When a song arrives that is described as “It’s the desert-rock murder ballad of a dancing girl and her two boyfriends at a strip club called Deja Vu Showgirls in Colorado Springs, CO, near where I grew up”, I cannot imagine a song I would want to hear more. The song, So Much Faster, is by a band called Salesman. It is the previously unreleased … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Salesman
It’s been a week of away fixtures. First, a trip to Cardiff with my dearest friend and today, I cast my net across the water to Ventnor, where me and big brother will undoubtedly regress into a bit of sibling banter. I’ll be missing the rest of the mackerel clan big time and undoubtedly the sprats will have eaten more than their fair share of … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
The Lost Cavalry are a London-based alternative folk band formed in 2009 by vocalist Mark West, formerly the guitarist of Fanfarlo. Their new single The Elephant of Castlebar Hill is released on 15th November on their own label Two Six Heave and will be available as a digital download. This beautiful song tells the story of a giant circus elephant that collapsed and died in … Continue reading Introducing…The Lost Cavalry
In just under two weeks on October 26, The War On Drugs new EP Future Weather will be available in stores in the U.S. (and early 2011 in the U.K.). However, you can pre-order the album today and you’ll get an instant download of the record. In celebration Secretly Canadian are releasing a second single from Future Weather, the closing track The History of Plastic. … Continue reading The War On Drugs Offer up Second Track from new EP
Apparently Dr. Dog will be releasing a new 7″ tour vinyl with four new songs that they recorded after their summer tour. It will be sold on their fall (aka autumn) tour and after that get a release on iTunes. For those that don’t have the latest album Shame, Shame – get it! Buy from Amazon here. They are giving away a song from the … Continue reading New from Dr.Dog
Here at home, in our very small Cotswold town, the only other Giant Sand fan we know is Angus – and so he will be rejoicing today as we have a brand new track to download. Arizona-based musician Howe Gelb has remained the sole epicenter and creative force behind the ever-fluid configurations of Giant Sand for over a quarter century. 2010 marks the 25th anniversary … Continue reading Giant Sand Return – One For Angus!
We’re still trying (and failing) to do justice to all the good stuff, the new stuff, the different stuff and the plain mad stuff that comes into our inbox or through the mail. So, with apologies to the bands involved, all of whom should really have had more than a couple of lines, here is another quick round-up for you covering everything from hardcore to … Continue reading Another Round-up
Lanterns On The Lake are another band that we caught by chance at the End of the Road Festival. Since then we’ve let their cinematic mix of folk and orchestral pop slowly seep into our consciousness in the way the sea slowly overwhelms a sandcastle on the beach. A six piece band from Newcastle on Tyne, they have the ability to create lush poetic soundscapes … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Lanterns On The Lake
In February of this year singer songwriter Israel Cannan left his home on the East Coast of New South Wales to travel around Australia, creating, inspiring and promoting his music as he went. Completing his debut album Walk on which he wrote, engineered and played all the instruments on, Israel strapped his guitar to his back and set off in an old van with a … Continue reading Introducing…Israel Cannan
Everything about Scott Fant is lean, trimmed down and to the point. This is what he told us about his first new release for six years… Texas singer/songwriter/guitarslinger Works hard, writes songs, plays his guitar. 7 Ways From Sunday is stark and sparse – 10 stories, guitar & vocals. Texas Folk Americana and Gothic Country music. Try 8lb Sledge below and you’ll see the few … Continue reading Introducing…Scott Fant
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