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Dead Confederate’s Announce Peyote People EP

In preparation for their third full-length album In The Marrow, Dead Confederate invited Athens friends Matt Stoessel (guitar), Nick Sterchi (drums… and now the band’s new drummer), Jeremy Wheatley (drums, also of Crooked Fingers), and Thayer Sarrano (vocals) into the studio to record Peyote People. This collection of seven songs is only available for purchase directly through the band, bypassing the usual release process. Click here to get … Continue reading Dead Confederate’s Announce Peyote People EP

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Mrs Mackerel’s Last TFI Friday (11th January)

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu … you know the rest. I’m off to skip over the mountains, Swiss Outpost, but I do promise to Skype… Anyway (surely one of my favourite refrains?), it’s a New Year and time for me to bid goodbye to TFI and my Friday night soubriquet. With a few gig dates already booked for the months ahead, I may get … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s Last TFI Friday (11th January)

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Electronic, Indie, Music, Pop, Punk, Rock

Videos of the Day: Milagres || The Steve Adamyk Band || Sarah Syms || Airstrip

Watch Milagres new video for Glowing Mouth (and grab a free download of unreleased track Quiet Street). We also have 80 seconds of tight, aggressive, garage punk from Canadian veterans The Steve Adamyk Band and in stark contrast, some heartfelt Americana from singer-songwriter Sarah Syms and her video for new single Dance On My Grave. Finally we have the video for Magician’s Assistant and a … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Milagres || The Steve Adamyk Band || Sarah Syms || Airstrip

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Videos of the Day: Popstrangers || Jemez Mountain Hawkz || Sean Bones

Videos today are Popstrangers hard driving Antipodean indie rock, a gorgeous acoustic performance of California Bound by Jemez Mountain Hawkz frontman D. Lee Waggoner  and the reverby surf guitars and loose percussion of Hit Me Up from Sean Bones. a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Popstrangers || Jemez Mountain Hawkz || Sean Bones

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MM Shorts 292: Another From Indian Wars

Indian Wars have been on our radar for a little while following their excellent long-player Walk Around The Park and their more recent version of long-standing murder ballad Tom Dula. Most recent album Songs From The North was released last November and the excellent Rollo & Grady put up a new track from it over the weekend. Worth a re-post? Most definitely. This is Sweetheart … Continue reading MM Shorts 292: Another From Indian Wars

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The Rising Cost of Livin’ High and Lovin’ Hard – A Kris Kristofferson Tribute

Kris Kristofferson’s music might not be quite as well known as his buddies Waylon, Willie, and Johnny, (who he was in a super-group, called The Highwaymen with) but amongst songwriters in the know, he is just as highly respected. Rhodes Scholar, helicopter pilot, songwriter, janitor, actor, heartthrob, and all-around Renaissance Man. His history is just as legendary as any of his outlaw country counterparts. Now the … Continue reading The Rising Cost of Livin’ High and Lovin’ Hard – A Kris Kristofferson Tribute

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Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Videos of the Day: Brother Dege || Will Johnson || Birds of Chicago

Brother Dege  is one of the best-kept secrets in the Deep South. A musician, writer and Southern enigma, Dege is the haunted face of 21st century Delta blues. The reclusive Louisiana Cajun’s song Too Old To Die Young was recently selected by Quentin Tarantino to appear in the soundtrack of his new film Django Unchained – watch the new video for it along with the hushed, … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Brother Dege || Will Johnson || Birds of Chicago

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Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2012

As might be expected, slightly fewer tunes make up our final monthly mix of the best of the downloads from MM – no panic tho’, the quality of new tunes on offer more than makes up for it. And as always, some new ones for you too means a top banana mix of twenty cracking songs to play in the New Year. The Cheatahs – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2012

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Videos of the Day: The Capsules || The Highballers || Hooray For Earth || Grass House

Our final video post of 2012 has offerings from The Capsules, The Highballers, Hooray For Earth and a live offering from MM faves Grass House with a new song, A Thousand Generators. Enjoy! a Download The Capsules – Our Apocalypse mp3 (from Northern Lights & Southern Skies) Download The Capsules – Across The Sky mp3 (from Northern Lights & Southern Skies) a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Capsules || The Highballers || Hooray For Earth || Grass House

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