Vikesh Kapoor has announced his debut album, The Ballad of Willy Robbins, to be released October 15th via Mama Bird Recording Co. His first release on the Portland-based label, the record is a concept album that chronicles the brutal, but hopeful journey of a working-class man who slowly loses his ambition, health, family and shelter. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, Kapoor witnessed firsthand the hardships … Continue reading Debut Album From Vikesh Kapoor
Memento Mori is the title of a track by Hollow Wood. At first it sounds like a song very much in the vein of the Lumineers or Shovels & Rope, but as it progresses and the song slows down, it reveals charms and nuances that in turn, grow and swell in synergy with the song’s energetic chants and final coda. There is more than enough … Continue reading Introducing >>> Hollow Wood
Today we have (another) excellent Willy Mason video, this time for Talk Me Down, an appropriately woozy and kaleidoscopic video for Spectral Park’s Nausea, a revealing video for Those Darlins new track Oh God (free download available here), and finally Alela Diane’s video for the superb title track single for her new album About Farewell. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Willy Mason || Spectral Park || Those Darlins || Alela Diane
Seattle six-piece The Head And The Heart will return with Let’s Be Still, the follow-up to their acclaimed 2011 debut album on Sub Pop. They are streaming first single Shake, and they have marked their return with a effervescent, joyful track where those renowned three-part harmonies remain very much to the fore. Have a listen below. Pre-order the new album here. Continue reading New From The Head And The Heart
A new week, some new tunes to soften the blow. We have a taste (if that’s the right word) from Diarrhea Planet’s new album I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams in the shape of the sleazy, roiling Babyhead. By way of contrast we have Frankie Rose’s new track Sorrow from her scheduled new long player Herein Wild, a deceptively simple and sweetly melancholic pop track … Continue reading New Tunes On Monday
Five excellent videos to start the weekend for you. First, the much lauded Jackson Scott with a surreal and eerie film to accompany stand out track That Awful Sound from his debut album Melbourne. Then we have the cinematic video for B.B. Vulture from one of favourite new discoveries of 2013, Men’s Adventures, and we have the garage punk and blues fusion of surf rockers Hindu … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Jackson Scott || Men’s Adventures || Hindu Pirates || Sun Blood Stories || Kill Moon
Despite being a mere 23 years old, Zachary Lucky’s new album The Ballad Of Losing You will be his sixth long player release. A prolific artist maybe, and also a mainstay of the prairie folk scene, but more importantly he has created a record of striking and memorable tunes based on an earnest and personal narrative about the uncertainty of loss and of transformation. It is … Continue reading New Album From Zachary Lucky
A brilliant month for new music means a mix of more than 35 tracks compiled for you in our selection of our favourite downloads from July’s posts. And, as always, a few brand new tunes to round the collection off. They’re all yours…and check out all the other Best of the Month mixes using the sidebar links too. SNØFFELTØFFS – Pretty Girl Storming garage punk. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: July 2013
[Please note this is a re-post. The original post went up and then disappeared somehow, then came back as half-written! Sorry we’re having lots of problems with a very unstable WordPress host at the moment.] Based in Savannah, Georgia, where the Spanish moss hangs from ancient oaks like long torn veils, Jefferson Ross employs his unique acoustic guitar style and southern, soulful voice to spin … Continue reading Jefferson Ross – Isle Of Hope
A superb collection of videos (and songs) today. Just dive into these from The Handsome Family, Secret Colours, Dinosaur Bones and a live version of one of our favourite tracks from 2012, Willy Mason’s brilliant Restless Fugitive. . . [Click through for free downloads] . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Handsome Family || Secret Colours || Dinosaur Bones || Willy Mason
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