Last year, we were gradually seduced by Amanda Jo Williams last album The Bear Eats Me (see our post here), which went on to become a real favourite. In particular the epic closing track Sick And Dying is still getting regular spins in various playlists here. So, good news then that her fourth album You’re The Father Of My Songs will see a release on the … Continue reading Amanda Jo Williams – New Album
Here are a couple more free gems via Noisetrade that should be added to your iTunes library posthaste. We discovered the indie-folk of Horse To Water via a FB post from longtime MM fave Wooden Wand. Their album Not Me But The Mountain is described as “a journey through the minds of vivid characters that live on the fringe“, and so it proves as it is filled … Continue reading More Gems From NoiseTrade
We have been big supporters of Grass House from the days of their brilliant debut EP back in the spring of 2010. So it is a genuine pleasure to hear they have now been signed by Marshall Teller Records, and even more so that they have unveiled a brand new album track which they are giving away as a free download. Spinning As We Turn is … Continue reading New Track From Grass House
We are criminally and unforgivably late with this one, but shoegaze sympathising folkies Ex-Painters have a new single for free download via their Bandcamp. It is called Kevinshields and was released in honour of the new MBV album (which shows exactly how late we are posting this). . Continue reading MM Shorts 356: Ex-Painters
Neal Casal has announced the release of a limited edition 7-inch single (via Royal Potato Family) for Record Store Day, featuring his rendition of The Grateful Dead’s Mountains of the Moon. The B-side is an instrumental acoustic guitar-based piece entitled Grimes’ Surf Story. A passionate record collector and vinyl junkie himself, he has explained the reasons he chose to cover this song, “I love ‘Mountains Of The … Continue reading Neal Casal Covers The Grateful Dead For Record Store Day
Watch videos for Horse Thief’s brilliant track I Am The Bear, a stunning intimate acoustic perfomance from SXSW by Iron & Wine, a gorgeous Phantoms & Friends from Old Man Canyon (free EP download from Bandcamp here), and to finish the jittery, unsettling Want by The Soft Moon gets a video to match… . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Horse Thief || Iron & Wine || Old Man Canyon || The Soft Moon
Since the band’s formation in 2007, Paper Bird has been playing its joyful blend of indie folk, roots, and Americana to delighted audiences nationwide. Paper Bird has released two studio albums, Anything Nameless and Joymaking (2007) and When the River took Flight (2010); as well as Carry On (2011), which was the score to a collaboration with Ballet Nouveau Colorado of the same name. Their … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Paper Bird
We love the story songs that abound in folk and country music and when you add in a dash of bluegrass you have a surefire winner in our book. So it is with Angela Perley’s nostalgic and high-energy music, which tells stories of love, death, railroads, and everything in-between. Her songs are rooted in small town Ohio where she spent much of her childhood wandering … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Angela Perley & The Howlin’ Moons
Start your weekend with videos from MM fave Turner Cody, then move on to the fuzzed out psych-garage of Halfrican and Lightouts, and finish up with the sonic soundscapes of Tape Deck Mountain. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Turner Cody || Halfrican || Lightouts || Tape Deck Mountain
Anyone who read our review of our last visit to the End of the Road Festival in 2011 will have seen how much we were taken with Lightning Dust who opened proceedings on the Sunday and were one of the very best things we saw (amongst a whole line-up of very best things). This is the official audio video (always a strange concept) for Diamond, … Continue reading New From Lightning Dust
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