Well, seeing as our last posts were covers by Eagulls and Shearwater, and seeing as they say good things come in threes, here is long standing favourite of our blog, Joe Pug covering another long standing favourite of our blog, Vandaveer and vice versa. It comes courtesy of the excellent I Am Fuel, You Are Friends blog. The two are touring together throughout October and … Continue reading Joe Pug & Vandaveer Covers
Next week sees the release of Better Days by the Harmed Brothers, and if the evidence of these two tracks is anything to go by, it is going to be a real joy. Mixing folk and bluegrass with a wistful twist of poignant melancholy, Love Song For The Assumed is as sweet and as simple a song of heartbreak and longed for resolution as we’ve … Continue reading The Harmed Brothers – Better Days
New York City based Americana trio, The End of America have released their new single, Silver AM. The track features the band’s signature three part harmonies as well as moody psychedelic textures in a full band orchestration that sounds like it has just been transported by a time machine from Laurel Canyon 1973…it rocks like a modern Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. . Continue reading MM Shorts 452: The End Of America
Muchacho De Lujo is the deluxe edition of Phosphorescent’s outstanding 2013 album. De Lujo, out on October 29th on digital and CD formats, features bonus material from an intimate pre-release live show recorded at St. Pancras Church in London. The set, performed with Matthew Houck on guitar and Jo Schornikow on piano, features Muchacho’s Song for Zula, Pride’s Wolves, and a cover of Waylon Jennings’ Storms … Continue reading Phosphorescent Releasing Deluxe Version of Muchacho
Too many good songs, too little time to do them justice. Accept this offering as the best compromise we can muster, but explore these tunes – they are well worth it – even if we are a bit slow getting some of them to your attention! Kicking us off are indie duo Big Deal and a new single from their much acclaimed album of dark, intoxicating, … Continue reading Monday’s Mega Round-up
Now it goes without saying that it takes a pretty big pair to take on a track as iconic as Folsom Prison Blues, but that is just what Chad Kichula has done on his recently released new album The Whale’s Back. It is also fair to say that we were pretty dubious as to the likely quality, but thankfully Kichula has enough about him to … Continue reading Chad Kichula Releases The Whale’s Back
Fiftymen’s world is one of whiskey soaked rock’n’roll – a dusty musical landscape littered with empty bottles and hard luck stories where the band have one foot in the backwoods and one foot in a back alley. Their forthcoming album is one of mournful tales of addiction, yearning, and loss, but also full-throttle fiddle and banjo, blistering guitar bursts, galloping bass lines, and pounding drums. … Continue reading MM Shorts 445: Fiftymen
Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail is our first experience of Rod Picott, and one we wanted to share as soon as possible. The album unflinchingly deals with the hardscrabble hopes and fears of those desperately looking for a second chance, a new start or a quick fix. Picott takes great pleasure in skewing off into the darker side of life at every available … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends >>> Rod Picott
Hailing from the Cajun swamplands and raging like the mad lovechild of Son House and Faulkner, Brother Dege has burned a crooked trail to the Promised Land. Avoiding traditional career paths, he’s spent decades exploring the backwoods weirdness of the southern U.S, working odd jobs and forging his own brand of southern/psyouthern music. Since the mid 90s, Dege has pushed slide guitar, resonators, and roots … Continue reading Brother Dege Shares Another Single From New Album
Our video selections today include Saintseneca’s first, beautifully impressionistic video for a brand new track – the post-punk folk anthem Uppercutter, which will appear on their new long player Dark Arc out in March next year. We also have Foxygen’s new psychedelic video for the title track of their excellent album We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic. We have a playful and … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Saintseneca || Foxygen || Eyes For Gertrude || Temple Songs
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