Category: Folk

Alternative, Ambient, Americana, Blues, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Rock

Videos of the Day: Brazos || Arborea || The Night Jars || Lars Bygden

Enjoy videos from Brazos and their track Charm, from Arborea with Pale Horse Phantasm filmed on location at Acadia National Park in Maine, from The Night Jars who use edits of episodes of the old Defenders of the Earth cartoons for their 60s garage inspired Drones, and from Lars Bygden, a truly brilliant animation for his dark and sorrowful track The Hole – not to be missed. … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Brazos || Arborea || The Night Jars || Lars Bygden

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Introducing >>> The Sudden Death Of Stars

The Sudden Death of Stars: think The Byrds, Fairport Convention, Syd Barrett and Spacemen 3. So said the headline on the brief press release. To be fair, we get these kinds of comparisons drawn quite a lot on press releases, and often the reality is it sounds more like music that Phil Collins has given up on. So a genuine pleasure then to discover that this … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Sudden Death Of Stars

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

MM Shorts 380: Therese Aune

Norwegian songstress Therese Aune will release her album Billowing Shadows, Flickering Light in the US on the 6th August. There will be much to like for fans of the Joannas – Newsom and Barwick. Try Chameleon, which through a haunting amalgamation of sounds from accordion, to metallophone, to piano, paints a picture of an introvert, who is marooned on the outside looking in. The record will be released … Continue reading MM Shorts 380: Therese Aune

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Acoustic, Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Punk, Rock

Mad Mackerel The last Five Years – Chris T Popper Picks His Favourites

Believe it or not, Mad Mackerel has been around for more than five years now. During that time we’ve posted more than 4,000 times, and offered more than 5,000 songs for your listening pleasure. And more than three quarters of a million people have paid MM a visit during our lifetime on Google’s (godawful) blogspot and since April 2010 on WordPress. We asked some of … Continue reading Mad Mackerel The last Five Years – Chris T Popper Picks His Favourites

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Videos of the Day: Joe Pug || The Young Knives || Soledad Velez || Hookworms

An excellent set of videos/tunes today from the outstanding Joe Pug with a lyric video with a slight difference and the song itself, a cover of Harvey “Tex” Thomas Young’s Deep Dark Wells is a stunner. We have the Young Knives continuing their welcome return with their new musical film for Maureen, and Soledad Velez’s video for Black Light In The Forest. Lastly, we have MM … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Joe Pug || The Young Knives || Soledad Velez || Hookworms

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

New Single From The Sparrow And The Workshop

Murderopolis, the new Sparrow And The Workshop album is a gem, a persistent beggar, once it gets its claws into you it refuses to let go until you have succumbed to its many sonic charms. Is it folk? Is it indie? Is it some sort of 70s Black Sabbath inspired stoner’s odyssey? Well, yes, yes and yes. Here is the latest single from it, The Faster … Continue reading New Single From The Sparrow And The Workshop

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Acoustic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop

MM Shorts 378: Keston Cobblers’ Club

Based on the folklore of the old, penniless Cobbler of Keston who threw barn dances for the villagers, wearing their soles thin and thus creating business…The modern Keston Cobblers’ Club have brought this ethos back with contemporary, catchy music fused with the grittiness of traditional British folk. Already much beloved of Mrs M and the High Priestess, have yourself a listen to Beam – the new … Continue reading MM Shorts 378: Keston Cobblers’ Club

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Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Videos of the Day: Murder By Death || Shakey Graves || Nathan K. || Wolf Alice

Watch videos from longstanding MM faves Murder By Death who have a brilliantly animated film for Lost River and Shakey Graves who has a slightly disturbing one for Unlucky Skin. There is an appropriately sparse film to accompany Nathan K.’s wonderfully plaintive track Bob Seger and we finish with Wolf Alice’s new video for their top notch recent single Bros. Download Murder By Death – Lost River mp3 (from Bitter … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Murder By Death || Shakey Graves || Nathan K. || Wolf Alice

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