of country, R&B, gospel, rock’n’roll, and folk in a series of delicate small-canvas portraits. With an … Continue reading Jeffrey Foucault Announces Blood Brothers Album

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Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The Men – Shimmer n’ Shine Pop 1280 – When No One Cares Half Waif – Back In Brooklyn Wand – Perfume Bent Denim – Idiot Cherry Glazerr – Juicy Socks Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Talking Straight Neko Case – Bad Luck Juanita Stein – Forgiver                     Continue reading Nine Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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Horse Feathers – Don’t Mean To Pry

Don’t Mean To Pry is the second track that Portland-based band Horse Feathers have shared from their forthcoming album Appreciation. It is another perfectly judged sliced of countrified Americana, not as full-on as first single Without Applause, but jaunty enough in its own way, with some great fiddle and banjo and a sweet, sweet chorus. Stream it here. Continue reading Horse Feathers – Don’t Mean To Pry

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River Whyless – Born In The Right Country

Americana four piece River Whyless will release their new album Kindness, A Rebel in June. Excellent new single Born In The Right Country is a political folk song, like a descendent of some of the great ’60s and early ’70s protest songs. Frontman Ryan O’Keefe describes it thus, “Born In The Right Country speaks both through the eyes of our president and the narrator. In the … Continue reading River Whyless – Born In The Right Country

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New Album From Bonny Doon

  The hazy melancholy and summery guitar swirls of Boony Doon’s self-titled debut album, released early last year, was a delightful discovery. Now the band are back with its follow-up Longwave, a conscious about-face from the sonic experimentation of the first album, and a journey inward. Delicate and spartan, we have the earnest and compassionate title track for you as well as the churning lope of A Lotta … Continue reading New Album From Bonny Doon

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Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The Decemberists – Once In My Life The Black Lips & The Khan Family – Too Much In Love The Hold Steady – Eureka Flasher – Skim Milk Jess Williamson – I See The White Hinds – The Club Forth Wanderers – Nevermine Gang Of Four – Lucky Courtney Marie Andrews – I’ve Hurt Worse Half Waif – Torches Iron & Wine – Tomorrow On … Continue reading Twelve Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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New Album From Horse Feathers

Portland based band Horse Feathers have announced the release of their forthcoming album Appreciation, out on the 4th May via Kill Rock Stars. It is a mixture of strutting ‘70s-style country-pop, supple soul and folk ballads. The first single from the album is Without Applause. It is a singularly upbeat song which shows off their Northern Soul sensibilities in a swirl of Hammond organ, strings, and horns, while the … Continue reading New Album From Horse Feathers

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Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

The Moondoggies – Sick In Bed Margaret Glaspy – Before We Were Together Spielbergs – We Are All Going To Die Yo La Tengo – For You Too Iceage – Pain Killer (feat. Sky Ferreira) Wand – The Gift Laura Veirs – Watch Fire (feat. Sufjan Stevens) The Voidz – All Words Are Made Up A Place To Bury Strangers – There’s Only One Of Us … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week

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