We seemed to have received a whole bunch of interesting, oddball, sweet, and unusual videos recently. Here’s the pick of the bunch… Fresh from supporting Frankie & The Heartstrings and Summer Camp and receiving praise from the likes of The Guardian, Snipe and NME, Big Deal’s debut single Homework is finally out this week on limited 7” through Records, Records, Records, Records. They have released … Continue reading Video Round Up
After several tours stateside and abroad, a new full-length, (Constellations), and a lauded Austin City Limits performance, Balmorhea is keeping up the momentum to finish 2010 with the release of Candor/Clamor. This 7″ will see a physical release on December 7, 2010 via Western Vinyl. Put simply, Clamor is ecstatic with its persistent piano propulsion, electrifying bass, and bombastic drums – a heart-pounding shamanistic wake-up call. … Continue reading Balmorhea release new 7″
It was the End of the Road festival that opened our eyes and ears to Joe Pug. If we’d heard Hymn 35 in time last year, it would most certainly have been a contender for our end of year top ten. It may also be reasonable to say that it was also the End of the Road Festival that truly opened Barry-Sean’s eyes and ears … Continue reading Joe Pug covers The Low Anthem
The Migrant’s album Travels in Lowland has been one of our unexpected treasures of 2010, a record of wonderful, pysch tinged folk that draws you in and envelops you in a warm cocoon of simply constructed and beautifully sung songs. Boston based production company Extraneous Noise do a lot of work producing video content for bands playing in the area, and thought we might be … Continue reading The Migrant – new video for Nothing But Clues
MM faves Loch Lomond will be releasing a new album in early 2011. It will be called Little Me Will Start A Storm and is out via Tender Loving Empire. We saw them play by chance at SxSW in 2009, and were captivated by the lovely harmonies and the wonderful, sometimes, orchestral sound matched with often surreal or bizarre lyrical wordplay. Elephants & Little Girls … Continue reading Loch Lomond ready new album
We were introduced to Canadian band The Sheepdogs via Hear Ya, and having put their song I Don’t Know on to a CD for the car, it has promptly become Joe’s new favourite track and is pretty much on repeat for every journey we make. The song, which is a real twangy, country infused singalong, seems to have been around for a while and comes from … Continue reading Introducing…The Sheepdogs
Perhaps Angie Mattson was destined for a life in music when her mother named her after her favorite Rolling Stone’s song. She is an adventurer and free spirit who has no shortage of inspiration; moving to North Carolina with a lover at 18, traveling and living in an old blue school bus selling her art, then moving to Tokyo to work as a model. Not … Continue reading Introducing…Angie Mattson
The rather awesome Blitzen Trapper have just completed their fifth Daytrotter session – a record apparently. The four songs include a version of The Tree, one of the many) standout tracks from recent album Destroyer of the Void. Download it below or get the whole session for free from Daytrotter here. Buy the album from Amazon here. Visit Blitzen Trapper’s MySpace here. Download Blitzen Trapper – … Continue reading Blitzen Trapper on Daytrotter
Derek Pritzl’s album The Drifter has been quietly growing on us for a while, which is probably why we’ve taken so long to post something about it. It is a record that is unhurried and thoughtful, at times digging up raggedy old soul sounds, and other times leaning into the quiet barren territory where Gillian Welch fans dwell. He easily blends old country, folk and … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Derek Pritzl
Federico Garcia Lorca’s popular folk song collection Las Canciones Populares Espanolas was banned under Franco’s dictatorship and today the music survives, but marginally within the Spanish sub-conscious. Taking their cue from Lorca and La Argentinita’s infectious 1931 recording of the songs, Josephine Foster and her partner Spanish musician Victor Herrero have arranged the poetically rich collection for their new acoustic band, formed while living in … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Josephine Foster & The Victor Herrero Band
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