The first taste of what’s to come from the new Moses Luster album Stands Alone. A chronicler of the lives of the downtrodden, the seedy and the desperate. Take a listen to The Past Is No Place For A Man. Hear hear! a Continue reading MM Shorts 230: The Return Of Moses Luster
We are looking forward to the new solo album, Shut Down The Streets, from the New Pornographer’s frontman A.C. Newman, which is due out on Fire Records on the 22nd October. The second track to get an airing from the record is the wonderfully titled, and wonderfully catchy, Encyclopedia Of Classic Takedowns – perhaps the closest in style and tempo to his previous work and also featuring … Continue reading Another Track from A.C. Newman
Time to catch up with all that’s new, good, interesting, oddball, and plain strange. You can sift for the nuggets of gold yourself, or take our advice and try them all…after all it is the weekend. We have a new track from longstanding favourite Amen Dunes, Sixteen comes from the forthcoming arts and literary project The Unified Field, and we also have a second taste of Why?’s … Continue reading Round Up Time
Mrs Mackerel has decided to take a short sabbatical and invite some friends, relatives and countrywomen to takeover her Friday night post, a Friday routine as regular in this household as a G&T with lime, or pizza Margherita for the sprats. And a sprat it is, that takes control of the keyboard in this first week. So it is with great honour that I welcome … Continue reading Guest Post: Sprat 2’s TFI Friday (21st Sept)
Today Josephine Foster releases Blood Rushing via Fire Records. Here is the title track, a rock-ballet chanté, the music is set to a Pueblo drum’s metapulsing Pan-American heartbeat. Download Josephine Foster – Blood Rushing mp3 (from Blood Rushing) Download Josephine Foster – Child Of God mp3 (from Blood Rushing) Continue reading MM Shorts 226: More From Josephine Foster
Have to confess we are a little late with this, and up until last week, we didn’t know too much about Jason Karaban in advance of the release of his new album Shift, which was released at the beginning of this month. However, his back story as a notoriously reclusive and somewhat fragile singer-songwriter encouraged us to find out more and this coupled with excellent … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Jason Karaban
Chicago folk-rock band, Quarter Mile Thunder, officially release their latest album, Twist, which can now be downloaded for free or a donation at their Bandcamp page. Folk-rock is not really a term that does the band justice however, for there is much more going on than that straightforward description might suggest. There is a good degree of sonic experimentation in evidence, more than a knowing nod … Continue reading Introducing >>> Quarter Mile Thunder
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