MM Shorts 322: Úlfur
Taken from the forthcoming release White Mountain by Úlfur, So Very Strange, features enchanting vocals by Alexandra Sauser-Monnig of Mountain Man. Continue reading MM Shorts 322: Úlfur
Category: Folk
Videos of the Day: Scarlett Parade || Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer || Valerie June || Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
Videos to enjoy today come from Scarlett Parade and their acoustic version of the achingly beautiful Call The Waves, (then click through on the Soundcloud link to grab a download of the equally good March of the Fallen). We have rootsy Americana from Dave McGraw and Mandy Fer with a video for a stunning live version of their standout track Serotiny (May Our Music), then … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Scarlett Parade || Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer || Valerie June || Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
MM Shorts 321: More From Lapland
Lapland, the engrossing and introspective folky project of Josh Mease, has made another track available from his self-titled debut album, which is due out at the end of March. Mixing styles from electronica to jazz, soul and indie, this track Where Did It Go? is a sweetly hypnotic strum in classic Fleetwood Mac style. See our previous post featuring Lapland here. Continue reading MM Shorts 321: More From Lapland
Videos of the Day: Field Report || Crushed Beaks || Esmé Patterson || The Maginot Band
Watch a brilliant video from Field Report to accompany their track I Am Not Waiting Anymore, Crushed Beak’s new video for their track Breakdown, and Esmé Patterson’s video for My Young Man featuring another MM fave in Nathaniel Rateliff. Finally we have the soaring indie-pop of Scottish six piece The Maginot Band and their new video for recent single Sombre Fayre. . . . Continue reading Videos of the Day: Field Report || Crushed Beaks || Esmé Patterson || The Maginot Band
MM’s (Slightly Lazy) Friday Round Up
We start with apologies aplenty for the lack of interesting and cogent words to accompany this post of many new, and excellent tunes. We are regularly afflicted by an internal conflict as to whether we use our time to write the original, erudite prose some of the songs we are sent deserve (as many of the much better, and smarter blogs than ours do), but … Continue reading MM’s (Slightly Lazy) Friday Round Up
Videos of the Day: Duquette Johnston || Manicorn || The Young Evils || The Outfit
Videos and tunes to enjoy from Duquette Johnston and his wonderful animation for his gorgeous song Silver And Gold (get his free EP from Noisetrade here), as well as the frenetic front room antics of Manicorn (get their album on a pay-what-you-want deal here). We have a new single from indie rockers The Young Evil and to finish, an excellent slice of garage rock from … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Duquette Johnston || Manicorn || The Young Evils || The Outfit
Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Boxcar Rattle
We’ve been meaning to post about New Zealand band The Boxcar Rattle for about a month now, and despite their self-titled album being available since the summer last year, we still wanted to bring them to the attention of your ears, because…well because they’re damn good. Taking hillbilly folk and punk and mixing it with some blues licks and a bit of psychedelia and even a … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Boxcar Rattle
Videos of the Day: Stornoway || John Smith || Burning Condors
Videos to enjoy from local folk heroes Stornoway, singer-songwriter John Smith with a track from upcoming album Great Lakes, and blues-punk par excellence from the Burning Condors with their track Honey Trap. a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Stornoway || John Smith || Burning Condors
Tuesday Means Eight Of The Best
Our in-box has grown to ridiculous proportions, it fair creaks and bulges with good music and we are desperately trying to keep up with the flow. Time then for eight of the best to come our, and now your, way. First up, we have East India Youth who caught our ears on 6 Music yesterday with Heaven, How Long their brilliant new single of krautrock … Continue reading Tuesday Means Eight Of The Best
Langhorne Slim’s UK Release For The Way We Move
Last week Langhorne Slim & The Law released their most recent album, The Way We Move in the UK via Ramseur Records. The album was recorded in a mere four days, working in the remote Catskill Mountains, north of New York City. The results are a raw, organic record that benefits from a straight-up, straight-forward songwriting approach. Nothing is obfuscated or confused, instead everything is laid … Continue reading Langhorne Slim’s UK Release For The Way We Move
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