This week we have collected no less than ten new releases for your listening pleasure. Every one a winner! 1. Ausmuteants – Echo Beach (Martha & The Muffins cover) 2. Bueno – Assed Out 3. Day Wave – Drag 4. The Foetals – Fine 5. Nathaniel Rateliff – S.O.B. 6. The Lighthouse And The Whaler – I Want To Feel Alive 7. The Creeping Ivies – … Continue reading Ten Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
It has been a good while since we’ve posted a round up of some of the best videos (and songs) that have found their way into our in box. So we’re righting that wrong this weekend with a Sunday collection for your viewing and listening pleasure. We have the Mynabirds, Dirty Blonde, Vanish Valley, Buffalo Rodeo, The Tarantula Waltz, The Worry Dolls, Phobophobes, Charles Howl, … Continue reading Big Video Round Up
Danny & The Champions Of The World will release a new album What Kind Of Love in September via Loose Music. New single Clear Water comes from it and is a full on, uplifting slice of country-tinged soulful Americana that calls to mind Van Morrison as an obvious touch point, but also has elements of Dexys Midnight Runners in its driving brass section and foot tapping rhythms. … Continue reading MM Shorts 722: Danny & The Champions Of The World
The marvellous Honey Ants are a duo consisting of John Grimsey and Rebecca Hamer. They are longstanding MM faves and it is a pleasure to be able to bring you the premiere for their new single Gold Plated. Their unique sound is created from solid folk roots and layered around exquisite bittersweet harmonies with elements of Southern gospel and classic country. In our opinion it has never been … Continue reading MM Premiere: The Honey Ants – Gold Plated
MM fave, singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim is set to release his sixth studio LP, The Spirit Moves on August 7th. This will be his second LP with backing band, The Law. As you might expect, The Spirit Moves is a raw and relatable album about transition, growth and life and marked by brutal honesty, passionate, soulful vocals, and inspired rock’n’roll tinged Country. Watch the video for … Continue reading Langhorne Slim And The Law – Strangers
Likes Of Me is the latest track from T. Hardy Morris’ forthcoming album Drowning On A Mountaintop. It is another mighty fine slab of country rock infused with a grunge mentality and searing guitars. Dive in! . Continue reading T. Hardy Morris – Likes Of Me
Following some lineup changes, Canada’s futurekids are now a female-fronted, MOOG-driven indie rock outfit, and working on the follow up to last year’s Say Goodnight to the Machines EP. With a smooth blend of subtle twang and layered choral vocals, appropriately named new track Americana is a porch sittin’ love letter to roots music featuring new vocalist Kaeleigh Ayre. Listen/download it here. . Continue reading MM Shorts 720: Futurekids
Hands is the first single from singer-songwriter Jackson Emmer’s forthcoming solo album. It’s a dram of gentle twang, drenched in fiddle that rolls along on the back of his warm, yet weary voice. This is classic back porch Americana and we love it. Check out his Bandcamp page here too. . Continue reading MM Shorts 716: Jackson Emmer
With one half of the band influenced by the sounds and lyrics of Alt-Country, and the other half deeply rooted in a more modern folk, The Deer Run Drifters have quickly carved themselves out a perfect spot in Americana music. Their latest album Restless Youth continues what the band is known for: themes of life, heartbreak, and of course drunken mishaps. Utilising their trademark weathered and often … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Deer Run Drifters
With his beautifully offbeat, gloriously sun-baked debut LP Slow Gum hurtling our way just in time for summer, rapidly ascendant Australian troubadour Fraser A. Gorman has shared new single Shiny Gun. Distilling the best elements of folk, blues and vintage Americana, with Shiny Gun Gorman delivers a warmly rousing anthem in waiting. His distinctly oddball wit and wry poetry courses through the song’s veins, culminating in … Continue reading Video: Fraser A. Gorman – Shiny Gun
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