MM Shorts 52: Ha Ha Tonka
Mark Twain turned 176 the other day – this is Ha Ha Tonka’s birthday tribute. A song about him. a Continue reading MM Shorts 52: Ha Ha Tonka
Category: Folk
Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011
Despite the end of the year fast approaching, thankfully the quality of new music shows no signs of slowing. Here are the best of our November offerings, together with some tasty new tracks to round off the mix.Over thirty great songs – just right for the roaring fire and the cocoa! Download Siskiyou – Twigs And Stones mp3 (from Keep Away The Dead) Brilliantly judged … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: November 2011
Uncut Magazine’s Best Of The Year Free CD
Like all the big music magazines in the UK, Uncut is publishing their top 50 albums of the year in their current issue and thankfully unlike Q, they have managed to avoid the monumental foolishness of putting Florence & The Machine at Number 1. They are also giving away a pretty decent cover CD with tracks from some of their favourite 2011 albums including Josh … Continue reading Uncut Magazine’s Best Of The Year Free CD
MM Shorts 50: New Download From The Breedings
We’ve posted a couple of times this year about the country-ish, brother and sister duo The Breedings and this is their latest offering Everything You Wanted, which is available for a while, completely free. It is another cut from their very fine and sneakily beguiling album Laughing At Luck. You can always buy the album here. Download The Breedings – Everything You Wanted mp3 (from … Continue reading MM Shorts 50: New Download From The Breedings
MM Shorts 48: New EP From Little Comets
The highly contagious and infectious Little Comets have unveiled His Thunder, a brand new track from their forthcoming Worry EP, out December 12th on Dirty Hit. Think art-rock meets folk in a battle for world domination… a Continue reading MM Shorts 48: New EP From Little Comets
Introducing…I Am Love
The two tracks on Pennsylvanian acoustic orchestra i am Love’s forthcoming Truest 7 inch represent both the personal and the global sides of revolution. The beautifully paced ebb and flow of the rich, thoughtful title track, written by band leader Joshua Christopher after a near-fatal car accident, celebrates a return to life after tragedy. The B-side, Trumpets and Cliffs is more anthemic, a clarion call to action … Continue reading Introducing…I Am Love
Rob St. John Releases Debut Album, Weald
Weald is the first LP by Rob St. John, released last week on gatefold 12” vinyl by Song, by Toad Records – we’ve posted about him before and it is great to see he has now got a full length album out. Even better that he should have delivered a record of such outstanding quality that puts many of the so called bigger names in the alt-folk … Continue reading Rob St. John Releases Debut Album, Weald
Okkervil River Offer Up Free EP
At the end of the year in 2007, Okkervil River released Golden Opportunities Mixtape, a free EP intended as a gift to fans. This year, the band continues that tradition in the sequel release Golden Opportunities 2, which both hearkens back to the original release and varies the formula. Like its predecessor, Golden Opportunities 2 is a series of conceptually-related covers, this time by lesser-known … Continue reading Okkervil River Offer Up Free EP
Mad Mackerel Recommends…Jamie N Commons
We’ve been meaning to post this for a while, Jamie N Commons is a singer-songwriter from Bristol who released his EP The Baron last month. Contrary to what you might expect a singer-songwriter from Bristol to deliver, lead single The Preacher is an authentic hellfire and damnation slab of dusty, desolate blues that calls to mind Johnny Cash jamming with Nick Cave. Make no mistake this … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Jamie N Commons
The Salesman & MC5’s Wayne Kramer – Daytrotter Session
A while back we posted about a wonderful 7″ single by a band called Salesman. Devin James Fry of the band has been back in touch to tell us about a recent Daytrotter session with the legendary Wayne Kramer of MC5. More importantly it also concerns a brilliant charity Jail Guitar Doors which our own bard of Barking, Billy Bragg has been heavily involved in setting … Continue reading The Salesman & MC5’s Wayne Kramer – Daytrotter Session
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