Grass House were one of our favourite new discoveries of 2010, their combination of brooding indie rock with folk tinged gothic undertones created a sound that was both instantly recognisable and pleasingly original. Their brilliant double-A side single Faun b/w The Breeze is released on 17th October on Holiday Club Recordings. The release is the band’s third single, following Lazy Bones in late 2010 and, … Continue reading New Single From Grass House
Here are a few tasty covers that are worth more than a moment or two of your time. We have MM faves Deer Tick taking on ZZ Top’s Cheap Sunglasses, Asobi Seksu’s hazy version of the Walkmen’s Little House of Savages and lastly rising folk troubadour James Vincent McMorrow who has covered Chris Isaak’s classic Wicked Game. Download Deer Tick – Cheap Sunglasses mp3 (ZZ Top … Continue reading Some Tasty Covers
Another bonanza month of top tunes, all rounded up for you in one perfect download mix. Here are the September highlights together, as always, with a couple of top-notch new tracks too. Download The Migrant – The Hurricane mp3 (from Amerika) Distinguished by a slow blues refrain, handclaps and a mournful vocal, it is one of those tunes that sounds like it has been around forever. Download … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: September 2011
The Animal Of Choice is a new track from The Daredevil Christopher Wright. It comes from their new, recently released EP, The Longsuffering Song and is six minutes of folk goodness that travels from a gentle acoustic start to a full-on stomp and then back again, and all the while offering up lyrics like these: “Wooly and wild, everyone that I meet thinks I’m lovable. … Continue reading New From The Daredevil Christopher Wright
No need to say anything – just get this. Order Believers from Amazon here. Download A.A. Bondy – Surfer King mp3 (from Believers) Continue reading AA Bondy Offers Free Download From Believers
Here is another track of lo-fi folky goodness from Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt’s album Tweaker In The Park – 11 tracks about crazy people, oceans, and murder. Order the CD here. Download Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt – The Down mp3 (from Tweaker In The Park) Download Hypocrite in a Hippy Crypt – The Town Crazies mp3 (from Tweaker In The Park) Continue reading Another From Hypocrite In A Hippy Crypt
We posted last month about Sick Figures new album – a morbid tale of two lovers, titled Two Ghosts. The album got its official release yesterday and here are two more tracks for you to sample. The brilliantly off-kilter Whiskey Song with its military beat, chaotic sounds and chanted lyrics that calls to mind a nursery rhyme composed by Charles Bukowski at his most pissed … Continue reading Sick Figures New Album Released
Hot on the heels of the superb George Harrison cover disk from Mojo magazine comes Uncut magazine’s Brian Wilson tribute. Rather than cover versions, it has collected together a group of tracks from bands that can all tip their hat to the influence of Mr Wilson. Artists include Panda Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Gruff Rhys, Volcano Choir, Girls and Caribou among others, and here are two … Continue reading Excellent Uncut Cover Disk
Watch Laura Marling spin stripped down songs from her most recent LP, A Creature I Don’t Know, and find yourself unstuck in sound and space, hypnotized by her poetic balladry. Laura Marling live video at The Guest Apartment…, posted with vodpod Continue reading Laura Marling live video at The Guest Apartment on Baeblemusic
Vanish Valley release their new album Get Good tomorrow. Here is another track from it, the easy rolling, country singalong The Bottom. Order the album here. Download Vanish Valley – The Bottom mp3 (from Get Good) Download Vanish Valley – Races mp3 (from Get Good) Continue reading Vanish Valley Album Out Tomorrow
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