Psych-folk troubadour Jon Allen’s Lady Of The Water is a great Jackson C. Frank / Nick Drake style haunting acoustic ballad, with soulful vocals floating over some sweet finger-picking. The video goes quite psychedelic and was created by Akira The Don. Watch it here. . Continue reading New Video: Jon Allen – Lady Of The Water
The Midnight Pine have just released their second album, Buried. It is a collection of gorgeously evocative and restrained psych-tinged folk that uses sparse, eerie instrumentation to showcase the haunting, beautiful vocals of Shelbi Bennett. In fact, to keep the focus on her vocals, there are no drums, just found objects, chains, saw blades, sheet metal, utensils and short wave radios, which are layered to keep a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The Midnight Pine
1. Peggy Sue (featuring Willy Mason) – Longest Day Of The Year Blues 2. Menace Beach – Tennis Court 3. Brother Dege – Set It Off 4. Shovels & Rope – The Devil Is All Around 5. White Fence – Like That . . . . . . Continue reading Five Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
Some tasty new videos for some tasty tunes. Check out Joyce Manor, Climbing Boys, Haley Bonar, Dim Peaks and Juan Wauters. Lay back and float downsteam. . . . . . . Continue reading New Videos: Joyce Manor || Climbing Boys || Haley Bonar || Dim Peaks || Juan Wauters
1. Invisible Familiars – Clever Devil 2. Real Lies – North Circular 3. Alice Boman – Red Eyes (War On Drugs Cover) 4. Arborea – Sea Of Polaris 5. Castanets – Out For The West 6. Matt Kivel – Open Road 7. J Mascis – Every Morning 8. The Wytches – The Holy Tightrope . . . . . . . . . Continue reading Eight Songs You Should Have Heard This Week
The video for Strand of Oaks’ track Shut In is a literal interpretation of the melancholic but hopeful lyrics of the song. Tim Showalter, plays a hermit who has lived amongst his hoarded possessions for a third of his life. But as the video comes to a close, there appears to be hope for him, bringing creedence to the lyric, “and I’ll wait to get … Continue reading Video: Strand of Oaks – Shut In
After a gap of more than three years, it is a welcome return for folkies Erland & The Carnival who have a new album, Closing Time, out on Full Time Hobby on the 25th August. The first taste comes in the shape of the unashamedly twisted love song Quiet Love. Have a listen and pre-order the album here. . Continue reading New Album From Erland & The Carnival
Utterly bonkers, utterly brilliant. Animation depicting the life and repetitive routine of an office drone for all those of us who grew up on Trumpton and Camberwick Green… . Continue reading Video: Lucky Elephant – The British Working Man
Lowpines, the new solo project from Oli Deakin of fuzz-pop outfit Bear Driver, assimilates a love for the likes of Bill Callahan, Sparklehorse and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy into crackling, featherlight confessionals. This new track, Call Off The Hunt, is the latest single (out July 7). Have a listen to it and Talk Not, and download the full Avenue Blues EP for free from Bandcamp here. . … Continue reading MM Shorts 577: Lowpines
We were hugely pleased, and not a little surprised, to recently receive a vinyl copy through the mail of Danish troubadour Emil Friis’ forthcoming album, Sand In Your Eyes. The title track has been round a while and featured in the top-spot of Chris T Popper’s Top Ten of 2012, but the rest of the ten-track album is new to us. However, the first few spins … Continue reading Emil Friis: Sand In Your Eyes Album
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