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
We received an e-mail. It said, “We are a Portland, Oregon band called Big Haunt. We play spooky, gospel infused big beat indy folk. This is our first single, “Burn Me Up.” It’s a song about ritualistic fire sacrifice and murder. We thought you might like it.” We did. We liked it very much. It reminds us a little of a previous MM fave, the … Continue reading Introducing >>> Big Haunt
New videos this morning from Simone Felice and a wonderful version of Splendor In The Grass from a recent session for the 316 Queens project, and from Ivan & Alyosha and their auditions in front of a cheerleaders group for their uptempo folk stomper Be Your Man. We also have a road trip of jangle pop from The Shilohs, and finally some cool animation from The Eversons for … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Simone Felice || Ivan & Alyosha || The Shilohs || The Eversons
Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog will release their new album entitled B-Room on October 1st via Anti- Records (pre-order here). The first taste is the gorgeously soulful and melancholic album opener The Truth – watch and listen below. . Continue reading First Taste Of The Truth From New Dr. Dog Album
Doc Feldman & The LD50 officially released Sundowning At The Station a few days ago via This Is American Music. It was recorded in Lexington, KY with help from friend and sometimes collaborator (and oft-celebrated MM fave), James Jackson Toth aka Wooden Wand. The album is the singer-songwriter’s first since the breakup of his last band Good Saints. After a few listens we are willing to … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Doc Feldman & The LD50
Straw Bear’s album Black Bank (via Oilbug Music) was one of our favourite discoveries of last year, blending the eerie vistas of the Fens with oddball folk and a smattering of pop licks. Taken from the album, the band’s sparkling new single is Snobbery, it is accompanied by a video shot in the Empire Cinema in London’s Leicester Square showing the band playing while watching a … Continue reading Straw Bear’s Snobbery
Israel Nash Gripka is a new name to us, but when we discovered he was the newest signing to our favourite UK label Loose Music (joining the Felice Brothers, Jim White, Handsome Family, Willard Grant Conspiracy, Frontier Ruckus, Hurray For The Riff Raff and more) then we knew it would be well worth a listen. We were right. The gorgeous Woman At The Well is taken from his forthcoming … Continue reading New Album From Israel Nash Gripka
Enjoy some fine videos from long standing MM favourites Sea Wolf and Lightning Dust as well as fiery Argentinian trio Las Kellies and their film for Golden Love and lastly some lovely acoustic folk from Longfellow. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Sea Wolf || Lightning Dust || Las Kellies || Longfellow
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
Dim Peaks is a California-based band, their new album Time of Joy was recorded in semi-sporadic sessions over the course of a year. It is a sweetly melodic blend of Americana that is effortlessly evocative: trails worn deep by quiet guitars, whispers in the ear at dusk, beers on summer waters, the anticipation of new beginnings, light and heavy moments in an expanse of sun … Continue reading Introducing >>> Dim Peaks
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