Today we have a brilliant video for California from John Murry’s excellent noir solo debut The Graceless Age as well as some rockin’ art-pop from Manchester’s Dutch Uncles and lo-fi psych-sonics from Denmark’s Crystal Shipsss. a a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: John Murry || Dutch Uncles || Crystal Shipsss
Bridie Jackson & The Arbour are an all-female four piece based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. A year ago they released their debut album and last November joined Debt Records. We received in the post an advance copy of their first release for the label – the double A-sided single Scarecrow / All You Love Is All You Are. Immediate influences are Joanna Newsom, the Fleet … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bridie Jackson & The Arbour
LA band The Spell have a sound that is a mix of bluesy guitars, keys and trancelike vocals. Their album HA HA, VWAH LAH is an unexpected combination of dark folk songs mixed with new-age rock ’n’ roll. The lead single off the album, Pieces of Me, features prominent strings and drums and smooth vocals to create a catchy, sultry track. Watch it and visit their … Continue reading New Year…New Band…The Spell
First videos of the year from David Bronson, Vivienner Youel and Bellawave – a nice mellow way to start 2013. a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: David Bronson || Vivienne Youel || Bellawave
As might be expected, slightly fewer tunes make up our final monthly mix of the best of the downloads from MM – no panic tho’, the quality of new tunes on offer more than makes up for it. And as always, some new ones for you too means a top banana mix of twenty cracking songs to play in the New Year. The Cheatahs – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2012
Our final video post of 2012 has offerings from The Capsules, The Highballers, Hooray For Earth and a live offering from MM faves Grass House with a new song, A Thousand Generators. Enjoy! a Download The Capsules – Our Apocalypse mp3 (from Northern Lights & Southern Skies) Download The Capsules – Across The Sky mp3 (from Northern Lights & Southern Skies) a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: The Capsules || The Highballers || Hooray For Earth || Grass House
Novo Amor is the moniker of a folk/indie musician from the UK. For the duration of the summer he left the city in which he had been living for 5 years. With a lack of direction he moved back to his childhood home deep in the Welsh countryside, where he set up a home studio of old instruments and microphones. Days were filled with song … Continue reading Introducing >>> Novo Amor
This is the folky, acoustic title track from Honeyboy Carencro’s new EP Air I Breath, which sees a release on New Year’s Day. Continue reading MM Shorts 287: Honeyboy Carencro
The Storm is Passing Over A Benefit Album by Mason Jar Music & Friends In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn-based collective Mason Jar Music has assembled an all-star collection of indie-folk artists to create The Storm is Passing Over, a benefit album of fifteen classic American storm songs. Donations exchanged for these recordings will go directly to support ongoing relief work in New York … Continue reading Mason Jar’s Benefit Album For Hurricane Sandy Relief Work
In conjunction with their January/February issue, American Songwriter have put together another in their free sampler series, this time featuring twelve tracks from artists including Matt Costa, Dropkick Murphys, The Lost Bayou Ramblers with Scarlett Johansson, Night Beds, Matthew Ryan and plenty more. Here are a couple of standouts from it, or you can grab the whole thing from their Bandcamp page here. a Continue reading American Songwriter’s Free January Muse Sampler
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