A tricky delivery, my first born. Thirteen years ago today, he came into the world blue, silent and staring. He did of course make up for it with a case of colic so bad that my midwife friend told me it was the worst she’d ever seen. But hey, ho, he was my first, so I knew no different. Quirky, smart, and incredibly kind, Cam … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
So here we are again. A round-up of our favourite posted tracks from September, all beautifully compiled and presented for you to put on one lovely mix. And as always, a couple of new tracks for you too. Enjoy. The Rakehells – Lost Weekend mp3 Aggressive, yet danceable pop with an in-your-face attitude and catchy hooks The Moondoggies – It’s A Shame, It’s A Pity … Continue reading MM’s Best of the Month: September
MM faves Phosphorescent have been confirmed as support for the forthcoming huge National tour throughout Europe. Phosphorescent will join The National for the majority of their shows in both mainland Europe, England, and Ireland starting November 11. Dates are below. Download Phosphorescent – Mermaid Parade mp3 (from Here’s To Taking It Easy) Download Phosphorescent – It’s Hard To Be Humble (When You’re From Alabama) mp3 (from … Continue reading Phosphorescent confirmed as support for The National in the UK
The Lower Dens album Twin Hand Movement has been one of our discoveries of the year, and a record we’ve come back to time and time again. Now in support of a major new tour with Bear In Heaven they have made a new track from the album available for free – it is the rather good, velvety folk haze, of Blue & Silver. Download Lower … Continue reading New from Lower Dens
The free cover CD with the always excellent Uncut magazine is a cracker this month, focusing on Southern rock, new country and some fiery folk and featuring amongst others Caitlin Rose, The Drive-By Truckers, Dead Confederate, Surfer Blood and Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell. We’ve a couple of tasters from it below. Check out Bloodkin’s epic and rather sinister The Viper and Cadillac Sky’s upbeat … Continue reading Uncut’s Cover CD
It was to the very intimate venue of Taylor John’s House in Coventry last night (stupidly without my camera, so the above is nicked for artistic merit and aesthetic pleasure and nothing else) to see Caitlin Rose and MM faves Deer Tick play the latest leg of their short UK tour. Holding barely more than 100 people and feeling more like a front room dropped … Continue reading Live: Caitlin Rose & Deer Tick
Over the last two or three weeks we’ve probably received more tracks to MM than ever before. Not that we’re complaining, especially when the quality has been really high. It does mean we’re struggling to do everything justice though and while (in a perfect MM world) many of these tracks deserve their own post, we’ve decided to round up a bunch in one go for … Continue reading New Releases Round Up
After a brief foray in MM’s territory, recommending Kurran & The Wolfnotes’ Your Four Limbs, and enjoying HUGELY the Pancake Breakfast track, The Ballad of Maynard Noe (and let’s face it, who doesn’t enjoy a pancake breakfast?), it’s back to Friday business. For some unfathomable reason, I was thinking about Level 42 this week (in my defence, only once and rather briefly). It could have … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday
We have to confess it was Mrs Mackerel’s ears that pricked up yesterday when listening to 6 Music and Kurran & The Wolfnotes came on. Their latest single Your Four Limbs immediately sets them apart from the busy Brit-folk scene that so many are trying to inhabit these days with plaintive, resigned lyrics and a darker undertone than most can manage. A sinuous melody and … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel Recommends Kurran & The Wolfnotes
This morning, in the mail, we received a copy of the forthcoming self-titled Pancake Breakfast CD. By lunchtime we had a new favourite song. The Ballad Of Maynard Noe opens the album and is, to MM’s ears, a classic – one of those songs we’ll be playing years from now. It opens with one of those instantly memorable, repetitive guitar riffs that sound like they … Continue reading Introducing…Pancake Breakfast
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