Category: Folk

Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

More From The You Be My Heart Compilation

The fabulous You Be My Heart compilation, which we featured last November and which was released in December, is an extended love affair with the nonprofit 826 National, which is dedicated to offering “a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills.” San Francisco songwriter Devon Reed, who volunteers with 826, wrote all … Continue reading More From The You Be My Heart Compilation

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Alternative, Americana, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

Round Up Time

A few very choice tunes have come our way recently and which for one reason or another we’ve been slow to post them. So here is a quick and dirty round up of some of them! First up the very welcome return of the wonderful Pink Mountaintops and the first taste from their forthcoming album Get Back. We also have the brilliant Bass Drum Of … Continue reading Round Up Time

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Gothic, Indie, Metal, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock, Rockabilly

Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2014

Our first collection of free downloads from the new year taken from the best of our posts for January. Twenty tracks to tickle your fancy including, as always, a few new ones. Dig in. The Woodgrains – Nobody Too Lysergic folk-rock anchored by three part harmonies and an instinctive feel for classic songwriting. . The Rebel Set – Monster Vintage crash and snarl – a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: January 2014

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Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Exclusive: Feldspar’s Young & Invincible Single

We’re pleased as punch to bring you an exclusive first listen of indie-folksters Feldspar’s excellent new single Young & Invincible. Having funded the single through their own efforts via a successful Pledgemusic campaign, the single follows a couple of self-releases at the tail end of 2012, The Flat And Paper Sky (Volumes 1 and 2). Young & Invincible is a record of contrasts. Exploring a theme of … Continue reading MM Exclusive: Feldspar’s Young & Invincible Single

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Ambient, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

MM Shorts 513: Snowapple

Snowapple are a three piece from Amsterdam that push the boundaries of folk by creating original songs that incorporate three part harmonies and operatic interludes to create an ethereal musical experience ranging from upbeat to macabre. Their eponymous debut album saw a European release last year and a US release last month via Zip Records. Check out Baby Blue and Old Lady below. . Continue reading MM Shorts 513: Snowapple

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Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes

A little like our own Laura Marling, Alynda Lee Segarra (who is to all intents and purposes Hurray For The Riff Raff) is a supremely talented young songwriter who, with each successive release, seems able to defy expectations and improve yet further on all that she has done before. Her songs possess that undefinable, and all too rare, ability to powerfully connect and stir the emotions … Continue reading Hurray For The Riff Raff – Small Town Heroes

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Ambient, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music

Another From Stone Jack Jones

Although he has been round for a good number of years, the ambient tinged, unsettling Americana of Stone Jack Jones and his new album Ancestor has been a new discovery for us, and one of our favourites of the year so far. We’ve already given you a couple of tracks from the album here, and now we have a third in the shape of the mesmerising Red … Continue reading Another From Stone Jack Jones

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