Americana quartet Runaway Dorothy released their latest album, The Wait at the end of February and it is a lovely mix of rustic yet refined Alt-Country, where stories are told, hearts are broken, sorrows are drowned, and murder is contemplated. There are haunting, melancholy ballads, beautiful harmonies, and gritty, down-to-earth country tales. And these are all songs that have been tested, refined and honed in … Continue reading Runaway Dorothy – The Wait
Sweden by way of Montreal band That Hillbilly Palace play a sweet brand of Americana, mixing acoustic and electric guitars, pedal organ, oboe, violin, accordion, and layered vocals to good effect on their five track EP The Tellers. Inhabiting a space somewhere between classic artists like Crosby Stills Nash & Young and The Band and contemporary leading lights like Band of Horses and The Low Anthem, … Continue reading Introducing >>> That Hillbilly Palace
Southern are Belfast-born, Liverpool-based brother and sister band Thom and Lucy Southern. They follow the acclaim for the Southern EP, with Where The Wild Are EP, another instinctive collection of songs that veer from juggernaut-sized blues-kissed rock’n’roll to gorgeously opaque pop-noir. Take a listen to the title track – it stomps and swoops, loaded with melody and the infectious vocal delivery. It’s leftfield pop with heart. … Continue reading MM Shorts 531: Southern
More Primitive the new album from Seattle’s Lonesome Shack finds them exploring the depths of boogie and country blues. The trio’s sound is raw and immediate with finger-picked guitar lines, soulful crooning and big danceable grooves. Watch the rather yucky video for Wrecks – a song about lost love. . Continue reading Video: Lonesome Shack – Wrecks
Following our Best of February mix post earlier, we have now rounded up a few tunes for the start of March for you too. We can offer you ten cracking new tracks to listen to including post-folkies Peggy Sue, the heavy, slow burnin’ garage punk of Twin Berlin, some rootsy soul from Greyhounds, the first single of gritty Americana from Turchi’s forthcoming long-player, and a fabulous … Continue reading Round Up Time
Another month, another free mix of the best of our downloads from February. As always the mix includes some new tunes too from the retro 60s swagger of The Rebel Light, quirky bedroom pop from Copenhagen’s Eerie Glue, the excellent Lou Reed inspired, slacker rock of Posse, and King of Prussia’s literate, indie pop jangle. Download them all below. . The Woodgrains – Devils Disheveled … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: February 2014
Spoiling you with five excellent videos this morning. I don’t know where you are, but we’ve got yet another day of dank, dreary, drizzly rain and I need something to brighten up my Friday. So, contrast and compare scrappy indie jangle from Such Hounds, gentle intricate harmonies from The Sea The Sea, tough, catchy garage from The Coathangers, fevered, intense pop from Rare Monks, and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Coathangers || Reverend Horton Heat || The Sea The Sea || Such Hounds || Rare Monk
With a voice that could sing the phone book and still seem sultry, the wonderful Jolie Holland returns with a new album Wine Dark Sea on the 20th May. The first taste is this “joyous slice of deconstructed r&b” called Waiting For The Sun. . Continue reading Jolie Holland – Waiting For The Sun
The Lowest Pair – sweet double banjos. Grampa Mackerel would’ve loved it! Download Living Is Dying and Oh Susannah and Trying To Feel At Home from the album 36¢. Marvellous! . . [Click through for free downloads] . Continue reading MM Shorts 526: The Lowest Pair
The Moonshine’s video for Flood, from their new album and now…The Moonshine came out today. Shot in a rather awesome treehouse, it is one of those films that makes being in a band look like the most fun there possibly is. . . Continue reading Video: The Moonshine – Flood
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