Acoustic, Americana, Blues, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Wooden Wand & Duke Garwood Record Store Day Exclusive

Bringing together the dirty British blues of Duke Garwood and Wooden Wand’s Kentucky-laced country rock, Fire Records are releasing a special split 12″ for Record Store Day. As anyone who has read MM for any length of time will know, we are huge fans of Mr Wand, a genius songwriter and thoroughbred storyteller and we have featured the sparse, spooked our blues of Duke Garwood … Continue reading Wooden Wand & Duke Garwood Record Store Day Exclusive

madmackerelApril 13, 2012April 13, 2012Leave a comment

Alternative, Americana, Electronic, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Pop, Psychedelic, Rock

Wednesday Means Eight More Of The Best

It is time for us to offer up eight more new songs for your listening pleasure. We have a Madonna cover from Magic Wands, and a Nirvana cover from Dive. We have tracks from garage rockers Black Lips, garage-pop from The Creepy Crawlies and some fuzzy indie jangle from The Memories. Tiger High keep up the overriding theme of the day with some truly excellent garage-psych … Continue reading Wednesday Means Eight More Of The Best

madmackerelApril 11, 2012April 11, 20122 Comments

Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 136: Communist Daughter

Communist Daughter’s excellent 2010 release Soundtrack To The End seemed to get overlooked for some reason and didn’t receive the pandits and acclaim it perhaps should have at the time. The album has been re-released on limited edition white vinyl and is available from Insound here. Grab yourself the relentlessly catchy and upbeat folky strum of Not The Kid. Download Communist Daughter – Not The … Continue reading MM Shorts 136: Communist Daughter

madmackerelApril 9, 2012April 8, 2012Leave a comment

Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Music

New EP From White Pines

We have posted before about the haunting, fragile beauty of White Pines hushed folky tones. Joseph Scott is the heart of the band and having swapped the wilderness of Michigan and the non-stop hustle of New York city, he is now making Akron, Ohio and its associated hardships and desolation his home. New EP Plume of Ash will be released on Yer Bird Records … Continue reading New EP From White Pines

madmackerelApril 9, 2012April 8, 2012Leave a comment

Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

More From Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters

We have posted a number of times about Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters and their outstanding latest album of sometimes fragile, sometimes eerie, sometimes warped and sometimes wistful Americana. This is the fourth single from Lungs, Dirts & Dreams and is titled Restless Roads End. It is a more muscular track, a song that slowly stretches, flexes and simmers over five minutes while the band keep … Continue reading More From Damon Moon & The Whispering Drifters

madmackerelApril 9, 2012April 8, 20121 Comment

Americana, Folk, Indie, Music

Live Review: Simone Felice

Having seen his brothers (and former bandmates) in Birmingham not much more than three weeks ago, last night it was the turn of eldest Felice brother, Simone, playing at the start of his lengthy UK tour at Oxford’s Jericho Tavern. Simone Felice is a songwriter of rare talents, someone who has experienced considerable highs and lows in his relatively short career and whose two close … Continue reading Live Review: Simone Felice

madmackerelApril 8, 2012April 8, 2012Leave a comment

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock, Rockabilly

MM’s Slightly Contrived Easter Mix

It is Easter. I’m using it as an excuse to give you an entirely contrived and slightly spurious soundtrack for that Egg hunt. On the other hand, some cracking tunes to add to your iTunes library. Download The Faith Brothers – The Easter Parade mp3 (from Eventide) Download Easterhouse – Whistling In The Dark mp3 (from Whistling In The Dark 7″) Download Brimstone Howl – Easter At The … Continue reading MM’s Slightly Contrived Easter Mix

madmackerelApril 8, 2012July 15, 2012Leave a comment

Alternative, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM Shorts 135: MV & EE

MV & EE play a off-kilter, weird brand of Americana that, more often than not, is eerie and reflective. This new taste from their new album is perhaps more plaintive, almost elegiac and builds up to some guitar histrionics than recall Neil Young in a most pleasing way. Too Far To See comes from forthcoming album Space Homestead, due out in May on Woodsist. Download … Continue reading MM Shorts 135: MV & EE

madmackerelApril 7, 2012April 7, 2012Leave a comment

Alternative, Americana, Country, Folk, Garage, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Rock

Saturday Means Eight of the Best

Here is our semi-regular round-up of what’s new (and good) from our in-box, our favourite blogs, and the realms of the internet. We have some dusty, backwoods Americana from The Great American Canyon Band and Father John Misty and some rollicking country rock’n’roll from Deer Tick’s new Tim EP. We have high octane garage from the Fresh & Onlys with a non-album cut that appears … Continue reading Saturday Means Eight of the Best

madmackerelApril 7, 2012April 6, 2012Leave a comment