Our monthy round up of the best new tunes we’ve posted and a few brand new ones too. More than 30 tunes to set you up for the weekend. Enjoy. Wooden Wand – Southern Colorado Song Another brilliant example of our favourite, prolific troubadour’s storytelling prowess. a Download The Growl – With The Sharp End Of A Trowel mp3 (from Cleaver Lever EP) Soaked in the authentic … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best of the Month: October 2012
And to start off the new month, here are a few more tunes that are well worth some ear-time and frankly, well worth more than the few paltry words of description we are providing… School of Seven Bells are giving away Secret Days from their forthcoming EP Put Your Sad Down, out on 13th November. a Montreal’s Elephant Stone was formed in 2009 by sitarist/bassist … Continue reading Mini Round Up
Having previously posted a few times about about the skewed and idiosyncratic world of offbeat folk troubadour Dolfish, here is another offering from his latest record I’d Rather Disappear Than Stay The Same. It comfortably maintains the slightly warped promise and standards of earlier releases! Download Dolfish – There Must Be Something Wrong With These Shoes mp3 (from I’d Rather Disappear Than Stay The Same) Continue reading More From Dolfish
Following on from our mixes from 2010 and 2011, here is another set of freakishly macabre tunes for you to download and scare off the trick or treaters… Download Little Wings – Halloween 2020 mp3 (from PIAPTK Sampler Fall 2011) Download Deer Tick – The Ghost mp3 (from Daytrotter Session) Download Royal Trux – The Spectre mp3 (from Cats And Dogs) Download The Low Anthem – … Continue reading Free Halloween Mix 2012
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Having previously posted about the forthcoming album from Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies, Let Down has now been released into the world via Normaltown Records. To celebrate the occasion they’ve made Young Black Rose available to stream, written as a response to Waylon Jenning’s original Black Rose it is another gem from a record mixing pure Country twang and steel with Crazy Horse style guitar savagery. … Continue reading More From Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies
Hailing from Bridgetown, Western Australia, Emily Barker is a compelling songwriter with a gift for weaving folk-inflected melody and beautiful lyrics. Her talent is perfectly complemented by the elegant arrangements of her band The Red Clay Halo, whose ensemble playing underpins Barker’s agile vocal blend of strength and fragility. Together with her band, she has recorded three acclaimed albums: Photos.Fires.Fables. (2006), Despite The Snow (2008) and Almanac (2011). … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 2: Emily Barker
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