Back in June we featured the whiskey drenched folk of Jesse Woods and his track Gold In The Air in one of our Video of the Day posts. Since then we’ve become rather more intimately acquainted with his forthcoming debut album Get Your Burdens Lifted, which sees a release on August 6th via Guns In The Sun. And the pleasure has been all ours because this … Continue reading New Single From Jesse Woods
Five excellent videos to start the weekend for you. We have the new video from PINS for Get With Me, shot on Brighton beach and Dension Witmer’s pond-gazing video for Keep Moving Brother, Keep Moving Sister. There is Troubadour Rose’s video for the lovely Tell Me, from Catfish & The Bottlemen comes a new video for Pacifier, and lastly a lo-fi, alt-country murder ballad from … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Pins || Denison Witmer || Troubadour Rose || Catfish & The Bottlemen || Pauline Andrès
New York City-based Americana roots rock trio Ten Ton Man releases their dark, emotional track Ditty from their debut self-titled album that originally saw a release at the end of 2012. The dark undertones of the single express the weariness of someone who has decided to leave a relationship that is no longer working in order to pursue a life he imagined. It is well … Continue reading MM Shorts 416: Ten Ton Man
The Smoking Flowers are a Nashville based married couple who create their own particular take on classic country by blending in some blues, a whole heap of southern Gothic and even a little punkish swagger. Their latest long player, 2 Guns will see a release next month. If taster track Something I Said is anything to go by, the results will be a delight. It … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Smoking Flowers
Hollis Brown combines raw rock sensibilities with sweet melodies and hearfelt lyrics to create a rich, warm sound that can fill any room. Think somewhere between The Band, Creedence and The Beatles or the classic early 70s sound of Laurel Canyon. Their excellent debut album Ride On The Train has been a steady grower on us here at MM, and following the success of Walk On Water … Continue reading Hollis Brown: Free Download & Tour Dates
A couple more excellent free downloads have recently appeared on NoiseTrade, and are well worth picking up for the cost of an e-mail address. The first is a five track live EP from the rising queen of new Country, Caitlin Rose and marks NoiseTrade’s inaugural Eastside Manor Sessions. She re-imagines songs from her latest album, the excellent The Stand-In, dressing them up in a lounge-tinged, vintage … Continue reading Recommended Free Downloads From NoiseTrade
We’ve featured the roaming troubadour D.B.Rouse a few times on MM, and it is a pleasure to be able to post about an excellent new album, West Via East, which was released digitally at the beginning of July. It was recorded across the street from the hotel that Gram Parsons died in, and that on its own should tell you plenty about this record. It … Continue reading New Album From D.B.Rouse
Acclaimed jewel of dark country blues Cash Savage, and her band The Last Drinks, release their second LP The Hypnotiser on Friday 2 August. A mix of blues, hardscrabble barn-dance stompers, psychedelic country and raw soul, the record swings from emotion to emotion – one minute mournful lament, the next bare knuckled rage with nary a backwards glance. It is a record that is at once … Continue reading New Album From Cash Savage And The Last Drinks
The Mother Hips’ eighth studio album, Behind Beyond, is out on the band’s own Mother Hips Records imprint. The album marks 20 years since their first release for Rick Rubin’s American Recordings. The band have premiered a free album track, Song for JB, written for the late Jay Bennett of Wilco, via Rolling Stone. It is a touching, affecting track and shows they’ve lost none … Continue reading MM Shorts 410: The Mother Hips
Videos today come from fuzz rockers Lightouts, the messy garage rock of Dads, the adrenalin fuelled, Stooges inspired rock of The Dirty Rivers and the electrifying Americana of New Country Rehab. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Lightouts || Dads || The Dirty Rivers || New Country Rehab
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