I caught the bus To the shit town blues Playing my saxophone In a bluesy mood The downtown shit town blues It is fair to say that writer-producer David Lineal who has released seven albums under the Bird Names moniker with an evolving gallery of musicians has been around the block – lurking contentedly in the D.I.Y. underground since 2005. The music itself is a melting pot … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bird Names
Best known as front man for Southern psych-rockers Dead Confederate and as a member of the collective juggernaut Diamond Rugs, T. Hardy Morris has announced the July 30th release of Audition Tapes, the debut solo album from this talented and prolific Athens, GA based musician. Stark and startling in its evocative, atmospheric power, Audition Tapes sees Morris unleashing something quite unique, a kind of outlaw country … Continue reading Debut Album From T. Hardy Morris
We have already posted Where Can I Go? the first offering from Laura Marling’s forthcoming album Once I Was An Eagle (out 27th May). The album is picking up uniformly good reviews and sounds like it may well be her best yet. This second taste from it is the altogether more insistent and threatening Master Hunter, which comes across as equal parts angry and frustrated, … Continue reading Another Taste From Laura Marling’s Once I Was An Eagle
Boasting some of the best album sleeves around, together with a fantastic brand of rollicking, dark-hearted folk, The Builders And The Butchers have been longstanding staples of MM playlists for a number of years. They now have a new album, Western Medicine, in the pipeline that draws its inspiration from the post-apocalyptic stories of Cormac McCarthy no less. The first taste is Dirt In The … Continue reading Return Of The Builders & The Butchers
Enjoy excellent videos from Hiss Golden Messenger, Mac DeMarco, Dana Falconberry and, changing pace somewhat, a sweltering post-punk anthem from Young Boys. Also check out a stream for a second track from Hiss Golden Messenger’s excellent release Haw. . . (Click through to download for free) . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Hiss Golden Messenger || Mac DeMarco || Dana Falconberry || Young Boys
We’re loving what we’re hearing from the Boston based quartet Tallahassee. The band takes it’s name from a Native American word meaning, “old town” and they write introspective songs that both wash over you with beautiful ambience and experimental touches that push the Americana envelope. Latest single, I’ll Be Damned, is a haunting ode to backsliding. With its adventurous arrangement, featuring tribal rhythms, delicate picking and keening … Continue reading MM Recommends… Tallahassee
Broken minor keys, cracked vocal harmonies, fireside percussion, and tv static dreams. The Kindling make sad, strange and beautiful music. Drawing influence from the uncompromising recording spirit of Sparklehorse, Mount Eerie, and Tom Waits, The Kindling were formed to breathe supernatural life into the songs of singer Guy Weir. After their debut EP From Out Of The Wreckage, the band’s second EP Half Light is a … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Kindling
These Streets, the debut EP by Lily Buchanan AKA The Graphite Set, will see a release on 3rd June via Thumbscrew Music. Dealing a nice line in dark psych-folk melded to art-rock, and with some gothic flourishes, the final product sounds like a sonic amalgam of Nico, The Electric Prunes, Julie Driscoll, PJ Harvey, and Jefferson Airplane. Have a listen to the humming, hypnotic title track over … Continue reading Introducing >>> The Graphite Set
Videos today featuring the epic, driven – though dreamy – southern rock of Black Books, the murderous folk of Vandaveer, the post-punk and garage style of chromatic BLACK and their award winning video for 1, 2, 3, 8 and finally the brilliant new video from Crystal Fighters for latest single You & I. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Black Books || Vandaveer || chromatic BLACK || Crystal Fighters
Wooden Wand | Hoxton Underbelly, London | 26 April 2013 At last a chance to see MM’s most blogged about artist, the wonderful Wooden Wand, whose excellent latest releases Blood Oaths Of The New Blues and The Briarwood Virgins are just the most recent examples from his extensive catalogue of idiosyncratic Americana mixing stripped back folk, alt-country, psychedelia and sprawling indie rock. The venue was (as a … Continue reading Wooden Wand: Live Review
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