Two years since the release of Big Green, the debut LP from Portland indie-Americana band Quiet Life, the band has announced their new record, Wild Pack, is slated for an October 29 release via Mama Bird Recording Co. Wild Pack finds Quiet Life expanding on the easy-going folk rock of Big Green into darker and grittier territory. Listen / download the propulsive, galloping Devil’s Kin … Continue reading New Album From Quiet Life
Videos today come from fuzz rockers Lightouts, the messy garage rock of Dads, the adrenalin fuelled, Stooges inspired rock of The Dirty Rivers and the electrifying Americana of New Country Rehab. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Lightouts || Dads || The Dirty Rivers || New Country Rehab
The O’s are a duo from Dallas who between them manage to kick out a hearty stew of foot-stompin’ folk, bluegrass, country rock and bar-room Americana that is likely to find favour with those who have Gram Parsons and Avett Brothers records in their collections. Latest album, their third, is titled Thunderdog and sees a release on the 23rd July following a successful Kickstarter campaign. … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends… The O’s
Shadows At Play are a four piece from the Blue Mountains in Sydney using guitars, ukeleles, harmonica, trumpets, piano and drums to shape their summer folk pop sound. Latest single Into The Sun is an upbeat, ethereal folk song that alludes to the Greek mythology story of Icarus, exploring the notion that a man is free once he is defeated. Download it here. Continue reading MM Shorts 409: Shadows At Play
Here is an evocative taster from London’s Monument Valley’s forthcoming debut album. Walking Home is another powerful and poignant paean to the sounds of his home city – atmospheric and warm, but shot through with tinges of regret. Have a listen. Continue reading New From Monument Valley
Videos today from Man Man with one of the most imaginative lyric videos we’ve seen for their track Head On, a simple but effective film from King Krule for new track Easy Easy, and T. Hardy Morris’ stark film from Georgia’s decayed Central State Hospital building (once the largest mental hospital in the USA) for his brilliantly bleak track Hard Stuff. Lastly Brazo’s new video … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Man Man || King Krule || T. Hardy Morris || Brazos
Long established MM faves, the London folk duo, Smoke Fairies are doing a special UK tour in October, to celebrate the release of their retrospective double CD, Ghosts. It features long-sold-out / deleted material, plus some never-before released tracks. This is one of those unreleased tracks, Good Man. It is fabulous. Ghosts will see a release on 23rd September. Those October dates (tickets on sale … Continue reading Smoke Fairies Ghosts Collection
A sudden plethora of new tunes have hit the web, and here are eight of our favourites for your aural delight. First up is psych-heavyweights White Hills persistently hypnotic In Your Room that comes from the space rockers forthoming album So You Are … So You’ll Be, which is out next month on Thrill Jockey. Regina Spektor has an upbeat new song featuring in new Netflix … Continue reading Thursday Means Eight Of The Best
Immigrant Union are a psych-folk supergroup of sorts, featuring Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols, Bob Harrow of The Lazy Sons and four of Melbourne’s most exciting young musicians, Courtney Barnett, Bones Sloan, Dave Mudie and Peter Lubulawa. They released their self-titled debut back in 2010 and a follow-up, Anyway, is set for release in late 2013. In the meantime, latest single Alison is a real grower – … Continue reading Introducing >>> Immigrant Union
Mackerel love sardines, and so it seemed entirely fitting that we should become so taken with the lo-fi, psychedelic-tinged folk of The Lunchtime Sardine Club (aka Oliver Newton). This track, I’m… Jesuschristmaam, which draws understandable comparisons with artists such as Sufjan Stevens, is taken from forthcoming album Icecapades, which sees a release on August 12th, via the Sonic Anhedonic Recording Co label. The album is a wonderfully unique collection of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Loves The Lunchtime Sardine Club
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