Without doubt this is our favourite video of the year so far. It came to us via Radar Music Videos and it is simply a work of sheer genius as far as we are concerned – crows with arms. Brilliant. We didn’t know of Fulton Lights until we saw this, but the tune, an upbeat folk rocker has a lot to recommend it even without … Continue reading Brilliant Video From Fulton Lights
Few survivors from the golden age of British folk-rock have kept their reputations intact. Of the generation of troubadours who came of age in the folk clubs of London in the mid-1960s, there is one figure whose body of work, comprising 23 studio LPs and almost as many live and compilation releases, has come to stand for a particularly single-minded form of integrity. That man is … Continue reading Listen To Two Tracks From Roy Harper Retrospective
Marissa Nadler’s new self-titled album is a gem of unusual, beautiful and dreamy melancholia that defies easy description or interpretation. This is the suitably hazy and surreal video for Alabaster Queen. You can order the album here. a Download Marissa Nadler – The Sun Always Reminds Me Of You mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) Download Marissa Nadler – Baby I Will Leave You In The Morning mp3 (from Marissa Nadler) Continue reading New Video From Marissa Nadler
A couple of years ago we somehow got our grubby hands on the debut album, On Safari by The Witch And The Robot. Gradually, it charmed us completely with its wonderful blend of peculiarly British pysch-pop and acid folk accompanied by appropriately surreal lyrics – often about their beloved Lake District. Since then we’d kind of forgotten about the band until we received an e-mail … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…The Witch And The Robot – Stream New Album Here
Here is another track from Megafaun’s forthcoming self-titled album. State/Meant is emotive, bold and slightly unsettling as rural melodies brush up against swirling electronics. The album is released on September 20th via Hometapes. Download Megafaun – State/Meant mp3 (from Megafaun) Download Megafaun – These Words mp3 (from Megafaun) Continue reading Another From Megafaun
A.A. Bondy returns with a new album Believers next month, it is the follow-up to 2009’s When The Devil’s Loose – one of the best albums of that year. Have a listen to The Heart Is Willing from the new album. Pre-order from Fat Possum here. a Continue reading AA Bondy Announces New Album
Tomorrow we head down to the first Wilderness Festival, taking place on our back door in the beautiful Cornbury Park Estate. Previously this lovely venue has hosted the Cornbury Festival, which has thankfully now moved elsewhere as (trust us) it has the worse possible line-up you could ever imagine for an event of this type. Anyway, the Wilderness is, as we say, a different kettle … Continue reading Wilderness Festival – Free Mix
Here is a second track from Amen Dunes forthcoming album Through Donkey Jaw. More reasons to anticipate the official release this month via Sacred Bones. Download Amen Dunes – Bedroom Drum mp3 (from Through Donkey Jaw) Download Amen Dunes – Lower Mind mp3 (from Through Donkey Jaw) Continue reading More from Amen Dunes
Weird Freedom, the second full-length from Brooklyn’s Little Gold, sounds like a celebration, and with good reason. It is the inaugural release for the bands own Loud Baby imprint, and its Little Gold’s first LP as a proper band. Shortly following his departure from folk feral enthusiasts Woods, Christian DeRoeck assumed the Little Gold moniker and in 2009 released the wayfaring bridge-burner On the Knife. In stark contrast to the … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Little Gold
Just like London buses, you wait for one and then get a plethora of arrivals all together. So it is with some of our favourite bands who are releasing tracks into the blogosphere at much the same time. You may have some/all of these already, but if not every one is worth having. First up is Blitzen Trapper and Love The Way You Walk Away … Continue reading More From Some Of The Big Guns
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